Sr Staff Chief Engineer
About the role
This position is located in Linthicum, MD. This IPT Lead will be required to lead an engineering team working to transition designs to production for a very important sector priority program with many time-critical elements and high management visibility. They will interface with personnel in the Factor Test Cells, Engineering & Program Management, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Mission Assurance. In addition, they will brief internal and potentially external customer leadership on progress.
Responsibilities
- Lead an engineering team working to transition designs to production for a very important sector priority program with many time-critical elements and high management visibility.
- Interface with personnel in the Factor Test Cells, Engineering & Program Management, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Mission Assurance.
- Brief internal and potentially external customer leadership on progress.
Requirements
- Current, Active government Secret Clearance.
- Additional 4 years of experience in lieu of a degree is acceptable.
- Experience with Front End Design (FED), RF Electronics, RF Cabling, COTS procurement and testing, and System Cabling.
- Experience with hardware design and/or hardware integration & test and/or experience moving hardware through the BWI factory.
- Demonstrated proficiency in Control Account Manager (CAM) activities and the Earned Value Management system (EVMS).
- Experience reporting project status to program, functional management and/or customers.
- Demonstrated leadership skills with 1.5 years minimum experience as an Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead, program manager or other leadership position leading engineers supporting a program or business function.
- Available onsite at the BWI facility during first shift.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical or mechanical engineering, or STEM-related degree, with 14 years of industry experience, or master’s degree and 12 years of industry experience.
- Mechanically focused engineer with experience making drawing updates and pushing drawing through process.
Skills
- Control Account Manager (CAM) activities and the Earned Value Management system (EVMS).
- Developing and executing project schedules.
- Reporting project status to program, functional management and/or customers.
- Leading multi-site or multi-sector IPTs.
- Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools (e.g., Cameo, MagicDraw, IBM Rational DOORS).
- Identifying and quantifying risks/opportunities.
- Working with Global Supply Chain and Manufacturing Material Processing.
- Root Cause Correction Action (RCCA) process.
- Leveraging MBSE tools for hardware design and integration & test.
- Supporting Basis of Estimates (BOEs) and proposals.
- Rex (receiver/exciter) through design or integration and test, Antenna Subsystem, and/or general RF Integration and test for hardware.
- Managing products in the critical path of a program.
- Leveraging MBSE tools for LRU/LRM Integration and testing for an EMD product transitioning to production.
Benefits
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.
Pay
Primary Level Salary Range: $184,100.00 - $276,100.00
Schedule
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.