Senior Principal Engineer, Systems
Northrop Grumman
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Dulles • Arizona • Virginia • United States
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Salary
💰 $122,800 - $213,400 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Act as the single point of accountability for the defined cost account(s) within the payload integration efforts of the program
- Perform Earned Value Management (EVM) tasks, including baseline planning, cost/schedule performance tracking, variance analysis, and corrective action planning.
- Deliver all product team deliverables on time and within cost, while meeting contractual programmatic and technical requirements and stakeholder expectations
- Ensure technical quality, performance, cost and schedule for product team content on the program, in alignment with Engineering and Division processes, program policies, and industry best standards
- Provide oversight for technical activities involving payload integration design, analysis, testing, and validation for the new ESPAStar spacecraft.
- Support the development of technical requirements, interface control documents (ICD), and system verification and validation planning
- Adhere to the Payload Statement of Work (SOW) and perform rigorous change management in coordination with program leadership
- Identify resources, including staffing, required to complete product team deliverables, and communicate the need in a timely manner to enable onboarding of the resources early enough to meet program objectives.
- Coordinate with Functional Management to staff the Payload SE team
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including spacecraft design, subsystem engineers, analysis engineers, manufacturing teams, Global Supply Chain, Manufacturing & Operations, and program management, to synchronize efforts
- Prepare and deliver briefings, presentations, and progress reports to ensure transparency on program milestones
- Conduct thorough risk & opportunity management practices including identification, mitigation and realization.
- Identify areas for cost reduction, efficiency improvements, and technical innovation within payload integration.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of professional experience or Master’s degree with 6 years of professional experience or PhD with 4 years of professional experience
- Requires an active U.S. Government DoD Top-Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope
- Experience with at least one phase of the lifecycle of spacecraft development, build, and operations
- Risk & Opportunity Management experience and change control experience
- 1 year of experience in Project Management roles such as Program Manager, CAM, IPT
- Demonstrated strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to convey technical and financial information effectively across multi-disciplinary teams.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to lead efforts to resolve technical and financial issues.
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
Earned Value Managementbaseline planningcost performance trackingschedule performance trackingvariance analysiscorrective action planningpayload integration designsystem verificationvalidation planningchange management
Soft Skills
communication skillsproblem-solving skillscollaborationleadershiprisk managementopportunity managementpresentation skillsorganizational skillsstakeholder managementcross-functional teamwork
Certifications
U.S. Government DoD Top-Secret security clearance