Sentinel (GBSD) - Sr Staff - C&L Chief Engineer

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’s Defense Systems sector is seeking a Sr. Staff Chief Engineer for Command and Launch (C&L). This position will be located in Roy, Utah and will support the SDS Division. This role may also be located in; Huntsville, AL, Bellevue, NE, Colorado Springs, CO, or Manhattan Beach, CA. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package. What You’ll Get To Do: Lead technical excellence as part of Chief Engineering Staff assigned to the Command & Launch (C&L) Segment, responsible for developing and controlling the technical baseline through change board control. Coordinates between Supplier Management Teams (SMTs), Systems Engineering and product design teams to facilitate system requirements development, modeling and analysis, hardware/software design, verification, validation, and integration activities across elements contributing to design and delivery. Execute Systems Engineering processes and approaches leveraging modern Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) processes & tools towards Milestone B recertification. Support Sentinel Restructure strategy, including technical development, advisement, and trade study resolution as required. Ensures that the program is adhering to sound engineering processes in the development, production, test and sustainment of products for our customers and is compliance with company policies, procedures, and quality standards. Maintains cognizance over technical activities within the C&L Segment and ensures horizontal integration of the best engineering practices across the company. Continually coordinates with the program’s systems engineering and program integration teams’ leadership to ensure the execution of program statement of work. Extensive customer, and external stakeholder interfacing and some travel will be required. Work collaboratively and with influence to gain commitment and performance from all organizations including suppliers, the C&L Segment and Program customers, Business Operations and Contracts, System Design, Integration and Test as needed to drive required business outcomes. Serves in an authoritative capacity, acting as a delegate of the Chief Engineer in hosting Engineering Review Boards (ERBs) and a board member on the C&L Engineering Review Board (CLERB). Partner with the Air Force customer and the EMD execution team to ensure Weapon System requirements are met through the analysis of the Critical Designs of the Command & Launch segment and ultimately the verification of all Weapon System requirements. Formulate system-level, subsystem, and component or other lower-level risk reduction and design maturation activities as part of Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction objectives. Support hardware and deliverable focused deep dives within Integrated Product Teams (IPTs). Additional responsibilities may include: Partner with the Sentinel Weapon System Architect to ensure overall Weapon System design integrity satisfies USG Weapon System requirements. Take leadership role in providing insight and knowledge transfer to others on internal and external technical solutions to solve complex problems. Provide technical leadership, direction, and mentoring to the wider engineering team in the application of scientific principles, tools, and techniques to achieve practical end results. Improve program-wide Systems Engineering processes to reduce EMD execution cost and schedule risk while maintaining high technical rigor. You’ll Bring These Qualifications: 14 years of relevant experience with a Bachelors Degree in a STEM related field of study; 12 years with a Masters in STEM; 10 years with a PhD in STEM. US Citizenship with an Active DoD Top-Secret Clearance or higher (awarded within the past 6 years) with the ability to receive a Special Access Program (SAP) certification. 10+ years of experience leading a technical team to successful product development and delivery. Five years’ experience providing technical leadership, direction, and mentoring of other technical teammates in the application of scientific principles, tools, and techniques to achieve practical end results. Served as an authority on scientific principles and broad technical areas for three years. Technical breadth in the Requirements Allocation, Configuration Management, Cyber and Network architectures, Subsystems Design and a broad knowledge of end-to-end program lifecycle. Must possess excellent leadership, interpersonal, oral and written communication skills. Strong partnership/collaboration skills. Demonstrated ability to partner cross-IPT/cross-discipline within a team. Strong program technical leadership skills. Strong program execution skills; Demonstrated ability to meet program technical, cost, and schedule milestones. Ability to integrate, engage, and lead team to perform at top level of performance. Ability to leverage experience/background to bring alternative ideas/solutions to the team. Be able and willing to travel up to 20% as a part of the role. These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have: Master’s Degree in STEM. ICBM or complex aerospace systems development experience. Expert knowledge of NC3 system integration, NC2 requirements and design, RF and terrestrial network bandwidth analysis and design, subsystem integration and element/segment integration and Testing. 5+ years of experience with architecture, requirements, or design engineering in development leadership for ground-based missile systems (ICBM experience preferred). Experience with nuclear command and control ground and launch systems. Experience with Cyber architecture and design (RMF, defensive and offensive cyber operations). Position Benefits: As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including: Medical, Dental & Vision coverage, 401k, Educational Assistance, Life Insurance, Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions, Paid Time Off, Health & Wellness Resources, Employee Discounts. This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.