NG Fellow – SDS Guidance Navigation and Control; GN&C

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret

TRAVEL:
Yes, 25% of the Time

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 Fellows are recognized experts in their fields who solve the hardest technical problems while ensuring we retain the hard‑won insights needed to perform complex tasks successfully. These leaders define possible in our most important technical capability areas while identifying and cultivating essential people, processes, and tools. They are deployed against critical programs and captures, aligned with our sector’s top business priorities, and advance our products and solutions to meet customers’ missions every day.

The ideal candidate will set and drive strategy for a broad set of technical initiatives and be empowered to make decisions that significantly impact annual operating plans (AOP), long‑range strategic plan (LRSP) outcomes, and the Technology Roadmap. The Northrop Grumman Fellow is expected to provide scientific, technical, intellectual leadership, as well as analytical support contributing to the advancement of growth goals.

The candidate must also have a strong grasp of campaign execution, networking strategy, and possess the skills, drive, and judgment to successfully interface with senior leaders/technologists across the company and customer community.

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems Sector Strategic Deterrent Systems Division is seeking an NG Fellow 1 SDS Guidance, Navigation and Control (GN&C) who will play an instrumental role in developing, evolving, and leading technological strategy in this skill area for the broader organization. This position will be located in Roy, Utah.

This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

General responsibilities may include but are not limited to:
The individual in this role will provide technical leadership and direction on Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) for the Sentinel ICBM as well as provide technical expertise and develop GN&C development and maturation strategy for SDS. This position reports directly to the Office of the Chief Engineer.

• Strong stakeholder management skills, including presenting solutions to senior leadership.
• Experience in leading organizational change and ensuring successful adoption of new technologies and best practices.
• Experience mentoring junior engineers and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Proven ability to build and lead high‑performing teams, including recruitment, performance management, and professional development.
• Ability to strategically allocate resources and manage budgets to optimize team performance and deliver value‑driven results.
• Ability to influence and gain buy‑in from key stakeholders, ensuring alignment and successful project delivery.

• Experience in the development, test, and fielding of flight critical systems
• Experience in design and development of flight control algorithms/feedback control systems.
• Experience in developing requirements and verification plans, and negotiations with customer and user communities.
• Designs research and develop highly advanced new applications resulting in new product/business opportunities for the company.
• Proficiency with development of architecture and requirements for a hard real‑time system.
• Experience…