RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance availableCLEARANCE TYPE: SecretTRAVEL: 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 Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. Our organization is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. We are looking for you to join our team as a Chief Engineer based out of San Diego, CA. As a Chief Engineer at Northrop Grumman you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation. Through the use of Model-based Engineering, DevSecOps and Agile practices we continue to evolve how we deliver critical national defense products and capabilities for the warfighter. 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 & shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation.
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What You'll Get to Do:
The Chief Engineer is responsible for the technical direction, execution, and oversight of all aspects of engineering within the Advance Communications Operating Unit including design, development, implementation, integration, testing, and delivery of product to the customer. The Chief Engineer is the technical leader for the program and serves as a key advisor to the program manager in support of technical captures and successful program execution. The Chief Engineer will also support specific restricted programs and is responsible for ensuring technical cohesion throughout the business acquisition process and program lifecycle. This will be done in collaboration with the Chief Architect and Program Leadership to support competitive and strategic captures, ensuring solutions meet cost, schedule, and technical objectives. The Chief Engineer ensures that all engineering teams adhere to sound engineering processes, in accordance with company policies, procedures, and quality standards. This position merges engineering disciplines in the development of multi-waveform communications systems. Key knowledge areas include heterogeneous processing architectures, analog and digital signal processing, communications and information theory, real-time operating systems, waveforms and data links, receiver architectures, RF and antenna systems engineering.
Duties include the following:
Responsible as Chief Engineer of a restricted program; ensuring technical execution and adherence to engineering processes
Supports program execution as definitive technical authority for all aspects of engineering on all program elements (hardware/software/support/test).
Maintains cognizance over technical activities within and across programs for requirements development, hardware/software design, integration, and verification/validation activities
Solves technical problems and provides solutions that are technically sound and programmatically executable
Provides technical status and assessment to the Department Manager. Supports assessment of cost and schedule impacts of technical decisions
Ensures program is adhering to engineering processes and best practices in design, development, fabrication/assembly, test, and sustainment of products for both internal and external customers and is compliant with company policies, procedures, and quality standards
Ensures design products transition smoothly to Production & Sustainment
Coordinates with functional organization to ensure execution of program statement of work and technical program requirements are met
Supports business captures toward predetermined long-range goals and objectives
Supports pursuit/proposal efforts by leading or by appointing the appropriate SME, in the development of technical execution strategy and architectures to meet customer objectives
Drive process development, continuous improvement, and affordability initiatives
Serve as chair for the Technical Review Board
Serves as chair for various design Gate reviews
Identify and insert reusable technologies and design products for current and future programs
Develop capture strategies and tactics, including competitive assessments and teaming strategies
Oversee proposal development processes, ensuring compelling and compliant submissions
Define requirements for software/hardware components required for such MLS and resilient communications and operations, to include apertures, radios, network appliances, software middleware, security appliances and software skills
Analyze system performance, scalability security and resilience with a subset of network and communications tools used for simulation and analysis
Evaluate tradeoffs, developing end-to-end enterprise solution, balancing key attributes including cost, performance, security and resilience
Basic Qualifications:
14 Years with Bachelors in Science; 12 Years with Masters; 10 Years with PhD
U.S Citizenship is required
An active DoD Secret Clearance is required
Experience with MBSE
Experience with the proposal and capture phase
Demonstrated ability to lead diverse system teams
Working knowledge of the Cybersecurity and NSA certification processes
Knowledge of open mission systems frameworks and open architectures and emerging security and resilience architecture
Preferred Qualifications:
Advanced degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics or related technical fields.
Active DoD Top Secret Clearance or higher
Ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP)
Experience in one or more of the following sub-discipline: System I&T, Mode Development, IPT Leadership/CAM, System Architecture, Modeling Simulation & Analysis, Risk & Opportunity Management
* Experience developing and presenting technical documentation and briefings to the customer and organization leadership.
Salary Range: $188,200.00 - $282,200.00The 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.