Systems Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE

Relocation assistance may be available. CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret. TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time.

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 Defensive Systems has a need for a Staff Systems Engineer on our Integrated Mission Solutions (IMS) team. In this role, you will be responsible for providing technical leadership on our aircraft survivability programs. Our ideal candidate will possess technical expertise, a drive to lead from where you are, collaborative people skills, and the proven ability to work within a technically diverse and fast-paced team.

This position is in Warner Robins, GA and requires that you work on-site daily.

• Lead an engineering team through full product lifecycle for infrared systems, including requirements analysis, design, prototyping, fabrication, verification testing and sell off.
• Coordinate the workload and assignments of a team, ensuring efficient execution of engineering tasks.
• Maintain a backlog of tasks and set team priorities in a manner consistent with the program development schedule.
• Act as the primary point of contact for team-related issues and provide regular progress updates, risks and blockers to senior management.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers in technical domains, engineering design principles and project execution best practices.
• Perform hands‑on integration and testing of infrared systems, including both hardware and software components in development and production environments.
• Generate and update system and sub‑system level specifications, ensure verification traceability, develop test plans, perform analysis of test results and prepare comprehensive reports.

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering or Computer Engineering from an ABET accredited school with 12 years of relevant experience;
  Master’s with 10 Years;
  PhD with 8 Years.
• Experience designing, integrating, troubleshooting and testing infrared, optics and/or laser systems.
• Experience with legacy system sustainment and modernization, including hardware redesign due to obsolescence.
• Experience in a leadership position, leading a project and/or team through the full program lifecycle, to include requirements analysis, design, trade studies, prototyping, fabrication, verification testing and sell off.
• History of effectively communicating complex technical concepts to project, program, and company management, other technical managers, and customers.
• Experience with deriving system requirements and developing test plans and procedures.
• Experience with lab test equipment such as function generator, oscilloscope, multi‑meter, spectrum analyzers, etc.
• Experience with Department of Defense programs.
• Must currently hold or be able to maintain a U.S Department of Defense (DoD) Secret level security clearance.

• Hands‑on experience with infrared countermeasure (IRCM) or infrared sensing systems.
• Experience as a SME for a system on full-rate production or on a repair contract.
• Experience managing or working with program management on scope, schedule and budget.
• Experience with Earned Value Management and/or holding a CAM role.
• Experience developing system simulation frameworks, performance models and algorithms, threat models, and command and control models.
• Experience in performing aircraft functional test.

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