Northrop Grumman Australia · 3 weeks ago
Sr. Principal Systems Engineer IPT Lead (Evergreen)
United States-Virginia-Dulles
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$142K/yr - $213K/yr
6+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leader in technological advancements, seeking a Sr. Principal Systems Engineer IPT Lead to join their Space Sector in Dulles, VA. This role involves managing a multi-disciplinary engineering team to meet program requirements and deliverables on schedule and within budget, while ensuring technical quality and performance.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Deliver all product team deliverables on time and within cost, while meeting contractual programmatic and technical requirements and stakeholder expectations, and measure and report Earned Value (EV) performance
Ensure technical quality, performance, cost and schedule for product team content on the program, in alignment with Engineering and Division processes, program policies, and industry best standards
Adhere to the IPT Statement of Work (SOW) and perform rigorous change management in coordination with program leadership
Identification of resources, including staffing, required to complete product team deliverables, and communicate the need in a timely manner to enable onboarding of the resources early enough to meet program objectives. Coordinate with Functional Management to staff the IPT
Coordinate and collaborate with Global Supply Chain to manage suppliers and material to achieve product team deliverables
Coordinate and collaborate with Manufacturing & Operations and Integration and Test to support build and I&T of IPT subsystems and products
Conduct thorough risk & opportunity management practices including identification, mitigation and realization
Qualification
Required
Requires an active U.S. Government DoD Top-Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope
Bachelor's Degree in a STEM discipline and 8 years of applicable experience, or a Master's Degree plus 6 years of applicable experience, or a PhD and 4 year of experience
Experience with at least one phase of the lifecycle of spacecraft development, build, and operations
Risk & Opportunity Management experience and change control experience
1 year of experience in Project Management roles such as Program Manager, CAM, IPT
Preferred
2 years of experience in Project Management roles to include earned value management (EVM)
Experience with the full lifecycle of spacecraft development, build, and operations
Active TS/SCI or Active TS clearance with existing program accesses
The ability to manage communications with stakeholders through organized processes to ensure that department and program information is defined, collected, shared, understood, stored and retrieved in a manner that effectively meets stakeholder needs
The ability to identify and proactively address organizational and program impacts through a systematic, proactive, approach to issue and problem resolution that identifies, communicates, monitors, and promptly resolves conflicts across all levels of the organization
The ability to identify, orchestrate, coordinate and controls the management activities and processes that integrate program interdependencies throughout their life cycle to achieve successful program completion
The ability to identify, select, direct and manage subcontract and supply chain elements of the program in a manner that supports program goals and company strategy
Benefits
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Company
Northrop Grumman Australia
Northrop Grumman Australia is the Australia-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation and committed to generating long-term prosperity, investing in advanced Research & Development, sovereign and exportable Intellectual Property, high-quality jobs and long-term technology leadership across the Commonwealth.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase