Northrop Grumman Australia · 3 hours ago
Staff Engineer Systems - Technical Lead
United States-Florida-Melbourne
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$148K/yr - $222K/yr
10+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company seeking a Staff Engineer Systems - Technical Lead. The role involves establishing technical baselines, leading integration efforts, and managing communication systems for advanced battle management technologies.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Establish technical baseline and execute change management to meet platform/payload specific experiment objectives
Establish and lead a regular rhythm with stakeholders to communicate overall technical approach and methodology for design, integration, hypothesis testing, data collection, and recommendations
Lead and present customer milestone reviews, including suppliers’ briefing, key performance requirements, architecture diagrams, solutions approach, etc
Interpret, allocate, tailor, write and/or flow down requirements to all levels of a Mesh Network architecture
Perform trade studies, document architectures/interfaces, analyze performance, and evaluate Technology Readiness Level (TRL) with regard to supplier current and future products offerings
Lead supplier evaluation criteria and experience in conducting technical evaluations, documenting results and solution recommendation for Customer
Execute supplier’s statement of work and documentation reviews and approval authority with respect to technical delivery
Qualification
Required
Must have a Bachelor of Science degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) discipline AND 12 years of related professional/military experience OR a Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline AND 10 years of related professional/military experience OR a STEM Ph.D. AND 8 years of related professional/military experience
Must have an active DoD Secret or higher clearance (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 prior to the commencement of employment
Must have a experience in establishing technical baseline of the microelectronics design, payload/RF/digital implementation, or system engineering disciplines in terms of requirement de-composition, V&V, and configuration change management
Must have experience with leading and forming program execution path for teams to meet technical performance, cost, and schedule with a program manager
Preferred
Experience leading and collaborating with a geographically dispersed cross-discipline team of engineers and industry partners
Integrated product team lead and/or cost account manager experience
Strong technical knowledge in microelectronics and experience in managing the design and fabrication of microelectronic used in RF communication systems
Strong working knowledge in field experiments and platform integration
Experience with integrating commercial communications technologies for use in military operations
Extensive experience in Subcontract management with respect to microelectronics design evaluations, gap/improvement identification, and articulation for concerning supplier's shortcoming to achieve technical baseline
Prior experience supporting government led spectrum approval, interim flight clearances (IFC), Interim Authorization To Test (IATT), Authority to Operate (ATO), ground node operations, and/or Cyber security requirements
Strong working experience with government personnel and ability to take actions for customer resolution
Experience in integrating complex systems for Naval platforms and operations
Experience demonstrating complex technical concepts to management, customers, and stakeholders with non-technical background
Experience with Mission Engineering
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