Staff Systems Engineer

Northrop Grumman

. Manage dependencies with other product teams and support external dependencies .

Posted 4/9/2026full-timeColorado Springs • Alabama, Colorado • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $161,000 - $253,600 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manage dependencies with other product teams and support external dependencies
Handle and document technical issues
Support the development of proposals
Ensure that the product team's technical commitments are clearly understood and executed
Maintain a backlog of assigned features to meet technical commitments
Ensure teams follow organizational processes
Apply advanced concepts, theories, and principles, and contribute to developing new principles and ideas
Handle highly complex problems with consultative guidance; wrong decisions could generally cause failure in reaching key organizational goals and damage the organization’s technological reputation
Advise top management and customers on sophisticated technical research studies and applications
Work will be performed as part of an Agile Scrum team under the guidance of a Team Lead who reports to the C2BMC Regional Systems Engineering Manager
Work will be performed within a designated closed area.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A Bachelor’s Degree in STEM (Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field) from an accredited university, along with 12 years of experience; or a Master’s degree (preferred) in a STEM-related field with 10 years of relevant work experience; or a PhD in a related discipline with 8 years of relevant work experience
Applicants must have a current, active in-scope DoD-issued Secret security clearance at the time of application, which is required to start
Willingness to travel 10% of the time for business needs
Experience in management or leadership roles, along with the relevant skills
Coordinate with Control Account Managers (CAMs) and EVM staff to determine cost and schedule performance
Generate Estimated Time to Complete (ETC), Earned Value Management (EVM), and other engineering metrics to identify and resolve all technical or staffing issues while managing cost and schedule

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health Plan
Savings Plan
Paid Time Off
Education Assistance
Training and Development
Flexible Work Arrangements

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Hard Skills & Tools

AgileScrumEarned Value Management (EVM)Estimated Time to Complete (ETC)technical issue documentationproposal developmentbacklog managementcomplex problem solvingtechnical researchSTEM-related knowledge

Soft Skills

leadershipmanagementconsultative guidancecommunicationcoordinationorganizational process adherenceadvisingproblem-solvingteam collaborationstrategic thinking

Certifications

DoD-issued Secret security clearance