Staff Engineer Systems - SEIT Lead - 19008

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 Defense Systems is seeking a Systems Staff Engineer – SEIT Lead to support Flight Systems Futures operating unit within Strategic Deterrent Systems in Roy, UT.

The Flight Systems Futures operating unit within Strategic Deterrent Systems is seeking highly motivated Staff Engineer talent to join a team at the forefront of next-generation hypersonic capabilities. Our team focuses on the design, development, and demonstration of hypersonic re-entry vehicles and advanced payloads, with an emphasis on rapid development and prototyping aligned to specific customer missions. We operate in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment where innovative concepts are matured quickly into credible, testable solutions that address our nation’s most demanding strategic deterrence needs.

• Lead development, decomposition, and management of system and subsystem requirements for hypersonic vehicles and associated ground systems.
• Develop and maintain system architecture, interfaces, and configuration baselines, ensuring alignment with mission and customer needs.
• Ensure requirements are clear, testable, and properly flowed down to design, analysis, and supplier teams.
• Develop and maintain the SEIT plan covering requirements, interfaces, integration, verification, validation, and configuration control.
• Coordinate SE, integration, and test activities across IPTs and suppliers; ensure technical products and milestones are synchronized.
• Own the integration strategy and sequencing for major subsystems (structures, aerothermal/TPS, propulsion, GNC, avionics, ordnance, GSE).
• Define and control interface requirements (mechanical, thermal, electrical, data, environmental); drive resolution of interface issues.
• Develop the Verification & Validation approach and Verification Cross-Reference Matrix (VCRM/VCM), mapping requirements to analysis, test, inspection, and demonstration.
• Plan and support integration and test activities (component, subsystem, system, and flight test) to achieve requirements verification and mission validation.
• Ensure verification evidence is captured, reviewed, and traceable for internal and customer reviews.
• Lead cross-functional trade studies on system performance, requirements allocations, and design/options (mass, cost, risk, schedule).
• Identify technical risks and opportunities; maintain SEIT risk registers and drive mitigation/closure plans.
• Provide clear technical status, issues, and recommendations to IPT, Chief Engineer, and Program Management.

• Bachelor's degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) with 12 years of experience; or Master's degree with 10 years of experience; or PhD with 8 years of experience
• Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with an ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need.
• 7+ years of experience in systems engineering for mission critical or defense work with an emphasis in hardware or software.
• 7+ years experience in full lifecycle work (concept, development,…