Senior Principal Systems Engineer - Ifc Management

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · San Diego, CA +1 · Systems/Architecture/Test

Senior Principal Systems Engineer role at Northrop Grumman focused on Integrated Product Team (IPT) management for IFC (Integrated Flight Control) releases. Responsibilities include leading coordination meetings, managing discrepancy reports, developing IFC strategy and roadmaps, and ensuring program milestone alignment. Requires a strong background in systems engineering, project management, and government clearance.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead recurring IFC coordination and customer status meetings
  2. Act as the representative for the Technical Baseline Manager in Software Review Board for discrepancy report adjudication
  3. Ensure that impacts to program milestones are coordinated with the Technical Baseline Manager and Program Manager before adding content
  4. Lead a team of engineers from across the technical disciplines to align and coordinate execution of the development, integration, test, and certification of the IFC releases
  5. Develop the long term IFC strategy, content roadmaps, and estimated execution schedules

Skills

Required

  • Bachelors degree in a STEM field and at least 8 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a Master's Degree in a STEM field and at least 6 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a PhD and at least 4 years of relevant military / professional experience
  • Experience in managing projects from concept through implementation
  • Active US Government Top Secret clearance (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation)
  • Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs

Nice to have

  • Current approved PAR to applicable program
  • Experience in leadership role on Sustainment Programs
  • Experience in Cost/Schedule Integration, EVMS and CAM responsibilities
  • Experience in proposal development
  • Demonstrated communication and technical writing skills
  • Proven ability to brief technical presentations to stakeholders
  • Experience in Full Lifecycle of Systems Engineering

What the JD emphasized

  • SCI clearance
  • SAP clearance
  • Top Secret clearance
  • STEM field
  • Systems Engineering
  • program milestones