Sr Systems Engineer – Enterprise IFC Lead

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.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Sr Staff Systems Engineer – Enterprise IFC Lead of qualified, diverse individuals within our Systems Engineering organization. This role can be located in Rancho Bernardo, Palmdale, or El Segundo, CA
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In this role, you should consider yourself a self-starter with familiarity working in an Integrated Product Team (IPT) construct. You will serve as the Enterprise Integrated Functional Capability (IFC) Lead, coordinating the execution of multiple contracts with interdependent development baselines. This role requires broad technical expertise in many different disciplines across the enterprise. This role is responsible for creating the long-range development strategy that meets contractual obligations while minimizing impacts between the Operating Units (OUs).

The Enterprise IFC Lead routinely coordinates with Senior Director OU leadership when there are conflicts and presents to executive leadership and senior customer leadership quarterly.

Roles and Responsibilities will include:

• Serve as the Enterprise IFC Lead and technical authority for integrated capability delivery across multiple contracts and interdependent baselines.
• Develop, own, and maintain the long range IFC strategy and multi year roadmap that meets contractual obligations while minimizing OU impacts.
• Coordinate cross OU sequencing, handoffs, and integration to prevent schedule, cost, or performance conflicts and preserve baseline integrity.
• Negotiate and align priorities with OU Senior Directors, CE office, and customer representatives to resolve conflicts and establish enterprise level decisions.
• Present IFC status, risks, mitigation options, and recommended paths forward to executive leadership and senior customer leadership (quarterly and as required).
• Own IFC governance, change control, and acceptance criteria; convene decision forums and enforce compliance with regulatory, security, and customer process requirements.
• Implement a consolidated baseline development pipeline, automated configuration management, and modern integration, test and release practices and integrate these with legacy customer processes.
• Drive continuous improvement: capture lessons learned, institutionalize best practices, and remediate enterprise risks that could affect cost, schedule, or award fee outcomes.

You will be required to work full‑time, on‑site at our facility. There is no remote / hybrid / telework available for this position. Travel up to 25% may be required.

Basic Qualifications:

• Must have a Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and at least 14 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and at least 12 years of related experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline and at least 10 years of related experience.
• Must have an active US Government Top Secret clearance (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.
• Experience across the full Systems Engineering lifecycle, including requirements management, system architecture, and integration & test.
• Experience leading project execution and managing…