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Requisition ID: R10167412

• Category: Engineering

• Location: Roy, Utah, United States of America

• Clearance Type: Secret

• Telecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this position

• Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)

• Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time

• Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available

• Positions Available: 5

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.

Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Thread Lead - Staff Systems Engineer . This position is located in Roy, UT and supports the Sentinel program. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

What You’ll Get To Do:

The Sentinel program has an exciting opportunity for a Thread Lead, Staff Systems Engineer (TLSSE) on the Sentinel Systems Engineering team. The TLSSE is assigned to one or more system capability threads and may act as a delegated authority for the associated Thread Lead(s) they are assigned. This is a great growth opportunity for an individual interested in developing into a technical leadership role.

Specific duties to include, but are not limited to the following:

• Become a subject matter expert (SME) and technical lead with end-to-end / top-to-bottom understanding for the successful implementation of a their assigned thread(s) for the Sentinel Program

• Act as primary delegation of authority for their assigned threads. This includes, but not limited to:

• Partner with the program's SEIT leadership and Office of Chief Engineering (OCE) to ensure their assigned threads technical baseline is developed with high quality

• Brief program leadership, customers, and stakeholders on their assigned threads at both program and technical reviews

• Establish an effective system of working group / coordination sessions with stakeholders across the development community to ensure effective horizontal and vertical thread integration

• Develop and maintain strong relationships across program, customers, and stakeholder communities

• Engage in formal and informal mentoring to support knowledge transfer and talent development

• Execute special projects as needed for their assigned threads

• Support providing oversight of all systems engineering products related to their assigned threads. These include:

• Requirements definition and allocation, with cognizance down to the lowest level

• Architecture and interface definitions

• Functional flows and CONOPS scenarios

• Performance / allocation budgets, analysis, and margin management

• Trade studies

• Verification planning, including coordination of required and expected verification products down to the lowest applicable level

• Verification and validation execution, including authorship of requirement verification reports and customer coordination

• Solution definition / design artifacts produce a compliant realization of the thread capability

• Integration and test planning and procedure development

• Risk and opportunity identification and associated execution planning

• Technical Performance Measure (TPM) reporting and management

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) with a minimum of 14 years of related experience with a bachelor's degree; 12 years with a master’s degree; or 9 years with a PhD

• Must be a US Citizen with an active DoD Secret Clearance with an investigation date within the last 6 years

• Must be able to be successfully screened for Enhanced Security Clearances, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs

• Experience in team environment with leadership responsibilities

• Experience creating, updating, and maintaining system performance documentation

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:

• ICBM experience

• Large scale / complex system development experience across multiple phases of a development program: preliminary design, detailed design, integration and test, verification and sell off, transition to production

• Experience with implementing and using model-based systems engineering tools, practices, and methods

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Position Benefits

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including: 

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

• 401k

• Educational Assistance

• Life Insurance

• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions

• Paid Time Off

• Health & Wellness Resources

• Employee Discounts

This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.  

This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

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Salary Range: $142,500 - $213,700

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 candidate's experience, education, skills and current market 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.