RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

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.

Northrop Grumman’s Defense Systems is looking for a Sr Principal Systems Engineer Level 4 with an active secret clearance to be an integral part of our multi-discipline engineering team in Advanced Weapons. Here you will be at the forefront of developing next generation solutions to protect our nation’s warfighters. The ideal candidate will support the F-35 Program partnering with Program management, Chief engineers, and IPT leads to ensure the fulfillment of technical program deliverables. This position will be customer-facing, requiring high-level communication skills and sufficient technical competency that enables effective collaboration with cross functional teams to ensure results.

This role is based in Northridge, CA or Tucson, AZ and will be 100% on-site. Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly, and continuously drive innovation.  The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment and shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation. Relocation may be available, but it is not guaranteed. Salaries for both locations are listed below.

Roles & Responsibilities:

A successful candidate will have the qualities and essential functional expertise too:

• Act as a primary technical point of contact for the customer preparing and presenting technical status updates while ensuring the technical integrity of the program.
• Represent program technical leadership at program reviews and customer meetings.
• Partner with the program Chief Engineer to ensure the development and management of the core engineering work products for the program.
• Partner with the program IPT leads to ensure execution of their individual work scope and tracking progress through completion.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams driving engineering execution.
• Manage technical risks and opportunities to ensure successful system development and prevent critical issues.
• Serve as the Control Account Manager (CAM) for the overall technical function on the program.
• Engage in proposal related activities to include planning efforts, Basis of Estimate (BOE) development, providing inputs to the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and Risks and Opportunities (R&Os), supporting Red Team reviews, Operating Unit (OU)and/or Business Unit (BU) reviews, and customer negotiations.
• Assist with the coordination of onsite technical interface meetings (TIMs) and Working Groups in partnership with the Integrated Product Team (IPT) Leads who maintain primary responsibility for the milestone reviews.
• Track and manage information (e.g., technical memo) requests to/from the customer including coordination with the IPT Leads to complete any associated work scope.
• Coordinate with the Engineering IPT, Data Transfer Agent (DTA), and Security personnel in the release of classified material for shipment to the customer.

Basic Qualifications for a Sr Principal Systems Engineer Level (T04):

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering discipline and a minimum of (8) years of systems engineering or related engineering experience, or (6) years with a Masters of Science.
• Must have proven experience in communicating with all levels of peers, management, and customers in a methodical, detailed and process-oriented fashion
• Must have demonstrated experience in providing solutions to a variety of technical problems without appreciable direction.
• Experience in configuration management and product lifecycle management tool(s).
• Experience in engineering development/production process/environment.
• Experience with technical leadership and project engineering.
• Active DoD Secret Clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with EPLM and the Drawing Release Process
• Experience with Jira - issue tracking and agile project management, or similar tool

Northridge, CA $137400- 206000

Tucson, AZ $118600- 178000

Primary Level Salary Range: $118,600.00 - $206,000.00

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.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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 an Equal Opportunity 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 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.