Staff Systems Engineer

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Oklahoma City, OK +1 · Systems/Architecture/Test

Staff Systems Engineer role at Northrop Grumman focused on leading a team for Custom Testing Solutions, Specialized Support Equipment, and Integration activities for defense platforms (LGM-35A Sentinel Missile, B-52 Stratofortress, E-3 Sentry AWACS). Responsibilities include technical planning, design reviews, test plan/procedure development, execution, reporting, and obsolescence analysis. Requires a Secret Clearance and significant experience in Systems Engineering.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead the Systems Engineering – Integration team within the Engineering homeroom – to include system integration, test plan and procedure development, test execution and reporting, as well as obsolescence analysis and solution development activities.
  2. Perform technical planning, support design reviews, develop tools to communicate and track action items internally and with our customer.
  3. Collaborate with program IPT counterparts supporting systems engineering and design artifacts.
  4. Work with both technical teams and stakeholders to develop and mature content both internally and externally.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or related Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) field and 12 years of related experience, or a Master of Science degree in Engineering or related STEM field and 10 years of related experience, or a PhD in Engineering or related STEM field and 8 years of related experience.
  • US Citizen with an active DoD Secret Clearance, at time of application, current and within scope, with an investigation date within the last 6 years.
  • 8+ years experience in Systems Engineering
  • 5+ years of experience executing Systems Engineering Technical Reviews (SETR) on large scale complex systems
  • 5+ years experience analyzing large complex systems

Nice to have

  • Experience with DoD and B-52 aircraft system
  • Experience with antenna/communications systems
  • Experience with Environmental Control Systems (ECS)
  • Experience with Vehicle Engineering
  • Supplier Management Experience
  • Experience as a IPT Lead, Responsible Engineer, or other demonstrated leadership role related to program execution.
  • Prior experience leading a large, collaborative, multi-disciplinary, cross-site team
  • Experience with hardware integration
  • Experience serving as a proposal estimator
  • Experience in technical writing such as tech volumes & white papers

What the JD emphasized

  • Secret Clearance
  • Systems Engineering