Requisition ID: R10173876Category: Engineering Location: San Diego, California, United States of America El Segundo, California, United States of America Melbourne, Florida, United States of America Clearance Type: Top Secret Telecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this position Shift: 1st
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Job Description:
Requisition ID: R10173876
  • Category: Engineering
  • Location: San Diego, California, United States of America El Segundo, California, United States of America Melbourne, Florida, United States of America
  • Clearance Type: Top Secret
  • Telecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this position
  • Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)
  • Travel Required: Yes, 25 of the Time
  • Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available
  • Positions Available: 1
At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact peoples lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nations history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, theyre making history.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for the Chief Engineer position for the Common Mission Control Center (CMCC) program.   This position supports a geographically diverse team and can be located in Rancho Bernardo, El Segundo, or Melbourne. 

CMCC is physically based out of Beale AFB, California.  Its purpose is to provide multi-domain battle management command and control of manned and unmanned assets in the highly contested environment (HCE).  CMCC interoperate with Air and Space Operations Centers, Distributed Common Ground System, flying squadrons and joint forces to expose ISR & strike platforms through all F2T2EA phases using a Common Operating Picture (COP) that transmits to users at multiple classification levels. 

CMCC is a service-oriented architecture-based system and incorporates software and capabilities from multiple vendors.  It leverages open architecture (OA) principles and the universal command and control interface (UCI) standard as the communication framework between software components and external interfaces.

NG currently provides CMCC supporting hardware and software services, platform situational awareness and product dissemination, and tactical space-to-air effects.  A successful Chief Engineer candidate will have awareness of larger NG capabilities and be able to build and maintain relationships with the NG Family of Systems.

Responsibilities:

•              Serve as the definitive technical authority for all aspects of engineering on a program.

•              Develop and maintain technical baseline

•              Drive implementation and improvement of engineering best practices.

•              Serve as the customer’s technical point of contact, influencing decisions by clearly communicating technical concepts, challenges, and trade-offs.

•              Lead the technical performance of a multi-disciplined engineering team accountable for cost, schedule, and quality, while satisfying all technical requirements including subcontracted elements.

•              Direct and coordinate engineering activities throughout the system lifecycle (e.g., requirements development, hardware/software design, verification/validation, and sustainment).

•              Own the verification approach and approval of system level requirement verification

•              Collaborate with the engineering teams on NG Family of Systems platforms to facilitate mutual success for integration, preemptively identify risks to the programs, and build opportunities for additional sales.

•              Mentor other senior technical contributors.

Basic Qualifications:

•              Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) discipline from an accredited university with a minimum of 14 years’ engineering experience; 12 years with Masters; 10 years with PhD.

•              Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management.

•              Strong understanding of Open Architectures with specific knowledge of OMS and UCI

•              Must have an active, in-scope (most recent investigation within the last five years) DoD Top Secret Clearance and ability to obtain SCI

•              Ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access

•              Requires ~25 travel per year

Preferred Qualifications:

•              MS in Systems Engineering, Technical Management, or related fields.

•              Top candidates will not only have significant Systems Engineering and management experience, but also possess technical breadth and experience in multiple mission areas, program phases, and systems engineering processes.      

•              Experience with one or more of the NGAS Strike Family of Systems

•              Experience with Systems of Systems constructs

•              Experience with Agile Software Development practices

•              Experience with implementing and/or proposing changes to government standards

•              Knowledge of the JADC2 and ABMS initiatives 

Salary Range: $158,200 - $274,700
The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidates experience, education, skills and current spanet conditions.
Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. 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.
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.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

Company Details
Northrop Grumman
2980 Fairview Park Drive
Falls Church, Virginia 20171 USA
www.careers.northropgrumman.com
2001 Open Jobs Available
Northrop Grumman solves the toughest problems in space, aeronautics, defense and cyberspace to meet the ever-evolving needs of our customers worldwide. Our 90,000 employees are Defining Possible every day using science, technology and engineering to create...

Benefits:
Our benefits are designed to be flexible, because we know each one of our 120,000 employees have unique needs. We offer a range of benefit packages to ensure that everyone - from new graduates to long-term employees and their dependents - has options in health, savings and other important areas that support work/life balance.

Supported Manufacturers:
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Location
San Diego, California, United States
Type
Permanent
Company Details
Northrop Grumman
2980 Fairview Park Drive
Falls Church, Virginia 20171 USA
www.careers.northropgrumman.com
2001 Open Jobs Available
Northrop Grumman solves the toughest problems in space, aeronautics, defense and cyberspace to meet the ever-evolving needs of our customers worldwide. Our 90,000 employees are Defining Possible every day using science, technology and engineering to create...

Benefits:
Our benefits are designed to be flexible, because we know each one of our 120,000 employees have unique needs. We offer a range of benefit packages to ensure that everyone - from new graduates to long-term employees and their dependents - has options in health, savings and other important areas that support work/life balance.

Supported Manufacturers:
Unmanned Systems, Cybersecurity, Logistics

Supported Models:

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