Senior Principal Engineer — RQ-4 Firebee CAM Lead

Northrop Grumman; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics System Sector is seeking a Principal Engineer RQ-4 Firebee CAM to join our Product Support organization in Rancho Bernardo, CA. You will lead a team to ensure quality lifecycle development and logistics products align with the program SOW, budget, and schedule.

The role requires a STEM degree with extensive experience, strong EVM capabilities, and prior leadership. A Secret clearance is preferred and relocation assistance may be available, with travel of about 10%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM required with 8 years of relevant experience; 6 years with a Master’s degree.
• Demonstrated EVM skills including development, analysis, and control of program budgets and variance analysis.
• At least 2 years of experience leading a project and/or driving performance against schedule.

Responsibilities

• Lead internal and external teammates/suppliers to ensure program performance, cost/schedule and quality objectives.
• Coordinate between Product Support and IPTs to ensure requirements defined by the SOW are met within budget, schedule, and quality constraints.

Skills

EVM skills

Project leadership

Clearance eligibility

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Master’s degree in STEM

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics System Sector is seeking a Principal Engineer RQ-4 Firebee CAM to join our Product Support organization in Rancho Bernardo, CA. You will lead a team to ensure quality lifecycle development and logistics products align with the program SOW, budget, and schedule.

The role requires a STEM degree with extensive experience, strong EVM capabilities, and prior leadership. A Secret clearance is preferred and relocation assistance may be available, with travel of about 10%.