Systems Engineer Level 6 - Seeker IPT lead

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance may be available

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Systems seeks a Systems Engineer Level 6 - Seeker IPT lead in Chandler, Arizona. Responsible for the EOIR seeker subsystem's cost, schedule and technical performance, acting as primary customer contact and leading reviews.

Establishes design criteria, engineering efforts, milestones, and collaborates with multiple IPTs to ensure program success. Role requires a Bachelor's with extensive experience (or higher degrees) in STEM, U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 14 years of experience, Master's with 12 years, or PhD with 10 years in STEM.
• 4 years of experience may substitute for a degree.
• U.S. citizenship is required and active US Government Secret clearance is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical, cost, schedule, and resource execution for the seeker subsystem.
• Serve as primary customer contact for seeker portion of program activities and lead program reviews.
• Establish design concepts, criteria and engineering efforts for research, development, integration and test.
• Set milestones and monitor adherence to master plans and schedules; resolve program issues.
• Direct the work of personnel across technical, manufacturing, and administrative areas.
• Collaborate with the Chief Engineer and IPT leads to meet cost, schedule, and program objectives.

Education

Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in STEM fields

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 Space Systems is seeking a Systems Engineer Level 6 - Seeker IPT lead to join our team in Chandler, Arizona .

This role is responsible for the cost, schedule and technical performance of EOIR seeker subsystem for a missile interceptor. Acts as primary customer contact for seeker portion of program activities, leading program review sessions with customer to discuss cost, schedule, and technical performance. Establishes design concepts, criteria and engineering efforts for product research, development, integration and test. Establishes milestones and monitors adherence to master plans and schedules, identifies program problems and obtains solutions, such as allocation of resources or changing contractual specifications. Directs the work of employees assigned to the program from technical, manufacturing and administrative areas. Collaborates with Office of the Chief Engineer and other program Integrated Product Team leads to ensure overall program cost, schedule, and objectives are met.

Role Overview

Serve as primary technical authority leading the technical, cost, schedule, and resource execution for the seeker system on the Glide Phase Interceptor program, the premier new defense against advanced hypersonic threats. This role involves ensuring the seeker system meets all Preliminary Design Review (PDR) criteria and supports the high production rates needed for national missile defense.

Key Responsibilities:

• Mechanical Packaging & Fitment: Oversee all mechanical packaging and fitment challenges, ensuring complex hardware fits perfectly within a constrained volume.
• Electro-Optical Performance: Manage electro-optical testing processes, which includes optical analysis and design, as well as developing test plans and procedures to evaluate performance across a myriad of conditions.
• Tolerance & DFM: Oversee tolerance analysis, packaging, and shimming as required for Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and optimal optical performance, ensuring all design decisions are mindful of minimizing long-term production costs.
• International Collaboration: Collaborate proactive and work through design issues with our international partners, fostering situational awareness and strong cross-team understanding throughout the process.
• Technology & Manufacturing Readiness: Driver maturation of all seeker components and sub-systems to TRL-5 at passage of the sensation of PDR, and support/facilitate manufacturing readiness assessments to achieve MRA-6 at the time of PDR.
• Systems-Level Architecture & Analysis: Coordinate with multiple stakeholders to perform complex structural and thermal analysis, balancing reliability to be held at a system level. Ensure each design is test design of new der...

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree with 14 years of experience, master's degree with 12 years of experience or Ph.D. with 10years of experience in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or related technical fields. An additional 4 values of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

U.S Citizenship is required.

Must have an active US Government Secret Clearance

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