Senior Staff Chief Engineer & Engineering Program Lead

Northrop Grumman Corp. (AU); Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 184,000 - 276,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime

Shift differential

Discretionary bonus

Annual bonuses

Long Term Incentives

Health insurance coverage

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Company paid holidays

PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a Senior Staff Chief Engineer to join the Engineering Program Manager (EPM) team on a production program at our Sykesville, MD site. The role oversees cost, schedule, and execution of engineering scope across IPTs, ensuring technical priorities align with contract commitments and budgeted targets.

You will lead cross-functional teams, coordinate with senior stakeholders, and drive the technical execution plan while maintaining a focus on delivering on

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree with 14 years of experience, a master's degree with 12 years of experience, or a PhD with 10 years of experience in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics or related technical fields.
• Experience in systems development, integration, and test across the program lifecycle.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrated success leading high performance, cross-functional technical teams.
• Demonstrated ability to act as the technical point of contact to Executive leadership and/or Customers stakeholder addressing technical requests and translating into actionable deliveries.
• Fluency with developing and executing project schedules.
• U.S. citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret clearance. Interim secret clearance required to start.
• Ability to work onsite in Sykesville, MD

Responsibilities

• The EPM is accountable for the cost, schedule, and execution of all engineering scope on the program. This role ensures engineering activities are completed on time and within the approved budget and contractual boundaries across all Integrated Product Teams (IPTs).
• Key responsibilities include driving implementation of the technical execution plan and proactively identifying, securing, and coordinating the engineering resources needed to meet program objectives and commitments.
• Serve as the primary engineering interface to the Program Manager and partnering functional organizations.
• Provide engineering inputs to sector program execution reports and other programmatic reviews.
• Develop, review, and defend engineering proposal estimates and Basis of Estimates (BOEs).
• Oversee Control Account Management (CAM) for all engineering-related control accounts.
• Support CEAC, schedule, and financial updates for engineering scope.
• Lead engineering Page and Line (P&L) reviews to ensure alignment with program objectives and financial targets.
• Facilitate engineering staffing plans and Work Load Forecasts (WLF) in coordination with functional managers.
• Coordinate engineering risk and opportunity identification, tracking, and handling plans across all IPTs.
• The selected candidate will perform in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, and collaborative/team settings.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Program management

Communication

Schedule management

Decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree + 14 years

Master's degree + 12 years

PhD + 10 years

Job description

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a Senior Staff Chief Engineer to join the Engineering Program Manager (EPM) team on a production program at our Sykesville, MD site. The role oversees cost, schedule, and execution of engineering scope across IPTs, ensuring technical priorities align with contract commitments and budgeted targets.

You will lead cross-functional teams, coordinate with senior stakeholders, and drive the technical execution plan while maintaining a focus on delivering on