Mission Integration Specialist — Secret Clearance, 75% Travel

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 153,000 - 254,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off (PTO)

Company paid holidays

Annual bonuses

Long Term Incentives

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Staff Mission Integration Specialist to bridge operational experience and advanced engineering, translating warfighter needs into actionable technical opportunities. This role can be onsite at Roy, UT, Huntsville, AL, or support a full-time teleworker.

The candidate will engage military operators and government customers, shaping requirements, and guiding engineering priorities to address real-world mission challenges with innovative solutions.

Qualifications

• Active DoD Secret clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with 12+ years of relevant experience.
• Military operational experience or directly comparable experience supporting complex military missions.
• Strong understanding of military operations, operational planning, mission execution, and associated technical systems.
• Strong technical aptitude and the ability to engage effectively with engineers and subject matter experts.
• Experience identifying operational challenges, assessing capability gaps, and communicating actionable recommendations.
• Strong analytical, interpersonal, and communication skills with the ability to engage credibly with military operators, government customers, and technical teams.
• Ability to travel up to 75%.

Responsibilities

• Operational Mission Expertise: Provide authoritative operational insight to engineering teams, helping identify mission challenges, capability gaps, operational constraints, and opportunities for innovation
• Warfighter Engagement: Build trusted relationships with military operators and government stakeholders to understand operational workflows, emerging threats, and unmet mission needs
• Mission Integration: Collaborate with engineers and technical leaders to translate operational insights into viable technical concepts, solution requirements, and engineering priorities
• Operational Evaluation: Participate in demonstrations, experimentation, prototyping, and user evaluations to assess mission relevance, operational suitability, and effectiveness of proposed solutions
• Technology Assessment: Evaluate emerging technologies and advanced capabilities from an operational perspective, identifying opportunities to improve mission performance and warfighter effectiveness
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with systems engineering, software engineering, Human Systems Integration (HIS), and other technical disciplines to incorporate operational feedback into development activities
• Continuous Improvement: Advocate for operator-centered engineering practices and contribute to iterative development approaches that accelerate delivery of effective mission capabilities

Skills

Operational Mission Expertise

Warfighter Engagement

Mission Integration

Operational Evaluation

Technology Assessment

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Continuous Improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Staff Mission Integration Specialist to bridge operational experience and advanced engineering, translating warfighter needs into actionable technical opportunities. This role can be onsite at Roy, UT, Huntsville, AL, or support a full-time teleworker.

The candidate will engage military operators and government customers, shaping requirements, and guiding engineering priorities to address real-world mission challenges with innovative solutions.