Sr. Systems Integration & Test Engineer Lead

Position Summary

Sr. Staff Systems Integration & Test Engineer Lead – Baltimore, MD. 10% travel required. Relocation assistance may be available. Secret clearance required; ability to obtain special program access.

• Perform production follow of systems through their life cycle to ensure sell-off and delivery of systems by being responsible for System Acceptance Testing.
• Be responsible for all lab asset configurations by working across teams.
• Support all mode integration shifts and troubleshooting.
• Be accountable to the Program Manager/Director to ensure Systems I&T cost, schedule, and technical execution using application of program management, system engineering, integration & test principles and methodologies.
• Be responsible for horizontal integration across engineering disciplines and IPTs to ensure successful execution of the technical statement of work.
• Be responsible for Configuration and Data Management processes and Systems I&T Products verification plans and reports.
• Provide strong written, verbal, and stakeholder interface skills along with the ability to lead through influence to motivate peer IPT behavior to execute cross IPT team goals.
• Perform CAM responsibilities as needed reporting to Program leadership.
• Participate in the sell-off and delivery of systems, coordinating with Mission and Quality Assurance to ensure sell-off criteria have been met.
• Development and peer review of test documentation.
• Development and proposal test documentation and technical volumes.
• Decomposition of program and system requirements into test requirements.
• Development of Specialty, Lab, Ground, and Flight Test Programs.
• Definition of test facility requirements.
• Participate in test planning.
• Serve as liaison between union technicians and supported program.
• Frequent interaction with suppliers including traveling to supplier sites.
• Support management of program risk database.

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with 14 years of experience, a master’s degree in a STEM discipline with 12 years of experience, or a PhD with 10 years of experience in a STEM discipline. An additional 4 years of experience can be considered in lieu of degree.
• Experience working in a multi‑disciplinary team environment.
• Experience with Engineering, Manufacturing, and Development (EMD) programs, to include, but not limited to, mode integration and system acceptance testing.
• Strong collaboration skills with experience working with personnel from different technical disciplines as well as strong communication skills.
• Demonstrated experience tracking milestones and executing tasks in accordance with approved program schedules.
• Must have experience generating technical documents and working with various software/data processing tools such as MS Word, MS Excel, PowerPoint, and/or other various programming languages.
• Must understand common Test Engineering test methodologies and practices.
• US Citizenship required.
• Active U.S. Government Secret clearance and the ability to obtain/maintain Special Program Access (SAP) within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company.
• Knowledge of RADAR Systems.
• Understanding of Systems Engineering concepts, including requirements analysis and verification planning and execution.
• Solid verbal and written communication skills to effectively communicate internally.
• Ability to work onsite in Baltimore, MD.

• Strong knowledge of Engineering, Manufacturing, and Development (EMD) and production system hardware follow and integration, understanding of requirements, strong mechanical background, and strong earned value management (EVM) experience.
• Relevant flight and laboratory test experience.
• Demonstrated experience (2 years+) serving as a Program Manager, Deputy Program Manager technical, project or program lead, IPT lead, or CAM responsible for delivering program tasks, milestones, or contract deliverables.
• 2 years’ experience supporting the development, integration, testing, or production of sensor systems, radar or related mission systems.
• Demonstrated experience leading or coordinating activities across dispersed teams, including collaboration with personnel located at multiple sites, customer locations, or remote work environments.
• Experience with EP/EMI and Environmental qualification testing.

Primary Level Salary Range: $ – $. Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, discretionary bonus, and long term incentives depending on level. Benefits include health insurance, life and disability insurance, mandatory savings plan, company‑paid holidays, and paid time off.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit  U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.