Senior Staff Chief Systems Engineering Architect

Northrop Grumman

. Managing Internal Research and Development (IRAD) efforts for the OU, to include IRAD proposals, planning, and oversight .

Posted 4/1/2026full-timeLake Charles • Louisiana, Maryland • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $166,500 - $276,100 per yearWebsite

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About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Managing Internal Research and Development (IRAD) efforts for the OU, to include IRAD proposals, planning, and oversight
Developing the business cases to support IRAD funding requests
Leading cross organization technical collaboration on IRAD and captures
Ensuring the technical vision and roadmap for the OU are aligned to Business Unit (BU), Division, and Sector technology interests and strategic objectives
Consulting or leading technical solutioning for capture efforts and participating in proposal development and reviews
Determining capability gaps in our customers platforms and designing solutions to fill them
Ensuring appropriate collaboration technical leads across the OU and the programs that they represent.
Primary technical focal point for the OU Engineering Lead and the OU Director
Travel will be approximately 10% to 25% depending on where the selected Candidate is actually located.

Requirements

What you’ll need

U.S. Citizenship
Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 20 years of experience - OR -
Master’s degree with a minimum of 18 years of experience - OR -
PhD with a minimum of 15 years of experience
Current DoD Secret or higher security clearance with ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance
Experience leading or participating in the responses to 5+ proposal solicitations
IRAD planning / execution experience which includes business case development
Familiarity with aviation maintenance, integration, and modernization efforts across multiple platforms
Strong systems engineering skills and specifically experience with systems of systems integration and platform systems integration
Experience deploying solutions across multiple programs and encouraging cross-program knowledge sharing
Demonstrated technical leadership skills, decisiveness, and ability to make sound technical judgments with limited information
Ability to comprehend and analyze complex problems and develop solutions including analyzing existing customer platforms to identify capability gaps and determining innovative solutions to fill them
Strong interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with technical and business leadership.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

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Hard Skills & Tools

IRAD planningbusiness case developmentsystems engineeringsystems of systems integrationplatform systems integrationtechnical solutioningproposal developmenttechnical collaborationcapability gap analysissolution design

Soft Skills

technical leadershipdecisivenessproblem analysisinnovative solution developmentinterpersonal communication

Certifications

DoD Secret clearanceTS/SCI clearance