CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10 of the TimeDescription

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 Mission Systems has multiple openings for a Hardware Integrated Product Team (IPT) Leads / Chief Engineers to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals.  These positions will be located in Baltimore, MD, and placement will be commensurate with qualifications.

This individual will lead a cross-discipline engineering team typically greater than 10 people for a medium to high-risk project and interface with Engineering & Program Management, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Mission Assurance.

Typical Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the technical development and direction of cross-functional engineering teams during proposal, design, manufacturing, and delivery phases of products in development and production phases
• Ensure overall technical quality for all engineering content for the program
• Act as both a technical leader for the engineering team as well as an independent advisor to the program manager
• Support proposal development and new program acquisition efforts
• Interpret statements of work assigned by program leadership
• Develop and execute to project budgets and schedules, including Earned Value Management System (EVMS), critical path management, Estimates-at-Completion (EACs), and workload forecasts
• Interface with functional departments to secure team staffing
• Work with suppliers and be able to articulate project requirements
• Brief internal and customer leadership on progress of work assigned

The selected candidates will perform in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, and collaborative/team settings.  The selected candidates are expected to be self-motivated, highly organized, and detail oriented and possess effective verbal and written communication skills.

Basic Qualifications: 

• Active Secret government clearance, with eligibility for SAP (Special Access Program) clearance
• Bachelors Degree in Engineering or STEM-related discipline with 12 years of industry experience, or Masters Degree and 10 years of industry experience, or a PhD degree and 7 years industry experience.
• >2 years’ experience as a Chief Engineer, Hardware Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead, or Hardware Technical Lead in a program office or business function with demonstrated team building, organizational, and interpersonal skills
• >4 years’ engineering leadership experience in a team environment
• Strong understanding of the Design, Manufacturing or Test process
• Fluency with developing and executing project schedules

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience in development of complex RF or Digital systems and sub-systems
• Experience as a Control Account Manager (CAM) managing Earned Value Management System (EVMS) projects
• Active and current Top Secret government clearance

Primary Level Salary Range: $169,000.00 - $253,600.00

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.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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 an Equal Opportunity 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 and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.