Weapons Systems Integration Lead — Engineering Leadership

Northrop Grumman Corp. (AU); Melbourne (FL); On-site; USD 165,500 - 249,700; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Company-paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for Weapons Integration Technical Lead to join the Avionics Organization, onsite in Melbourne, Florida. This leadership role requires steering a multi-disciplinary team and delivering weapon system integration capabilities.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, program interface responsibilities, and collaboration with customers to satisfy evolving requirements while maintaining high technical rigor.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with extensive professional experience; Master’s or PhD preferred.
• Experience as a technical lead or IPT lead with strong leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Experience with system modeling and requirements management tools (e.g., Cameo).
• Experience with Stores Management Systems and software/hardware integration of embedded systems.

Responsibilities

• Own the weapons system technical baseline and develop/maintain designs from concept through production maturity.
• Lead a multi-disciplinary team, providing technical direction and mentoring to engineers.
• Interface with program leadership and customers, presenting technical solutions to senior stakeholders.
• Translate customer requirements into hardware/software specs for stores management and related subsystems.
• Manage customer relationships and evolving requirements with proactive engagement.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks and opportunities; track to closure.
• Collaborate with IPTs and program stakeholders to understand interfaces and dependencies.
• Manage suppliers and develop statements of work and performance-based specs.

Skills

Technical leadership

IPT leadership

Team building

Requirements management

Systems modeling

CAMEO"

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Master’s degree in STEM

Ph.D. in STEM

Tools

Cameo

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for Weapons Integration Technical Lead to join the Avionics Organization, onsite in Melbourne, Florida. This leadership role requires steering a multi-disciplinary team and delivering weapon system integration capabilities.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, program interface responsibilities, and collaboration with customers to satisfy evolving requirements while maintaining high technical rigor.