Principal/ Senior Principal Hardware/firmware Cam

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Los Angeles, CA +1 · Systems/Architecture/Test

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Hardware & Firmware Cost Account Manager (CAM) Lead to manage the planning, budgeting, execution, and progress reporting for a team developing embedded GPS/Inertial Navigation Systems (EGI-M). The role involves cost and schedule management, risk mitigation, and interfacing with program management, engineering leads, and the customer to ensure timely development and airworthiness certification.

What you'd actually do

  1. Serve as the cost account manager for the hardware and firmware engineering responsibilities
  2. Oversee the planning and execution of the hardware and firmware functions for the EGI-M program
  3. Setup and conduct regular team meetings for task coordination and performance evaluation
  4. Identify and mitigate execution risks to hardware (including chassis, printed circuit boards, digital circuits), and firmware development on the program
  5. Determine the staffing needed to develop hardware and firmware and work with functional managers to adjust staffing within multiple teams

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of experience in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Project Engineering, or related technical field, a Master's degree with 6 years of experience or a PhD with 4 years of experience.
  • Risk and Opportunity Management experience
  • Knowledge Earned Value Management (EVM)
  • Experience measuring hardware and digital technology development progress against baseline estimates
  • Experience with design processes including hardware requirements definition, conceptual design, detailed design, verification, production transitioning
  • Experience directing multiple development teams
  • Experience in hardware/firmware development, integration, and test
  • Demonstrated exceptional communication skills
  • US Citizenship
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a United States Government Secret Clearance within a timeframe set forth by management.
  • Ability to work onsite full-time in Woodland Hills, CA

What the JD emphasized

  • Secret Clearance
  • hardware and firmware development
  • cost and schedule management