Senior Staff Chief Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the TimeDescription

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 is looking for a Senior Staff Chief Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals on the E-2D Program in Melbourne, FL.

Northrop Grumman is looking for a Chief Engineer for the Japan E-2D Development and Sustainment and E-2C Taiwan Programs, this function supports the Production IPT within Multi-Domain Command and Control (MDC2) business unit of the Global Surveillance Division part of the Aeronautics Sector. Production is responsible for E-2D development for our International Customers including Japan. This position reports to the MDC2 Engineering Director and to the Program Director for the Japan sub-IPT. This Chief Engineer is the responsible technical authority for all design, development and testing, including subcontracted elements, for this Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program.

The CE maintains cognizance over technical activities within the Japan sub-IPT and ensures the program strategy is aligned with sound engineering processes in the development, test, production and sustainability phases. The CE ensures the decisions on the configuration of the deliverable product and the technical approaches achieve expected system performance, enables long-term program sustainment and meets technical requirements.

The CE provides guidance for all related technical activities and is responsible for the integrity of the product technical baselines.  The CE coordinates with the other E-2D IPTs to ensure execution of the programs within an established cost and schedule baseline. The CE leads the baseline configuration management, ensures detail design approaches follow Sector processes and procedures, approves the top design/architecture approaches, and drives reuse of design concepts from across the Sector. The CE ensures a robust system engineering approach is executed for supporting the weapon system.

The successful applicant will have demonstrated knowledge and experience of aircraft systems (e.g. mission computing, communications, sensors, air vehicle). In addition, leadership and communication skills are important to help drive issues to closure and provide clear insight to leadership. Experience and ability to work Agile concepts across multiple fields including software, integration and test is required. Familiarity with tactical weapon system software development, avionics integration laboratories, flight test, and associated data reduction and analysis is required.

This position requires extended international travel with some trips extending over more than a single work week.

Our Leaders at Northrop Grumman live our values daily and encourage our teams to do the same. We do the right thing: upholding the highest ethical standards and facilitating a safe and respectful environment that attracts, retains, and inspires a diverse and engaged team. We do what we promise: holding yourself and others accountable to meet predictable and balanced results. We commit to shared success: operating as OneNG and removing barriers for our teams. Finally, We pioneer: setting a vision that shapes the future and inspires others.

Basic Qualifications:

• Must have a Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) discipline AND 14 years of experience on manned or unmanned aircraft systems, OR a Master’s degree in STEM AND 12 years of experience on manned or unmanned aircraft systems, OR a Ph.D. in STEM AND 9 years of experience on manned or unmanned aircraft systems.
• Must have demonstrated knowledge and experience of aircraft systems (e.g. mission computing, communications, sensors, air vehicle).
• Must have familiarity with leading large technical proposals, the ability to lead Systems Engineering Technical Reviews (SETRs) (e.g. SRR/SFR, PDR, CDR, TRR, FRR) and lead the customer through reviews of technical performance.
• Must have an active DoD Secret (or higher) clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
• Experience with development and delivery of incremental capabilities to a fielded US Navy platform and/or fielded FMS platform.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active DoD Top Secret clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• Experience with E-2D development processes.
• Experience with International Direct Commercial Sales (DCS) and Foreign Military Sales (FMS).
• Knowledge of International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), International Licensing Requirements and procedures.

Primary Level Salary Range: $166,500.00 - $249,700.00

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.

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.