Sentinel - Staff Engineer Systems RIA AVE Technical Lead - 18837

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: 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.

Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Staff (level 5) Systems Engineer RIA - AVE Technical Lead to join the Sentinel Systems Engineering team located in Roy, UT.  Northrop Grumman supports the Air Force’s sustainment, development, production and deployment of hardware and system modifications for Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Ground and Airborne Launch Control Systems, Launch Facilities, and associated infrastructure. 

What you will get to do:

The selected engineer will be a Systems Engineering SME and responsible for driving technical rigor into work products for the Requirements, Interfaces, and Architecture (RIA) teams for the Aerospace Vehicle Equipment (AVE) Segment. The engineer will be responsible for leading team of 5-10 systems engineers and performing tasking. This includes providing technical guidance to junior and mid-level engineers as they execute tasking involving interface definition, requirement decomposition, and compliance tracking.

The selected candidate will be reporting to the AVE RIA Lead. They would be responsible for assisting in oversight and execution of requirements development, verification, interface development and architecture development in the AVE Segment-System. The individual must be capable of leading a team in a highly dynamic environment and managing multiple priorities. The individual must be able to communicate effectively with upper management and customers.

The responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Key Reviewer and oversight of the AVE Requirements Verification Plan for the Segment
• Requirement development, decomposition, and refinement based on knowledge of the functional architecture and performance budgets
• Ensure architecture is consistent with requirements decomposition
• Lead verification planning for the AVE segment requirements. Verification planning will transition into verification execution which includes development and review of verification artifacts, requirement verification report generation, and management of the approval process
• Support TMRR execution including Preliminary Design Review (PDR) and Milestone B re-certification
• Support to incremental CDR execution eventually culminating in an AVE CDR (includes execution of CDR, readiness assessment)
• Support to flight design review (FDR)
• Work in a collaborative environment, across all system functions.  Work with teammates across a wide variety of disciplines and get intimately familiar with all aspects of the Missile

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) with 12 years of experience; or master’s degree with 10 years of experience; or PhD with 8 years of experience
• Must be a US Citizen with an active DoD Secret Clearance, at time of application, current and within scope, with an investigation date within the last 6 years. 
• Must have the ability to obtain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a rea