Consulting Chief Engineer

Consulting Chief Engineer

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 Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. Our organization is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter.

We are looking for you to join our team as a Consulting Chief Engineer based out of San Diego, CA. As a Consulting Chief Engineer at Northrop Grumman you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation. We continue to evolve how we deliver critical national defense products and capabilities for the warfighter.

Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly and continuously drive innovation. The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment & shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and team performance.

What You'll Get to Do:

The F-35 CNI Portfolio Chief Engineer is responsible for the technical direction, execution, and oversight of all aspects of engineering within the F35 CNI Development programs including design, development, implementation, integration, testing, and delivery of product to the customer. They are responsible for ensuring the programs in the portfolio are aligned technically to the overall vision and strategy.

Duties include the following:

• Work alongside the Department Manager and support the Portfolio Director in technological roadmaps for the F-35 platform
• Oversees and directs program Chief Engineers and technical teams within the F35 CNI Development Department
• Responsible for supervision/mentorship of program Chief Engineers
• Develop and manage technical relationships with customers to ensure ongoing success
• Supports program execution as definitive technical authority for all aspects of engineering on all program elements (hardware/software/support/test).
• Maintains cognizance over technical activities within and across programs for requirements development, hardware/software design, integration, and verification/validation activities
• Solves technical problems and provides solutions that are technically sound and programmatically executable
• Provides technical status and assessment to the Portfolio Director and Department Managers. Supports assessment of cost and schedule impacts of technical decisions
• Ensures program is adhering to engineering processes and best practices in design, development, fabrication/assembly, test, and sustainment of products for both internal and external customers and is compliant with company policies, procedures, and quality standards
• Ensures design products transition smoothly to Production & Sustainment
• Coordinates with functional organization to ensure execution of program statement of work and technical program requirements are met
• Supports business captures toward predetermined long-range goals and objectives
• Supports pursuit/proposal efforts by leading or by appointing the appropriate SME, in the development of technical execution strategy and architectures to meet customer objectives
• Owns the F-35 CNI System Technical Baseline
• Drive process development, continuous improvement, and affordability initiatives
• Identify and insert reusable technologies and design products…