Sr. Staff Chief Eng

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. The Payload and Ground Systems organization within the Northrop Grumman Space Systems pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team 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. Come be a part of our mission. Northrop Grumman Space Systems is looking for you to join us as Business Development Chief Engineer located in Aurora, CO or Fairfax, VA. This role will serve as the definitive technical authority for all aspects of engineering on future engineering elements (systems engineering/hardware/software/support/test) by overseeing the development of the technical solution and approach, from conceptual solution through establishment & refinement of the baseline, ensuring that performance requirements are met and remain consistent with the strategy. Responsible for leading and developing the overall Technology Investment Area strategy Lead a multi-disciplinary cross-functional team in the planning and execution of technology strategy supporting the Technology Area Design technology strategy and planning based on business needs, objectives and stakeholder analysis adopting appropriate approaches, methods, facilitation techniques, artifacts and deliverables Explore new and emerging technologies to create a vision of how technology will shape the future captures and invent new, innovative mission solutions Manage the develop and execution of the Technology Investment IRAD portfolio Applies IRADs and technologies internal and external of the BU to technology IRADs and opportunities Support Key Capture Reviews (Deep Dives, SAARR, Black Hats, …. ) and proposal activities Responsible for the communication of Technology strategy to both internal and external stakeholders by designing and creating effective visuals to convey the Thrust strategy Regularly takes a leadership role in providing insight and knowledge transfer to others on internal and external technical solutions to solve complex problems. Demonstrated ability to formally present technical solutions to senior leadership. Provide oversight for system architecture and design development and supporting architecture roles.