Staff Engineer - Product Support

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

Staff Engineer focused on Product Support modernization efforts within the defense sector, requiring technical expertise, process leadership, and strategic vision for training disciplines and proposal development. The role involves collaborating with various teams to understand priorities, develop common solutions, and ensure technical excellence and compliance.

What you'd actually do

  1. Contribute technical expertise and process leadership in major proposal reviews, program reviews, independent technical reviews, program stand-up reviews, NCTA and indirect activities, and other sector-wide improvement efforts.
  2. Provide leadership and define strategic vision for technical priorities within the Training discipline to support program capture effort.
  3. Partner with program discipline leads to evaluate program requirements. Evaluate training solutions, engineering tools, processes, digital solutions, and technical training to meet RFP requirements.
  4. Own all technical processes aligned to the discipline area, ensuring technical excellence and technical compliance to be used in Proposal Development.
  5. Partner with programs for adoption of tools, processes, digital solutions and training.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics discipline and 12 years of engineering experience; OR Master’s Degree in STEM and 10 years of engineering experience; OR PhD in STEM and 8 years of engineering experience.
  • Related experience includes professional and/or military experience to include a background in: project management, program management, engineering, capture efforts, and/or business management related functions.
  • Active US Government Secret clearance
  • Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance

Nice to have

  • Direct experience supporting Product Support disciplines.
  • Qualified DoD Acquisition Professional, well versed in acquisition strategies to enable shaping and influential conversations with the Customer.
  • Well versed in Air Force A-staff and Logistics Organizations.
  • Experience supporting proposal development and/or estimate for future work scope.
  • Strong problem-solving and organization skills in both independent and team environments.
  • Demonstrated ability to produce clear, professional written communications (eg. Reports, briefings, status updates) and deliver verbal presentations to stakeholders at multiple organizational levels, including senior leadership and individual contributors.
  • Demonstrated experience serving in a formal leadership role as a Project Lead, Integrated Team Lead, or Cost Account Manager with documented responsibility for delivering scope on schedule and within approved cost.

What the JD emphasized

  • Must have an active US Government Secret clearance
  • Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance