RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Polygraph

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Today’s dynamic global security threats require solutions both big and small – solutions living within the Northrop Grumman Microelectronics Center (NGMC). Boasting state-of-the-art design and fabrication capabilities NGMC is a leader in discriminating microelectronics, support electronics, and software building these into application centric next generation processing capabilities that are geared toward the military, aerospace, and commercial markets.  For more than 70 years, we have been generating complex systems that meet unique applications based on key high performing and reliable microelectronics. Our wide breadth of technologies and capabilities allows us to provide our customers with unique “More than Moore” solutions.

https://www.northropgrumman.com/what-we-do/microelectronics

The Systems Engineering Integration & Test (SEIT) department is seeking Systems Engineer to join our team and develop these technologies into high-performance computing systems. You’ll work in a fast-paced team environment alongside physicists, design engineers, and superconducting foundry engineers to make these technologies a reality.

What You’ll Get to Do:

• Leads team responsible for the design and development and integration of facility wide systems in support of a larger a manufacturing organization.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in areas of design, manufacturing and R&D to develop and implement innovative solutions to evolving needs of new or existing manufacturing operations.
• Support new and existing facility development and ensure that systems are designed for scalability, maintainability and efficiency.
• Responsible for schedule execution, escalation of issues, and providing team direction and clarity.
• Review and guide team activities in modeling and simulation, trade studies and generation of system engineering documentation for completeness accuracy.
• Provide regular reports to management on system performance and project status.
• Apply systems engineering best practices, principals, and concepts to manufacturing facilities development activities.
• Serves as a role model and sets the example, whose behavior is emulated by other engineering team members.
• Limited travel to local Northrop Grumman facilities may be required.

This position will serve on-site in Linthicum/ Annapolis Junction, MD.

Basic Qualifications for Sr. Staff System Engineer:

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) such as Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a similar technical discipline with 14 years of related experience, or 12 years with a master’s degree, or 9 years with a PhD. 
• Experience in the following system engineering knowledge areas: technical planning, requirements derivation, functional analysis, timeline analysis, trade studies, cost and risk analysis, interface definition, system design, system integration, verification and validation, supportability, and effectiveness analyses for total systems.
• Demonstrated ability to drive execution of Statement of Work (SOW) components with vendors and work cross team.
• Has worked in semiconductor or microelectronics fabrication in operations or facilities planning organization.
• Demonstrated skills in problem solving / troubleshooting.
• This position requires the applicant to be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with poly clearance per business requirements.

Preferred Qualifications Sr. Staff System Engineer:

• Design experience and or field knowledge for both industrial and government projects, including mission-critical facilities.
• Has worked in semiconductor or microelectronics fabrication in operations or factory planning organizations.
• Active DoD TS/SCI with poly security per clearance business requirements.

Salary Range: $174,800.00 - $274,700.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.