Senior Staff Chief Engineer: Systems & MBSE Lead

Northrop Grumman; Roy (UT); On-site; USD 184,000 - 276,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401k

Educational assistance

Life insurance

Employee assistance

Paid time off

Wellness resources

Employee discounts

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Sr. Staff - Chief Engineer to lead an engineering team across land, sea, air, space and cyberspace programs. The role will be based in Huntsville, AL or Roy, UT, requiring a active Secret clearance and strong MBSE/DoD standards expertise.

You will own system design, verification, and program execution, coordinating with customers, suppliers and cross-functional teams while ensuring schedule adherence and budget compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with 16+ years’ relevant experience, or a Master’s with 14+ years, or a PhD with 12+ years.
• U.S. citizen with active Secret clearance; ability to obtain Top Secret/SAP per program need.
• 12+ years’ experience leading cross‑functional engineering teams on missile/aerospace programs; MBSE, PLM/CAD, CM, DoD standards.
• Experience interpreting physics-based modeling to influence design decisions.
• Strong leadership, business acumen, and collaboration across multiple functions.

Responsibilities

• Ensure engineering processes across disciplines are sound and compliant.
• Lead and mentor multi-disciplinary IPTs to provide technical direction.
• Own end-to-end system design, integration, verification, and MBSE.
• Maintain baseline, schedule, KPIs, and ensure safety and quality compliance.
• Chair reviews (SRR, SFR, PDR, CDR, TRR, FRR) and liaison with customers and suppliers.
• Identify risks, develop mitigations, and elevate critical concerns to leadership.
• Drive technical execution for major program events and align with IMS.
• Promote agile/process-excellence in software, integration, and test.
• Advance Model-Based Engineering tools for a highly sustainable architecture.

Skills

MBSE

PLM/CAD

Systems engineering

Cross-functional leadership

DoD engineering standards

Agile

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Sr. Staff - Chief Engineer to lead an engineering team across land, sea, air, space and cyberspace programs. The role will be based in Huntsville, AL or Roy, UT, requiring a active Secret clearance and strong MBSE/DoD standards expertise.

You will own system design, verification, and program execution, coordinating with customers, suppliers and cross-functional teams while ensuring schedule adherence and budget compliance.