Sentinel - Senior Staff Systems Engineer - Launch Systems - 19759

Northrop Grumman; Roy (UT); On-site; USD 167,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

401k

Educational Assistance

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Li

Paid Time Off

Health & Wellness Resources

Employee Discounts

Job summary

Northrop Grumman in Roy, Utah, seeks a Senior Staff System Engineer to lead Infrastructure Test & Training for the Sentinel Program, coordinating across teams to deliver robust interfaces, seamless integration, and on-time milestones.

The role requires MBSE depth, program execution excellence, and the ability to communicate with customers and senior leadership. A U.S. Secret clearance is required; relocation assistance may be available; on-site work in Roy with potential for future flexibility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in STEM with 14+ years experience, or Master's with 12+, or PhD with 10+.
• US Citizen with an active Secret clearance.
• Experience with model-based systems engineering (MBSE) tools, practices, methods.
• Strong program execution skills and ability to meet milestones across complex programs.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute infrastructure integration, test and checkout for Sentinel program.
• Collaborate with engineers across product teams to drive definition and sell-off.
• Engage customers and senior leadership to inform on technical solutions.
• Lead complex projects with cross-disciplinary coordination across teams.

Skills

Model-based systems engineering

Program management

Cross-functional collaboration

System engineering

Customer communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

MBSE software

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be 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 Strategic Deterrent Systems division in Roy, Utah is seeking a Senior Staff System Engineer to join our team of highly qualified and diverse individuals. This position will be located in Roy, Utah and will support the Sentinel Program.

This position will be part of our Launch Systems (LS) - Infrastructure - Test & Training team to plan and execute Infrastructure integration, test and checkout activities supporting Sentinel. A successful Senior Staff SE will collaborate with other engineers within and across product teams to drive successful product definition and sell-off. The Senior Staff SE will be responsible for engaging customers and senior leadership to inform on the technical solution.

This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 14 years of experience with Bachelor's degree, 12 years of experience with Master's degree, 10 years of experience with PhD
• Must be a US Citizen with an active U.S. Government Secret Clearance with an investigation date within the last 6 years
• Must be able to be successfully screened for Enhanced Security Clearances, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs
• 4+ years of Experience implementing and using model-based systems engineering tools, practices, and methods
• 4+ years of Strong program execution skills; demonstrated ability to meet program technical, cost, and schedule milestones
• 4+ years Strong partnership/collaboration skills. Demonstrated ability to partner cross-discipline within a team
• 4+ years of Experience with one or more of the following: Launch system, facility design, military aerospace development
• 4+ years of Experience with project management including cost and schedule reporting

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience overseeing component and system qualification and verification testing
• Missile-system proficiency - Experience designing developing, testing, integrating, and/or analyzing missile systems and subsystems (propulsion, aerodynamics, flight-control, structures, and/or guidance-navigation-control)
• Test-campaign leadership - Experience related to flight-test campaigns, including planning, execution and data capture, and post-test analysis Demonstrated ability to lead complex projects with proven collaboration and coordination skills across internal and external stakeholder organizations
• Exceptional communication skills (verbal, written, presentation) across all levels of the organization and strong partnership/collaboration skills. Understanding of the Systems Engineering V-Model
• Experience with ICBM weapon system sustainment engineering and integration
• Large scale / complex system development experience across multiple phases of a development program: preliminary design, detailed design, integration and test, verification and sell off, transition to production
• Process-improvement champion - Initiated and institutionalized process improvements that became organization-wide best-practice templates

Position Benefits

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
• 401k
• Educational Assistance
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
• Paid Time Off
• Health & Wellness Resources
• Employee Discounts

https://www.northropgrumman.com/who-we-are/total-rewards-benefits/

This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

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Primary Level Salary Range: $166,500.00 - $249,700.00

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.

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.

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