Staff Missile Systems Project Engineer (AHT)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be 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's Defense System's is currently seeking a Staff Missile Systems Project Engineer level 5 to support our Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) missile program with our talented Advanced Weapons team. This role is 100% on site at our Northridge Ca location. Relocation assistance, while not guaranteed, may be available.

The ideal candidate will have experience in the full systems engineering lifecycle of missile / weapon system development program(s). They will also have the technical depth on one or more of the subsystems of missile/weapon system, e.g., RF/sensors, guidance, navigation, control, telemetry/communication, and airframe.  This candidate will work directly with the program’s Chief Engineer and Program Execution Manager and collaborate with the various IPTs to ensure the design and development of the different subsystems and the integration of those are technically sound, on budget, and on schedule.

In this role, the selected candidate will (but not be limited to):

• Establish and manage change to the system technical baseline; ensure technical baseline meets functional and performance requirements for the SiAW system.
• Evaluate, coordinate, and de-conflict cross IPT design constraints and changes.
• Ensure proper engineering rigor across engineering design activities via process, and documentation/modeling practices (IAW Functional Best Practices and Principles and Operating Practices (PrOP)).
• Support the review of system/subsystem architecture and design as well as design content of lower-level configuration items for technical correctness and completeness.
• Support the planning, coordination, and execution of integration, test and verification activities.
• Effectively communicate the SiAW weapon system technical baseline to internal and external stakeholders.
• Maintain coordination with the other relevant programs in regard to the technical content that will be re-used and leveraged by the SiAW missile.
• Support the establishment and communication of technical roadmaps, for the SiAW weapon system, that lead to a system the meets the End State system performance; identify and coordinate R&D pursuits for technology developments via Contractor Research and Development with the customer and Non-Contractual Technical Activities (NCTA) and Capital Expenditures (CAPEX) necessary to achieve the system End State.
• Provide support to the Risk and Opportunities Management Board and the resulting risk mitigation and opportunity capture actions.
• Provide leadership in regard to Digital Engineering, Agile Processes, and Open Systems Architecture; foster team and program opportunities to maximize open communications and improve overall team performance and production.
• Preparation and present system engineering materials during System Requirements Review, System Functional Review, Preliminary Design Review, Critical Design Review, System Verification Review, Test Readiness Review, Funtional Configuration Audit, and other program reviews as needed.
• Works with PM, CE, and IPT leads to develop IMS for technical tasks.
• Evaluate, coordinate, and de-conflict cross IPT issues as it relates to engineering budgets and schedule.

Relocation assistance, while not guaranteed, may be available.

Basic qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in an Engineering discipline and a minimum of fourteen (14) years of engineering experience; will consider Master of Science in an Engineering discipline and a minimum of twelve (12) years of engineering experience.
• Have technical depth on on