Staff Systems Engineer - Level 5

Essential Functions: Hardware development and sustainment and CAM of program material. Guide teams through product implementation and integrations. Technical Planning: Lead technical planning, support design reviews, and manage tools to communicate and track action items internally and with customers.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with Integrated Product Team (IPT) counterparts, technical teams, and stakeholders to mature systems architecture content for large program designs. Design Readiness: Conduct pre-review assessments to ensure system readiness prior to formal design reviews. Work on large, interdisciplinary teams.

Technical Mentorship: Coach and mentor engineering team members in architecture and design development while fostering strong technical networks. Demonstrate proposal, budget & scheduling proficiency, as well as business acumen. Lead Product Deliveries.

Site Surveys and installations, cable management, power and cooling, and overall system infrastructure documentation. Mentor and build technical networks. The selected candidate should thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, and collaborative/teams comprised of all experience levels.

Basic

Qualifications: Education: Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 12 years of related experience; a Master's Degree in a STEM discipline and 10 years of related experience; or a PhD with 8 years of related experience. Engineering: Performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems.

Designs new or modifies existing products, develops technical specifications for production, analyzes hardware configuration and processing solutions, and tests hardware conformance to specifications. Responsible for research and/or product development in more than one engineering discipline. Architecture & Software Frameworks: Proven experience applying engineering and design practices to software architectures, software environments, or agile software frameworks.

Security Clearance: Applicants must possess an active in-scope U.S. Government issued Secret (or higher) clearance at the time of application and is required to start. With a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or current enrollment in Continuous Evaluation (CE).

Preferred

Qualifications: Network Engineering: Maintains technical expertise in all areas of network and computer hardware and software interconnection and interfacing, such as routers, multiplexers, firewalls, hubs, bridges, gateways, etc. Experience with Cisco and Fortinet. System Administration: Experienced Linux (Red Hat), VMWare, RSA multifactor authentication, Splunk, ELK, IPA, Ansible and NetApp storage.

Interface Documentation: Expertise documenting complex system interactions via Interface Control Documents (ICDs), Interface Requirement Specifications (IRS), and Interface Description Documents (IDD). Domain Knowledge: Applied knowledge of Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Radar (NG-OPIR) or similar space/ground segment defense systems.

Control Account Management (CAM): Responsible for planning, executing, and controlling the work and budget within a defined segment of a project. Communication: Exceptional communication skills with a track record of presenting technical concepts to senior management, cross-functional teams, and customer communities. Primary Level Salary Range: $177,000.00 - $265,000.00 The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.

In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business. The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

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