Chief Engineer

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Northrop Grumman is seeking a Staff Chief Engineer to join Mission System’s Business Execution Engineering Organization. This position will be located in Chantilly, VA.The Chief Engineer will serve as the technical authority for a USAF Electronic Warfare (EW) low‑rate initial production (LRIP) program. This role is responsible for managing the technical development and direction for all aspects of engineering, ensuring the integrity and executability of the technical baseline, and delivering a mission‑effective EW hardware solution that meets USAF requirements and contract commitments.

The Chief Engineer will lead architecture and design trades, oversee integration and verification activities, chair technical review boards, and provide clear, authoritative technical communication to Program Management, the prime contractor, and the customer. This position requires broad technical depth in RF/EW systems and strong leadership capabilities across a small, multi‑discipline engineering team.

Primary responsibilities of a candidate will include:

Serve as the program’s technical authority and owner of the system technical baseline for a USAF EW LRIP program.

Direct all engineering activities (design, development, integration, test, and delivery) to meet technical, cost, and schedule objectives.

Lead RF/EW architecture and design trades, balancing mission performance, SWaP‑C, manufacturability, testability, and schedule.

Ensure requirements are clear, verifiable, properly decomposed, and fully traced in DOORS or similar tools, with alignment to…