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Requisition ID: R10178658
- Category: Engineering
- Location: Melbourne, Florida, United States of America
- Clearance Type: Secret
- Telecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this position
- Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)
- Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time
- Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available
- Positions Available: 1
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Senior Staff Systems Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Melbourne, Florida.
Sr. Staff Systems Integration SE is expected to provide technical leadership, direction, and mentoring to a team of managers, engineers, and technicians and serve as the authority on the scientific principles underpinning architecture and infrastructure of the system under development. This role is expected to demonstrate mastery and innovation in multiple engineering disciplines at the platform level and apply novel solutions in identifying alternate approaches to a broad array of systems integration challenges.
This position requires full command of the systems engineering discipline to understand the requirements, interfaces, design, verification, sell-off, and mission of the system throughout the product lifecycle. The selected candidate will develop advanced technological ideas and guide their development to a final product, with direct impact on the Sector, serving as the technical organizational spokesperson to leadership, while maintaining critical external customer contacts to understand their technical needs, and synthesizing this to contribute to the achievement of Annual Operating Plan (AOP) and Long Range Strategic Plan (LRSP) objectives.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor of science Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university with 14 years of experience in engineering; or a Master of science Degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university with 12 years of experience in engineering; OR PhD in a STEM discipline from an accredited university with 10 years of experience in engineering
- Experience in systems architecture, infrastructure, and/or multiple subsystem design activities
- Must have an active DoD Secret clearance or higher (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation)
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced Degree in Aerospace, Electrical Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering
- Formal Systems Engineering training, certification, or advanced degree.
- Experience performing large-scale system integration (crossing sub-systems)
- Experience in developing, managing, and selling-off (verification and validation) of requirements
- An active in-scope DoD Top Secret clearance
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. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.
