Chief Engineer; Level 6

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Top 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.

At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We’re looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we’ll support yours of expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field or an industry thought-leader.

At Northrop Grumman, you’ll have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career.

Northrop Grumman Space System is seeking an Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead within Eastern Regional Electronics and Payload Organization. This position will support our Intelligence Systems Division in Linthicum, MD .

Programmatic focus will be on the activities to develop key technologies, integrate and shape solutions for Space Intelligence Systems Division while also supporting the creation of new strategies to win and execute future development programs. This individual will lead a cross-discipline engineering team typically ranging from 5-25 people and interface with Engineering & Program Management, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, System, Software and Mission Assurance.

This role can be worked hybrid (80% on site 20% remote) must reside in the local area

• Manage the technical development and direction for all aspects of engineering on a program including design, development, implementation, testing and delivery of product to a customer.

• Be responsible for the integration of the overall technical plan within the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS). Controls engineering project scope (e.g. within or outside established project baseline)

• Owns overall quality, technical, budget (i.e.: CAM experience) and schedule responsibility for the Engineering content of the assigned program.

• Ensure the program is adhering to sound engineering processes in development, production, test and sustainment in accordance with company policies, procedures, and quality standards.

• Make critical technical decisions using a structured approach in accordance with E250-MSO, Structured Decision Making.

• Drive process development, continuous improvement and affordability initiatives within their associated programs.

• Serve as chairing the Technical Review Board

• Serve as engineering team liaison for communications to/from program management, manufacturing, operations, customers, and other functional organizations. Coordinates with functional organization to ensure execution of program statement of work and technical program requirements are met.

• Collaborate with all Product Team Leads to resolve engineering conflicts and solves program unusually/complex technical problems and provides solutions that are highly innovative and achievable

• Work with the engineering functional management to ensure that standardized tools and development environments are used and applied, as applicable to contract scope.

• Collect and provide required data for Northrop Grumman SP program reporting (e.g., IPRS) of engineering…