Northrop Grumman Australia · 1 day ago
Chief Engineer - Level 7
United States-Colorado-Aurora
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$212K/yr - $318K/yr
16+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company seeking a Chief Engineer to join their Central Systems Engineering team in Aurora, CO. This role serves as the definitive technical authority for all aspects of engineering on program elements and leads a multi-disciplined engineering team to manage technical performance, ensuring adherence to sound engineering processes and compliance with company standards.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Serve as the technical authority for the program, to include chairing the Technical Review Board or Deployment/Production, and providing oversight for requirements development, hardware/software design, verification, and validation activities
Ensures that the program is adhering to sound engineering processes in the development, production, test, and sustainment of products for our customers and is in compliance with company policies, procedures, and quality standards
Maintains cognizance over technical activities within program Mission and Product Areas and ensures horizontal integration of the best engineering practices
Ensures the execution of program statement of work
Regularly takes a leadership role in providing insight and knowledge transfer to others on internal and external technical solutions to solve complex problems
Demonstrated ability to formally present technical solutions to senior leadership
Be the technical liaison to the program manager and the technical point of contact to the customer
Support the program manager in risk and opportunity management by identifying and owning risks associated with system performance
Provides technical leadership, direction and mentoring to other technical employees in the application of systems engineering principles, tools, and techniques to achieve practical end results
Develops advanced technological ideas and guides their development into a final product that has a direct impact on the Program and Operating Unit
Qualification
Required
Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) discipline and 16 years of experience; 14 years with master's degree; 12 years with PhD
Minimum of 8 years of experience formally leading engineering teams/and or organizations to achieve a common goal
Must have US Citizenship with an Active DOD Top Secret clearance with current TS/SCI at time of application
Background AWS deployments, FEPs, IA, and complex interfaces
Understanding of nuances operating hardware at customer sites
Experience with real-time software development/deployment
Must have familiarity with leading large technical proposals and the ability to lead the customer through reviews of technical performance
Strong collaboration skills with experience working across multiple internal divisions as well as with industry partners and customer community, with strong communication skills
Ability to motivate and guide teams and activities without having formal 'ownership' of the staff supporting those activities
Clear understanding of Agile Practices and Methodology applied to engineering efforts
Preferred
Prior engineering experience within the US Space Industry
Demonstrated background of successfully applying systems engineering principles to guide program technical design, development, and deployment of large-scale systems architectures
Ten or more years of experience developing Ground systems across multiple operating domains (space and tactical implementations)
Experience integrating multiple engineering specialties and stakeholders across multiple Teams and Suppliers
Experience leading design, production, and integration of complex systems
Experience leading the performance of technical tasks on schedule, at cost and achieving all requirements as either a chief engineer or technical lead
Demonstrated effectiveness in achieving results through managing people and understanding and management of internal processes and customer/supplier relationships
Strong understanding and broad application of complex engineering systems (engineering standards, configuration management, material review board, process control, tooling, facilities, software, etc.)
Ability to collaborate and achieve consensus when dealing with groups from diverse organizations and backgrounds
Demonstrated experience in making sound decisions in uncertain and difficult situations
Breadth of technical background (all domain physical, security, phenomenology)
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