Staff Engineer Systems - Technical Lead

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 147,700 - 221,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Discretionary bonuses

Paid time off

Job summary

0090 CORP-Corporate Office is looking for a technical role focused on leadership and managing complex systems. Candidates should have a strong background in STEM disciplines, along with significant experience in technical management and clearance requirements.

This position offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance and potential bonuses based on performance.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in a professional or military context related to STEM.
• Active U.S. Government Secret clearance required.
• Experience in microelectronics design and system engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead and establish technical baselines for platforms.
• Manage change and communicate strategies with stakeholders.
• Interpret and allocate requirements for Mesh Networks.

Skills

Technical baseline establishment

Change management

Supplier evaluation

Microelectronics design

Leadership in engineering teams

Education

Bachelor of Science in STEM

Master of Science in STEM

Ph.D. in STEM

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available.

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes. CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret. TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the time.

At Northrop Grumman, 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 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.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish technical baseline and execute change management to meet platform/payload specific experiment objectives.
• Establish and lead a regular rhythm with stakeholders to communicate overall technical approach and methodology for design, integration, hypothesis testing, data collection, and recommendations.
• Lead and present customer milestone reviews, including suppliers’ briefing, key performance requirements, architecture diagrams, and solutions approach.
• Interpret, allocate, tailor, write and/or flow down requirements to all levels of a Mesh Network architecture.
• Perform trade studies, document architectures/interfaces, analyze performance, and evaluate Technology Readiness Level (TRL) with regard to supplier's current and future product offerings.
• Lead supplier evaluation criteria and experience in conducting technical evaluations, documenting results and solution recommendation for the customer.
• Execute supplier’s statement of work and documentation reviews and approval authority with respect to technical delivery.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline + 12 years of related professional/military experience, OR Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline + 10 years, OR STEM Ph.D. + 8 years.
• Active U.S. Government Secret or higher clearance (background investigation completed within last 6 years or currently enrolled in Continuous Evaluation).
• Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance prior to commencement of employment.
• Experience establishing technical baseline of microelectronics design, payload/RF/digital implementation, or system engineering disciplines in terms of requirement de‑composition, V&V, and configuration change management.
• Experience leading and forming program execution paths for teams to meet technical performance, cost, and schedule with a program manager.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading and collaborating with geographically dispersed cross‑discipline teams of engineers and industry partners.
• Integrated product team lead and/or cost account manager experience.
• Strong technical knowledge in microelectronics and experience managing the design and fabrication of microelectronic components used in RF communication systems.
• Strong working knowledge in field experiments and platform integration.
• Experience integrating commercial communications technologies for use in military operations.
• Extensive experience in subcontract management with respect to microelectronics design evaluations, gap/improvement identification, and articulation for supplier shortcomings.
• Prior experience supporting government‑led spectrum approval, interim flight clearances (IFC), Interim Authorization To Test (IATT), Authority to Operate (ATO), ground node operations, and/or cybersecurity requirements.
• Strong working experience with government personnel and ability to take actions for customer resolution.
• Experience integrating complex systems for naval platforms and operations.
• Experience demonstrating complex technical concepts to management, customers, and stakeholders with non‑technical background.
• Experience with Mission Engineering.

Salary and Benefits

Primary Level Salary Range: $147,700.00 – $221,500.00. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Employees may also be eligible for Long Term Incentives and a variety of benefits, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, company‑paid holidays, and paid time off for vacation and/or personal business.

Legal and EEO

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.