Senior Engineering Program Manager & SEIT Lead, EW Systems

Northrop Grumman; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 177,000 - 266,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Staff Engineering Program Manager (EPM) and SEIT Lead for the Mission System’s team in Chantilly, VA. The role provides integrated technical and program leadership for an USAF EW LRIP program with a 10–20 engineer team across sites.

You will plan systems engineering activities, manage cost/schedule, and ensure producible, mission‑effective hardware through requirements, interfaces, and verification & validation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited institution.
• 12+ years of relevant DoD program experience; Master’s degree reduces experience needs.
• Active Secret clearance required to start; Top Secret/SCI/SAP eligibility desired.
• Experience leading 10–20 engineers across multi-site teams.

Responsibilities

• Serve as engineering liaison among PM, Manufacturing, Quality, and supply chain.
• Plan and execute systems engineering per SEMP with requirements, interface control, and V&V.
• Establish executable technical plans and LRIP-aligned schedules.
• Lead technical reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, SVR) and audits.
• Define interfaces across RF, digital, mechanical, power, and software.

Skills

Project leadership

Systems engineering

EVMS planning

Cross-site collaboration

DoD programs

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Master’s degree in engineering

Tools

DOORS

EPDM/PLM

MS Project

EVMS tools

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Staff Engineering Program Manager (EPM) and SEIT Lead for the Mission System’s team in Chantilly, VA. The role provides integrated technical and program leadership for an USAF EW LRIP program with a 10–20 engineer team across sites.

You will plan systems engineering activities, manage cost/schedule, and ensure producible, mission‑effective hardware through requirements, interfaces, and verification & validation.