Staff Engineer Systems Architect

US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION: Yes

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 Mission Systems is seeking a Staff Engineer Systems Architect with outstanding leadership skills and hands-on experience in development of sensors. The deputy Systems Architect will utilize their background in radar technologies to help develop architectures for future multi-function sensors, and upgrades to current systems.

What You'll Get To Do:

Ensuring the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints. Performing functional analysis, timeline analysis, capability simulations, detailed trade studies, requirements allocation, and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware, software, firmware, and integration and test specifications. Interfacing with multiple disciplines, including customers, internal executive management, program management, hardware, software, system engineering, procurement, suppliers, and manufacturing. In addition, the applicant must be able to lead, and report progress for requirements documentation, technical risk management, key system performance parameters, and lessons learned.

The successful candidate will clearly demonstrate strong leadership skills and will have an excellent track record as an effective communicator and problem solver, who is able to develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders. The candidate will have an ability to operate in a team environment and collaborate across the business areas as required to accomplish the team goals.

This position requires work on site located at Linthicum, MD.

Role and Responsibilities

Support the Systems Architect with any program specific responsibilities allocated to the role to include:

• Design and development of sensor system architectures and definition of key capabilities and performance requirements
• Create, evolve, and maintain the System Architecture that supports customer requirements, cost, and development schedule, including modularity, scalability, and extensibility
• Develop thorough definition of system interfaces
• Define the system implementation approach and operational concept
• Ensure the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints
• Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, detailed trade studies, requirements allocation, and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications
• Perform system performance modeling
• Lead / oversee technical work products developed by the larger engineering team, supporting design reviews and integration and test activities as needed
• Support capture activities, including RFI/RFP preparation, customer presentations and demonstrations, and competitor analysis
• Maintain knowledge of current and developing technologies and developing strategies for their insertion into both legacy and next-generation sensors
• Develop modifications to existing products to meet unique customer needs, and support / lead the development of next-generation products within a market segment
• Provide presentations to customers and senior management, with tailored material based on the audience.
• Apply new technologies as well as common designs and products enabling rapid development, prototyping and affordable solutions.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s of Science degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline and a minimum of 14 years of experience in systems and product development; OR Master's of Science degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline and a minimum of 12 years of experience in systems and product development; OR PhD in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline with 9 years of experience in systems and product development.
• Must have a current/active Secret Clearance and be able to obtain approval of Special Program Access prior to start.
• Willingness to work on-site full-time in a program area
• Experience with the following topics.
  • RF Systems Engineering
  • Radar Design / Development
  • Relevant Algorithm development
  • Previous MATLAB experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Special Access Program (SAP) Current
• Leadership experience with development and/or production program execution
• Experience leading technical teams
• Digital Signal Processing (DSP) experience
• High proficiency in technical problem solving; to include decomposition, root cause analysis, solution development, implementation and monitoring
• Multi-disciplined knowledge in areas related to engineering including systems design, hardware, software and firmware design, integration and test
• RF or EW technology background with sensors development and implementation experience

Salary Range: $157,500.00 - $236,300.00

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.

Employees may be eligible for 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.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.