Sr Staff Engineer Systems – C2BMC Chief Scientist (25-381)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems—Launch and Missile Defense Systems presents an excellent opportunity for a Sr Staff Engineer Systems – C2BMC Chief Scientist (25-381) to join our team of skilled and diverse professionals. This role, based in Colorado Springs, CO, or Huntsville, AL, is crucial in supporting the U.S. President, the Secretary of Defense, and combatant commanders at strategic, regional, and operational levels.

This position does not offer relocation assistance and requires working on-site with no remote options.

Position Overview:

The Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) program is a vital part of the Missile Defense System. It provides a key operational platform that allows the U.S. president, the secretary of defense, and combatant commanders at strategic, regional, and tactical levels to systematically plan missile defense operations, monitor battle progress, and actively manage networked sensors and weapon systems to achieve global and regional mission goals. C2BMC offers a layered missile defense capability, providing an optimized response to threats across all ranges and flight phases. It functions as a force multiplier by connecting, integrating, and synchronizing autonomous sensor and weapon systems and operations both worldwide and locally to improve overall performance. Additionally, C2BMC is a critical component of all ground and flight tests that verify and demonstrate the missile defense system's current and future capabilities.

In this role, the selected candidate will play a key part in developing, prototyping, implementing, and analyzing algorithms that support tracking, sensor netting, target discrimination, and battle management. Responsibilities include designing and refining algorithms for early intercept tracking and advanced battle management, as well as modifying existing algorithms to incorporate new data sources and mission needs. They will perform comparative data analysis to evaluate the performance and effectiveness of the algorithms, review technical documentation to ensure clarity, accuracy, and alignment with project goals, and act as a technical liaison to working-level counterparts, providing subject-matter expertise as needed.

Essential Functions:

• Must have experience with tracking, sensor fusion, and/or battle management systems
• Comfortable working with complex datasets and performance metrics
• Communicates clearly and simplifies technical information for diverse audiences
• Succeed in a collaborative, fast-paced setting
• Are detail-oriented and motivated by a sense of purpose
• Experience in software and systems engineering, including developing new radar signal processing and tracking systems, and integrating existing ones
• Experience in one or more of the following:
  • Kalman filtering
  • Track filtering
  • Missile fly-out
  • Intercept tracking
  • Engagement dynamics
  • Sensor netting
  • Target discrimination
  • Track fusion
  • Data links
• Proficient in software development and analysis

Salary range in Huntsville: $179,600 - $269,400

Salary range in Colorado Springs: $171,000 - $256,600

Basic Qualifications:

Please list your current security clearance and IAT or relevant certifications on your resume, if applicable.

• A Bachelor’s Degree in STEM Science, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Technical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field from an accredited university is preferred, along with 14 years of experience; or a Master’s degree in a STEM related field with 12 years of relevant work experience; or a PhD (preferred) in a related field with 10