At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's 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 nation's 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, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems has an opening for a Staff Chief Engineer. We are looking for you to join our team as a Staff Chief Engineer based out of Orlando, FL. These other locations may also be considered: Bellevue, NE., Mc Lean, VA., or Huntsville, AL.
As a Staff Chief Engineer at Northrop Grumman, you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Cross-Domain Handling of Releasable Data (CHORD) portfolio. CHORD is a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) two-domain Cross Domain Solution (CDS). The CHORD portfolio comprises multiple contract awards and with various customers.
The successful candidate will be exceptionally meticulous, collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment & personal responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of seeking the best performance from everyone.
Roles/Responsibilities:
The Staff Chief Engineer will be the definitive technical authority for all aspects of engineering on all program elements (systems/software/gateware/test), and will lead a multi disciplined engineering team managing the technical performance of the program meeting cost and schedule requirements including subcontracted elements. The Chief Engineer will need to have a foundational understanding of all program disciplines and their interconnectivity.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Coordinates 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 compliant with company policies, procedures, and quality standards.

• Maintains cognizance over technical activities within program sub-teams and ensures horizontal integration of the best engineering practices across the company.

• Continually coordinates with the systems engineering and program management to ensure the execution of program statement of work and baselines;

• Serves as the technical point of contact with the customer.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) field and 14 years of related technical experience; Master's degree in a STEM field and 12 years of related technical experience, or PHD in a STEM field and 10 years of related technical experience.

• Active DoD Secret clearance.

• Experience as SME, Technical lead, Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead, Chief Engineer, or other engineering leadership role that demonstrated team building, organizational, and interpersonal skills.

• Demonstrated experience in designing, building, testing and deploying mission critical military systems.

• Demonstrated experience is leading Agile development teams and ensuring adherence to Agile principles.

• Knowledge of the systems engineering lifecycle to translate strategic cyber objectives, technology, and environmental conditions into engineering outcomes and solutions.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience coordinating directly with customers and end users for requirements development and detailed design.

• Experience developing a large and complex software system for a US DoD Customer Experience leading teams of integrated engineering disciplines throughout the lifecycle of development of a large and complex software system.

• Experience coordinating with external suppliers.