Sentinel - Sr. Thread Lead Systems Engineer - Ground Systems
Listed on 2026-10-09
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Electrical Engineering
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available
CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes
CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret
TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time
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Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Sr. Staff Thread Lead Systems Engineer to join the Sentinel Systems Engineering Ground Systems team located in Roy, UT. Northrop Grumman supports the Air Force’s sustainment, development, production and deployment of hardware and system modifications for Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Ground and Airborne Launch Control Systems, Launch Facilities, and associated infrastructure.
What you will get to do:Technical Stewardship and Stakeholder Coordination
- Serve as the subject-matter expert and primary technical point of contact for the Ground Systems thread.
- Lead and champion the GS technical baseline, including requirements, architecture, interfaces, verification, analysis, and associated resource and performance budgets.
- Maintain technical consistency, traceability, completeness, and integrity across the GS thread.
- Develop, assess, and recommend changes to the GS baseline for review and disposition through the program technical governance framework, in collaboration with SEIT leadership and the OCE.
- Engage regularly with U.S. Air Force counterparts, OCE, the Thread Lead Manager, facility and infrastructure stakeholders, and peer thread leads to communicate status, resolve issues, and align technical direction.
- Identify, manage, and communicate GS dependencies and constraints affecting other technical threads, segments, facility designs, and verification activities.
- Escalate technical decisions, risks, and unresolved issues requiring Chief Engineer or OCE direction in a timely manner.
- Lead requirements analysis and decomposition for GS from weapon-system-level requirements through segment, subsystem, facility, and lower-level specifications.
- Establish and maintain requirements associated with facility design criteria, infrastructure capabilities, electrical power, utilities, environmental conditions, and ground-system interfaces.
- Define, allocate, and manage power, utility, capacity, and performance budgets across relevant segments and supporting systems.
- Lead the development and technical evaluation of GS architectures and interfaces, ensuring facility and infrastructure design constraints are appropriately captured, allocated, and…
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