Staff Engineer Systems (Program Deputy Chief Engineer) **CURRENT/ACTIVE CLEARANCE REQUIRED**
Posted on: 7 Mar 2021
Northridge, CA
Job Description
Description
Northrop Grumman Defense Systems in Northridge, CA is currently seeking a Staff Systems Engineer w/ a current/active clearance to support our Advanced Programs group. In this role, the selected candidate will be the Program Deputy Chief Engineer.
In this role as a Staff Engineer / Deputy Chief Engineer, the selected candidate will join a staff of Chief Engineers that support program execution of ongoing development activities, and new business capture. In this position you will support the Chief Engineer of a large weapon development program in the technical oversight of the program and the allocation and coordination of engineering resources over an IPT structure. You will lead the development and execution of technical reviews. You will partner with IPT leads to achieve efficient, effective, and innovative Engineering solutions, including subsystem and supporting technology development, achieving program success and looking for opportunities to leverage common design and products enabling rapid development and affordable solutions.
Specific responsibilities include:
Provide technical project management and leadership a cross functional team engineers developing advanced systems designs and concepts.
Interfacing with IPT leads to ensure program technical requirements and schedule are met
Introduce and develop new technologies for concepts and designs of advanced systems
Develop architectures and concepts for autonomous systems and subsystems including flight sensors, flight computers, communications, propulsion, payloads and air vehicles
Interfacing with the design and implementation engineers and architects to ensure that robust and compliant designs are developed
Qualification
Basic Qualifications:
Current active Secret clearance or higher.
Secret Clearance Periodic Reinvestigation within the last 5 years
BS in Engineering (or related) discipline
14+ years experience in systems and product development
Demonstrated technical leadership skills
Well-versed, skilled and disciplined in system engineering processes.
Background in aerospace systems; basic understanding of aircraft systems, missile systems, avionics, software systems, and their design drivers
Preferred Qualifications:
Working knowledge of Low Observable technologies
Familiarity with operational and system survivability analyses and methodologies
Northrop Grumman
Falls Church, VA
Northrop Grumman Corporation, a security company, provides products in the areas of autonomous systems, cyber, space, strikes, and logistics and modernizations in the United States, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Aerospace Systems, Innovation Systems, Mission Systems, and Technology Services. The Aerospace Systems segment designs, develops, integrates, and produces manned aircrafts, autonomous systems, spacecraft systems, high-energy laser systems, microelectronics, and other systems and sub-systems for use in the areas of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, strike operations, communications, earth observations, and space science.
The Innovation Systems segment designs, develops, integrates, and produces flights, armaments, and space systems. It offers launch vehicles and related propulsion systems; missile products and defense electronics; precision weapons, armament systems, and ammunitions; satellites and associated space components and services; and advanced aerospace structures. The Mission Systems segment offers products and services that include C4ISR systems; radar, electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR), and acoustic sensors; electronic warfare systems; cyber solutions; space systems; intelligence processing systems; air and missile defense integration systems; navigation systems; and shipboard missiles and encapsulated payload launch systems.
The Technology Services segment provides logistic solutions that supports the full life cycle of platforms and systems. Its products and services include software and system sustainment; modernization of platform and associated subsystems; advanced training solutions; and integrated logistics support. Northrop Grumman Corporation was founded in 1939 and is based in Falls Church, Virginia.
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IndustryAerospace and Defense
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No. of Employees85,000
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