Northrop Grumman

Senior Staff Systems Engineer

Northrop Grumman

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: DullesArizonaVirginiaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $166,500 - $289,200 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Assist senior program leadership on shaping customer acquisition payload manifest strategy
  • Coordinating internal responses to cross program issues and providing high level briefings on major decision points to Chief Engineer and program director
  • Ensuring that applicable engineering processes and practices are followed
  • Planning and managing technical reviews
  • Providing technical oversight to major FRB/MRB/Anomalies
  • Working with each of the Payload LSEs to ensure that the technical baseline managed
  • Ensure that givers / receivers, GFx and other roadblocks are quickly identified and countered
  • Leading / supporting on-ramp of new payload through studies or ECPs
  • Evolving and streamlining payload integration systems engineering processes

Requirements

  • Active Top-Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance
  • BS Degree in Engineering or related technical field and at least 14 years of professional experience or MS Degree and 12 years of professional experience or PhD with 10 years professional experience
  • Experience with space mission development / architecture as well as spacecraft design, development integration, test and launch
  • Experience working medium size or larger Government programs
  • Experience leading a team of engineers
  • Experience leading failure review boards and anomaly investigations
  • Demonstrated strong communication skills (verbal and written) with experience briefing executive and customer leadership
  • Proposal Experience
  • Worked in the Space Security Domain
Benefits
  • Health insurance coverage
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Savings plan
  • Company paid holidays
  • Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
payload manifest strategyengineering processestechnical reviewstechnical oversightpayload integration systems engineeringspace mission developmentspacecraft designdevelopment integrationanomaly investigationsproposal experience
Soft Skills
communication skillsleadershipteam managementproblem-solvingbriefing skills
Certifications
Top-Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance