Senior Systems Engineer & Development Lead (Global Hawk)

Northrop Grumman

San Diego (CA)

On-site

USD 177,000 - 265,600

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems in Rancho Bernardo, CA, is seeking a Staff Systems Engineer to lead a diverse SEI development team within the Global Hawk portfolio. You will guide requirements, architecture, verification, and integration across the SE V-Model for both hardware and software components.

You will coordinate with IPTs, ensure performance, risk management, and program milestones, and contribute to sustainment and technology refresh activities while interfacing with USAF

Qualifications

  • Bachelor/Master/PhD in STEM with 8–12 years of relevant experience

Responsibilities

  • Lead multi-disciplinary engineering teams to meet program objectives
  • Collaborate with customers and end users to validate requirements and risk
  • Maintain the technical baseline and ensure cohesive system solutions
  • Define roadmaps for future technology integration
  • Capture stakeholder needs and translate into actionable requirements
  • Develop and validate models for concept development, design, and verification
  • Plan, execute schedules, and guide teams toward milestones
  • Leverage experience with UAV/ground segment architectures and mission payloads

Skills

Leadership
Systems engineering
Requirements development
IPT coordination
Technical baseline management
Problem solving

Education

BS in STEM
MS in STEM
PhD in STEM

Tools

Jira
Confluence
Bitbucket

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems in Rancho Bernardo, CA, is seeking a Staff Systems Engineer to lead a diverse SEI development team within the Global Hawk portfolio. You will guide requirements, architecture, verification, and integration across the SE V-Model for both hardware and software components.

You will coordinate with IPTs, ensure performance, risk management, and program milestones, and contribute to sustainment and technology refresh activities while interfacing with USAF

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