Senior Staff Product Line Engineering Architect

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; Presencial; USD 184.000 - 289.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems seeks a Senior Staff Product Line Engineering Architect based in San Diego, CA or Baltimore, MD to lead the Product Line Architectures initiative within the Engineering and Science sector. You will coach divisions, shape PL adoption strategies, and apply MBSE techniques to manage product variants across missions.

A strong background in systems/ software architecture and MBSE tools is required.

Formación

• Experience leading technical teams and making sound technical judgments.
• Strong systems engineering and MBSE background.
• Experience delivering product to a customer.
• Active U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain Top Secret clearance.

Responsabilidades

• Build relationships with senior technical and business leaders to guide PLA adoption.
• Adapt architecture experience to improve product line efficiency.
• Lead organizational change across Mission Systems.
• Use MBSE tools to define and shape PL adoption strategy.
• Document status and processes in Confluence.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Systems Engineering

MBSE

Requirements management

Architecture experience

Educación

Bachelor's Degree in STEM

Master's Degree in STEM

PhD in STEM

Herramientas

IBM Rhapsody

Cameo

Pure::Variants

Descripción del empleo

Location & Clearance

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history. Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. We have a wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies. Our differentiated battle management and cyber solutions deliver timely, mission-enabling information and provide superior situational awareness and understanding to protect the U.S. and its global allies. Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is looking for you to join our team as a Senior Staff Product Line Engineering Architect based out of San Diego, CA or Baltimore, MD.

What You’ll Get to Do

Join the PLA (Product Line Architectures) team within the Engineering and Science (E&S) Sector Engineering organization. Product Line Engineering (PLE) is a way to engineer a family of related products in an efficient manner, taking full advantage of the products’ similarities while respecting and managing their differences. The mission of the PLA team is to foster the adoption of product lines across the Mission Systems organization through coaching, training, guidance, best practices, tools, and metrics for measuring success. This position will support the Navigation, Intelligence & Connectivity (NIC) division. This highly visible role will support teams that are both already executing Product Line organizational change and teams that are new to the process by helping them implement successful product lines.

In this role you will:

• Build relationships with senior technical and business leaders at the division level across Missions Systems to provide guidance on their role in the PLA adoption process and ensure successful transition to PLE for their teams.
• Adapt Systems and Product or Software Architecture Experience to Increase Product Line efficiency and adoption from Development and Production through the Sustainment.
• Be persistent in organizational change to Increase Product Line Adoption across Mission Systems.
• Use existing knowledge of software architecture and Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE) tools to help define and shape the PL adoption strategy for PL teams and at the division level across the NGMS sector.
• Provide coaching on PL principles, practices, and the adoption process and work with the product line team and division leadership to identify where the process needs to be tailored to meet individual organization requirements.
• Create new coaching materials including tools, templates, techniques, and processes.
• Help teams create and modify their product lines using MBSE tools like Cameo, IBM Rhapsody Architect and Pure::Variants to track product line variation.
• Schedule and conduct PLE focused education and awareness sessions, surveys, technology demonstrations, and other training events.
• Ensure our product line engineering strategy is aligned with NG digital transformation strategy.
• Use Confluence to document status and new processes.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) and a minimum of 14 years of related experience; or Master's Degree in a STEM discipline and 12 years of related experience; or PhD in a STEM discipline and 10 years of related experience.
• Experience leading technical teams, demonstrating technical leadership skills, decisiveness, and ability to make sound technical judgments with limited information.
• Experience with the technical development and direction for all aspects of engineering on a program, including design, development, implementation, testing, and delivery of product to a customer.
• Systems Engineering experience including requirements management, systems architecture development, and model-based engineering/systems engineering (MBE/MBSE) using tools such as, IBM Rhapsody and Cameo.
• Exposure to traceability across the systems engineering lifecycle, engineering processes and governance, family of systems/products, model-based architectures, and strategic reuse or variant management.
• U.S. Citizenship and current/active U.S. Government Secret Clearance required.
• Must have the ability to obtain/maintain U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance and Special Program Access (SAP).

Preferred Qualifications

• Active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance or higher.
• Experience working with Systems Architecture, Software architecture, Product Architecture or Chief Engineering roles Software development tools, methods, and best practices
• Experience with Sensor System Development, including RF and/or Electro-optical and Infrared Product line engineering experience internal or external to Northrop Grumman Systems, and/or software or hardware architecture derivation and development experience
• Active in the PLE Community of Practice (CoP) or presented PLE content at relevant industry conferences or NG Symposiums
• Leading organizational change, in partnership with executive management and technical leadership
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
• Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP)

Primary Level Salary Range

$184,100.00 - $289,200.00 The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

Application Period

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO.

U.S. Citizenship Requirement

U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

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Company Overview

We are a pioneering company. With careers across all areas: air, cyber, land, sea and space - our 90,000 employees work as one to defend and define the future. Northrop Grumman careers and internships are as varied as your interests, with a lifetime of potential that will give you every opportunity to do your best work. Working together with people from many backgrounds, personal passions and disciplines, we share a drive to push the boundaries of science, technology and engineering to meet the ever evolving needs of our customers worldwide.