Consulting Chief Engineer - Vehicle Subsystems

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Melbourne, FL +1 · Engineering Mult-Func

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Consulting Chief Engineer for Vehicle Subsystems in Melbourne, FL. This role involves technical leadership for air vehicle subsystems, ensuring adherence to engineering processes, managing the technical baseline, and representing the program in reviews with senior management and customers. The candidate will guide technical direction, oversee development, integration, and verification of subsystems, and manage relationships with stakeholders.

What you'd actually do

  1. Maintains cognizance over technical activities within the Air Vehicle Subsystems Integrated Product Team (AVSS IPT) and ensures the program, including Suppliers, are adhering to sound engineering processes in the development, integration and verification of air vehicle subsystems capabilities (ECS, EPS, FPS, Fuel, HYD, LGS, and Mechanical Systems)
  2. Primary AVSS IPT technical representative at reviews with senior management and Customer stakeholders
  3. Provides guidance for all related technical activities and is responsible for the integrity of the program technical baseline, technical products and interfaces with the Customer / Partners / Suppliers.
  4. The CE shall coordinate with the AVSS IPT Program Manager to ensure execution of the programs within an established cost and schedule baseline.
  5. The CE leads the technical baseline development, ensures configuration management of the design, ensures detail design approaches follow Sector processes and procedures, leads the top design/architecture approaches, and drives reuse of design concepts from across the Sector

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline AND 16 years of related professional and/or military experience, OR a Master’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 14 years of related professional and/or military experience
  • Demonstrated knowledge and experience in Air Vehicle Subsystems technical baseline management
  • Experience in supporting Supplier SSOW, SRD and scope discussions for technical lines between organization, deliverables, and expectations
  • Experience with Requirement Development and Management supporting product, function, and allocated baselines
  • Ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated U.S. government Secret clearance
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government Top Secret clearance
  • Ability to travel as needed (approx. 25%)

Nice to have

  • Active U.S government Top Secret/SCI clearance
  • Experience with NAVAIR SETR Process for PDR, CDR, etc.
  • Experience across lifecycles including Research and Design, Product Development or New Product Introduction, Production, and Sustainment
  • Experience implementing action plans based on metrics and/or root cause/corrective actions
  • Demonstrated success as an engineering leader over large teams
  • Exceptional communication skills

What the JD emphasized

  • Secret clearance
  • Top Secret clearance