Space SEIT Lead

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI

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.

The Payload and Ground Systems Division within Northrop Grumman Space Systems is a strategic partner specializing in delivering intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance solutions for classified and unclassified missions in space. Headquartered in Linthicum, Maryland, PGS RSP has offices, manufacturing, and world-class assembly, integration, and test facilities. We do it all here, on-site, from sensors to payloads to full up spacecraft, supporting Class A to Class D missions.

Our key capabilities include Active RF, Passive RF, and Electro-Optical payloads, space solar power, cross domain missions, and space resilience payloads & solutions.

As a member of this team, you will have the opportunity to support efforts on both concept and product development to deliver key solutions to our customers. We cover a wide variety expertise within the systems engineering domain. This includes mission engineering, requirements, architecture, modeling and simulation, integration and test, verification, and validation, and many more!

The SEIT Lead is responsible for directing the execution of the overall systems engineering, integration, and test (SEIT) effort on the program and is responsible for horizontal and vertical integration across all engineering elements of the program. The ideal candidate ensures the integrity of engineering processes and timely development of core engineering work products. The SEIT Lead typically has Control Account Manager (CAM) responsibility, which comprises cost and schedule management for the SEIT work scope.

And interfaces with the Program Manager, Chief Engineer, System Architect, other engineering team leads, as well as the customer.

The position will be responsible for leading systems engineering tasks for space subsystems, payloads and/or vehicles. These may include, but are not limited to:

• Serve as the cost account manager for the systems engineering (and potentially multiple other organizations) responsibilities.

• Plan and execute the core functions and ensure the project team has qualified staff to execute the program core functions.

• Lead technical management and execution of the SE team.

• Plan, execute, and close out program reviews and milestones (e.g., SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, etc.)

• Ensure system technical compliance with the program Statement of Work (SOW), system requirements, and manage scope control of technical team.

• Manage the vertical and horizontal technical integration throughout the product teams and program life cycle.

• Oversee configuration management of the overall Program Baseline

• Serve as the technical interface with the customer.

• Collect, manage, and report the program metrics and Technical Performance Measures (TPMs).

• Manage risk and opportunity and the production of core engineering work products and track the work products and associated program dependencies in the program schedule.

• Oversee the establishment and execution of the program lifecycle and work products.

• Coordinate between the technical leads, program manager, and customer to ensure the integrity and executability of the program technical baseline.

• Act as primary technical working group lead and interface with external parties; managing contractor giver-receivers, track actions, and manage technical team…