Lead Systems Engineer

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Warner Robins, GA +1 · Systems/Architecture/Test

Lead Systems Engineer at Northrop Grumman, responsible for technical leadership on sustainment and modernization programs. This role involves full product lifecycle management, team leadership, requirements analysis, design, integration, testing, and fielding of complex systems, with a focus on hardware and software components within Department of Defense programs. Requires a Bachelor's degree, 12 years of experience, and a Secret clearance.

What you'd actually do

  1. Maintain technical ownership of a product/system, driving development and sustainment from concept to delivery.
  2. Lead an engineering team through full product lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, prototyping, fabrication, verification testing and sell off.
  3. Break down tasking, coordinate the workload and assignments of a team, and drive execution of engineering tasks.
  4. Maintain a backlog of tasks and set team priorities in a manner consistent with the program development schedule.
  5. Act as the primary point of contact for team-related issues and provide regular progress updates, risks and blockers to senior management.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Biomedical Engineering from an ABET accredited school with 12 years of relevant experience; Master’s with 10 Years; PhD with 8 Years.
  • Experience in a leadership position, leading a project and/or team through the full program lifecycle, to include requirements analysis, design, trade studies, prototyping, fabrication, verification testing and sell off.
  • History of effectively communicating complex technical concepts to project, program, and company management, other technical managers, and customers.
  • Experience designing, integrating, troubleshooting and testing complex systems that include hardware and software.
  • Experience with legacy system sustainment and modernization, including hardware redesign due to obsolescence.
  • Experience with deriving system requirements and developing test plans and procedures.
  • Experience with lab test equipment such as function generator, oscilloscope, multi-meter, spectrum analyzers, etc.
  • Experience with Department of Defense programs.
  • Must currently hold or be able to maintain a U.S Department of Defense (DoD) Secret level security clearance

Nice to have

  • Experience managing or working with program management on scope, schedule and budget.
  • Experience with schematic development and circuit card design.
  • Experience with MATLAB or equivalent programming/analysis languages.
  • Experience working hands-on with EW, radar, laser or optical systems.
  • Experience in performing aircraft functional test.

What the JD emphasized

  • Secret level security clearance