Missile Integration Technical Lead

Northrop Grumman; Corinne (UT); On-site; USD 151,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision

401k

Educational Assistance

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Health & Wellness Resources

Employee Discounts

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Missile Integration Technical Lead - Senior Staff Systems Test Engineer to support the Sentinel program in advancing US Space Force ICBM capabilities. The role can be filled in Roy, UT or Promontory, CA and involves leading cross-functional teams across design, integration, and test activities.

You will drive technical decisions, coordinate test strategies, and present results to senior leadership while mentoring engineers and coordinating with customers and range

Qualifications

• Clearance needed: U.S. citizen eligible for Secret or higher.
• 5+ years leading large cross-functional missile/launch-vehicle programs.
• Full lifecycle program execution across SRR to flight-test.
• Strong ability to translate complex technical information for senior leadership.
• Mentoring junior engineers and leading development programs.

Responsibilities

• Serve as technical authority for milestones like SRR, PDR, CDR and flight-test phases.
• Coordinate test planning, hardware/software verifications, data collection and analysis to meet requirements.
• Oversee AVE integration, test, and assembly for developmental flight testing.
• Integrate hardware from sub-systems, interface with other teams at system and segment levels.
• Interface with software developers and systems engineers to support integration and test activities.
• Prepare test presentations for program reviews and customer deliverables (CDRL).
• Participate in technical exchanges with customers and contribute to program deliverables.

Skills

Security clearance

Missile program leadership

Systems engineering

Technical communication

Leadership & mentorship

Education

Experience levels (Bachelors/ Masters/ PhD)

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Missile Integration Technical Lead - Senior Staff Systems Test Engineer to join the Sentinel program in enhancing the US Space Force’s ICBM capabilities and ushering in a new era of Strategic Deterrence. This position can be filled in Roy, UT, or Promontory, CA.

What You’ll Get To Do:

• Serve as the technical authority and primary decision maker for all milestones, including System Requirements Review (SRR), Preliminary Design Review (PDR), Critical Design Review (CDR), and the subsequent flight-test phases.

• Coordinating test planning, executing hardware and software verifications, managing data-collection efforts, analyzing results, and ensuring that technical deliverables meet performance, safety, and schedule objectives.

• Executing the integration, test, and assembly of the AVE in preparation for developmental flight testing

• Integrate hardware from sub-system teams, interface with other elements teams, and the system and segment level teams

• Interface with software developers and systems engineers in support of integration and test activities

• Write and deliver test presentations in support of program reviews and customer delivery (CDRL) development

• Participate in technical exchange meetings, interfacing with customers (internal/external) and contributing to a broad range of program deliverables

Basic Qualifications:

• T06: 14 Years with Bachelors in Science; 12 Years with Masters; 10 Years with PhD.

• Clearance – U.S. citizen eligible for a Secret (or higher) security clearance and able to obtain any program-specific clearance required.

• Requires at least 5 years leading large, cross-functional missile/launch-vehicle programs.

• Identify and elevate nonconformances, test anomalies, and hardware issues; Coordinate root-cause and corrective-action activities with the appropriate engineering teams

• Full-lifecycle execution – Experience driving program execution through various phases of the acquisition lifecycle (System Requirements Review, Preliminary Design Review, Critical Design Review, or flight-test execution) with experience as a technical-approval authority for drawings, analyses, test plans, or other related work products.

• Technical communication – Strong ability to translate complex technical information into clear briefings for senior leadership, customer partners, and range authorities, enabling rapid and accurate decision-making.

• Leadership & mentorship – Experienced in mentoring junior engineers and leading formal development programs.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Missile-system proficiency – Experience designing developing, testing, integrating, and/or analyzing missile systems and subsystems (propulsion, aerodynamics, flight-control, structures, and/or guidance-navigation-control).

• Test-campaign leadership – Experience related to flight-test campaigns, including planning, execution and data capture, and post-test analysis.

• Process-improvement champion – Initiated and institutionalized process improvements that became organization-wide best-practice templates.

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

• 401k

• Educational Assistance

• Life Insurance

• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions

• Paid Time Off

• Health & Wellness Resources

• Employee Discounts

This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.

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Primary Level Salary Range: $151,400.00 - $227,000.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

Job Category: Engineering