Senior Mission Integration Specialist (Secret Clearance)

Northrop Grumman; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a seasoned Staff Mission Integration Specialist to bridge operational experience with advanced engineering. The role focuses on translating real-world mission challenges into actionable technical opportunities, engaging with military operators and government customers, and guiding solution development.

The ideal candidate has extensive military operational background, strong technical fluency, and excellent analytical and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Active DoD Secret clearance is required.
• Significant military operations experience or equivalent support to complex military missions.
• Strong ability to engage with military operators, government customers, and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide authoritative operational insight to engineering teams to identify mission challenges and opportunities for innovation.
• Build trusted relationships with military operators and stakeholders to understand workflows and unmet needs.
• Collaborate with engineers to translate operational insights into viable technical concepts and priorities.
• Participate in demonstrations, experimentation, prototyping, and user evaluations to assess relevance and effectiveness of solutions.
• Evaluate emerging technologies from an operational perspective to improve mission performance.
• Work with cross-functional teams to incorporate operational feedback into development activities.
• Advocate for operator-centered engineering practices and contribute to iterative development approaches.

Skills

Active DoD Secret clearance

Military operations domain knowledge

Customer engagement

Analytical and communication skills

Travel readiness 75%

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience

12+ years relevant experience

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking a seasoned Staff Mission Integration Specialist to bridge operational experience with advanced engineering. The role focuses on translating real-world mission challenges into actionable technical opportunities, engaging with military operators and government customers, and guiding solution development.

The ideal candidate has extensive military operational background, strong technical fluency, and excellent analytical and communication skills.