Systems Engineer level 6 – Product Line

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance coverage

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Company paid holidays

Paid time off (PTO)

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Huntsville, AL seeks a Senior Staff Systems Engineer (Level 6) to drive technical leadership across the MDI Futures and GWS programs, focusing on extending capabilities into product lines and guiding IR&D for future capture opportunities.

You will collaborate with multiple BUs and lead proposals, mentoring engineers and ensuring technical solutions meet customer requirements, cost, and schedule.

Qualifications

• Bachelors in STEM with 14+ years of related experience, or a Masters with 12, or 10 years with a PhD.
• Strong background in systems engineering and product lines (concept to commercialization).
• Experience leading a system engineering team and communicating to executives.
• Willingness to travel up to 30% and hold an active Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for extending MDI BU capabilities into product lines.
• Lead technical solutions across functions to meet customer requirements, cost, and schedule.
• Coordinate IR&D for mature technologies to support future opportunities.
• Mentor engineers in systems engineering principles and best practices.

Skills

Systems engineering

Product lines

Leadership

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree

PhD

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 peoples 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 nations 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, theyre making history. Northrop Grumman Space Systems – central region (MDI BU) has an exciting career opportunity for a Senior Staff Systems Engineer (Level 6) to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Huntsville, AL.

Position Overview

The selected Sr. Staff Systems Engineer responsibilities will include the support of the MDI Futures and GWS program as both an individual contributor and Product line leadership with time allocation of 70% MDI-F / BSW and 30% GWS. This role will serve as the technical leader for extension of existing Missile Defense Integration (MDI) Business Unit (BU) capabilities into product lines, collaborating across MDI BU functions to develop business strategies aligned with compelling technical offerings to support BU growth objectives. Additionally, this role will support the planning and execution of BU Internal Research & Development (IR&D) projects to mature technologies that support future capture opportunities. Finally, this role will provide technical expertise where needed across existing programs within the MDI BU portfolio. This role will coordinate across functions in a fast paced-environment, developing technical solutions that meet customer technical, cost, and schedule requirements. Programmatic focus will be on the activities to develop key technologies, integrate and shape solutions for the MDI BU while also supporting the creation of new strategies to win and execute future development programs. Serve as the technical counterpart to the product line manager and as the technical lead for product line capture and proposal efforts. Serve as the technical liaison to customers and industry partners for product line opportunities. Foster collaboration across the MDI BU to facilitate technical knowledge sharing, development of technology maturation roadmaps, and provide leadership to IR&D planning and execution to position technical offerings for future opportunities. Provide technical leadership, solutioning, and risk-based decision making through assistance to ongoing program execution. Provide mentoring to other technical employees in the application of system architecture and systems engineering principles, tools, and techniques to achieve results through managing people, internal processes and customer/supplier relationships. Provide insight and knowledge transfer to others on internal and external technical solutions to solve complex problems. Develop and present technical solutions to senior leadership, collaborate across BUs, divisions, sectors within the company as well as with industry partners and customer community, using strong communication skills. The selected candidate should thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, and collaborative team settings across all levels.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 14 years of related experience, or a Masters Degree and 12 years of related experience, or 10 years of experience with a PhD.
• Strong technical background in systems engineering and product lines (concept to commercialization).
• Strong background in product architecture & program execution.
• Candidate must demonstrate ability to think critically and capture concepts in papers, presentations, and discussions.
• Individual must possess good communication skills.
• Must be capable of working both independently and within a team environment, to include leading a team.
• Experience as a tech team lead on a systems engineering team.
• The successful candidate must also be willing to assume a technical leadership role.
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 30% of the time.
• Applicants must have a current active in-scope U.S. Government DoD issued Secret security clearance at the time of application which is required to start.

Preferred Qualifications

• Systems engineering experience with large, complex systems.
• Experience in Capture.

Primary Level Salary Range: $0.00 - $0.00

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 candidates 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.

Benefits

• health insurance coverage
• life and disability insurance
• savings plan
• Company paid holidays
• 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.

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.