Northrop Grumman Australia · 1 day ago
Senior Staff Electrical Engineer IPT Lead
United States-Colorado-Colorado Springs
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$175K/yr - $263K/yr
14+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company, seeking a Senior Staff Electrical Engineer to lead the Radar Integrated Product Team for the Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability program. The role involves overseeing the design, development, and integration of critical RF and Analog subsystems, managing multi-disciplined teams, and ensuring successful execution of program milestones.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Leading a team of multi-disciplined engineers through the major subsystem component design, development, and integration activities across the DARC program
Representing the Radar IPT across all levels of management
Overseeing the design and development efforts supporting the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) and Critical Design Review (CDR) milestones of the DARC program
Overseeing the development and documentation of the hardware architecture
Overseeing the development of component specifications and procurement requirements
Overseeing and managing the engineering technical baseline
Managing a team of SS leads responsible for the technical management of major subcontractors
Oversee the development of subcontractor Statement of Works and Procurement Specifications
Developing subcontractor Request for Proposals (RFPs) and evaluating subcontractor responses
Managing and maintaining key performance parameter (KPP) metrics across the various SS’s
Overseeing engineering test and integration point testing activities within the RF Lab environment
Briefing Northrop Grumman and Space Force leadership on all elements of the Radar IPT
Qualification
Required
Active DoD Secret clearance at the time of application
14 years with a Bachelors in Science, 12 years with a Masters in Science degree, 9 years with a PHD
Experience architecting and designing complex RF and Analog hardware systems
Experience with the technical management of major subcontracts
Experience working on at least two major design and development programs
Ability to work within an RF lab environment and familiar with RF test equipment (i.e., spectrum analyzers, network analyzers)
Experience with Agile principles
Familiar with Model Based Systems Engineering principles
Previously held an IPT leadership role
Previous experience managing technical risk
Familiar with the use of a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system to document and maintain a technical baseline
Ability to travel up to 10% domestically
Preferred
Active DoD Top Secret clearance with the ability for SCI
DARC architecture familiarity and system knowledge
Experience with the technical management of subcontracts with a value of at least $20 million
Ability to work within the Atlassian tool set (JIRA, Confluence)
Experience with the use of CAMEO as a model-based systems engineering tool
Previous experience with supporting capture proposals and developing engineering technical basis of estimates (BOEs)
Previous experience with one of the following: Parabolic Antennas, Traveling Wave Tube Amplifiers, Arbitrary Waveform Generators (AWG), RF over fiber optic media converters, Cryogenically Cooled Low Noise Amplifiers (LNA's), High speed Analog to Digital (A/D) and Digital to Analog (D/A) converters
Familiar with the application of the Earned Value (EV) methodology to manage technical cost and schedule execution
Ability to travel up to 25% internationally and domestically
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