Staff Tech Svcs Proj Mgmt – Deputy Product Execution Solution Chief/Project Engineer (24-508)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

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.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems – Launch and Missile Defense Systems has an exciting career opportunity for a Staff Technical Services Project Management – Deputy Product Execution Solution Chief/Project Engineer (24-508) to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Colorado Springs, CO.

Position Overview:

The Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) program integrates the Missile Defense System. It is a vital operational system that enables the U.S. president, secretary of defense, and combatant commanders at strategic, regional, and operational levels to systematically plan ballistic missile defense operations, to see the battle develop collectively, and to dynamically manage designated networked sensors and weapons systems to achieve global and regional mission objectives. C2BMC supports a layered missile defense capability that enables an optimized response to threats of all ranges in all phases of flight. C2BMC is the force multiplier that globally and regionally networks integrate, synchronizing autonomous sensor and weapon systems and operations to optimize performance. C2BMC is integral to all system ground and flight tests, which verify and exercise all current and future missile defense system capabilities.

The candidate will act as the Deputy Solution Chief in decomposing system requirements into work packages (develop epics and features) and coordinate planning with various ART leadership on the planning and execution of work.

Essential Functions:

• Coordinates meetings to clearly define what is done or the scope of the effort during development and ensures execution to meet milestones
• Assisting in building project plans to meet requirements based on resource availability
• Participate in increment program planning to identify infrastructure project dependencies and need dates to support software and hardware installation
• Work with the MDA customer to set and modify program priorities and manage the operational baselined system
• Work closely with the OM&S Task Order Program Manager and Solution Chief to manage, coordinate, and oversee the efforts associated with OM&S contract proposals, project implementation, and system modifications
• Support the planning and execution of technical scope, schedule, and cost inputs for contractual deliverables, task instructions, and other projects as directed by the customer and program leadership
• Will support the development of an IMS, regular status reporting on IMS tasks for EVM accounting, and will support de-confliction with other task orders and release trains to achieve OM&S objectives
• Experience with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), C2BMC system, or similar command and control (C2) systems
• Experience in a complex development and sustainment program and familiarity with related engineering disciplines like:
  • Systems engineering
  • Software development
  • Networks
  • Cybersecurity
  • Fielding, etc.
• Earned Value Management expertise and proven leadership abilities to manage, coordinate, and oversee cross-functional efforts associated with development and sustainment lifecycle management, emphasizing deployment activities
• Extensive project management experience
• Experience planning and managing projects in an Agile framework.

Basic Qualifications:

Please note your updated security clearance and IAT/relevant certifications on your resume, if applicable.

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Project Management, Engineering, Computer Science, Business Management) discipline preferred from an accredited university and 12 years of related experience or a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 10 years of experience,