DESCRIPTION

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.
An organization within Northrop Grumman’s Payload and Ground Systems (PGS) division, Mission Enabling Products is a leading designer, producer, and supplier of spacecraft components that power and enable satellites of all classes. Products include spacecraft panels, bus structures, precision optical structures, deployable structural systems and mechanisms, solar arrays, and antenna reflectors. Our products are on virtually every U.S. satellite built in the last 20 years. Our facility in Oxnard, CA is seeking a Senior Principal SEIT Engineer (IPT Lead) to support one of our major programs within the Deployables Operating Unit.
Learn more about Mission Enabling Products at: https://www.northropgrumman.com/space/spacecraft-products

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with 9 years’ related engineering experience; OR 7 years’ related experience with a Master’s degree
• 5+ years of Program or Project Management experience or similar (e.g. Lead IPT (Integrated Product Team), or Lead NPT (New Product Team)
• Understanding of Control Account Management
• Experience executing systems engineering tasks such as system requirements management, integration, test, and verification as it applies to electromechanical components
• Experience preparing and executing detailed program reviews
• U.S Citizenship is required

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering
• Experience in Earned Value Management Systems (EVMs)
• Experience with deployable structures and mechanisms for moving mechanical assemblies such as solar arrays, booms, and other support structures and mechanisms for satellite subsystems
  Salary Range: $137,400.00 - $206,000.00
  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 candidate’s experience, education, skills and current market 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

• Provide technical leadership to a cross-functional Integrated Product Team (IPT) to meet program cost, schedule, and technical execution for the Top Assembly build and delivery
• Coordinate with Business Management for review of Earned Value metrics and Control Account Management
• Coordinates work statements and specifications, operating budgets and financial terms/conditions of contract to meet contractual deliverables
• Lead the development and execution of project budgets and schedules, including Earned Value Management System (EVMS), critical path management, and workload forecasts
• Provide regular schedule execution inputs to Scheduling
• Lead multidisciplinary teams in Systems Engineering, Design and Analysis during design, analysis, manufacturing, and delivery phases of products in development and production phases
• Coordinate with the Program Chief Engineer to resolve technical issues, and maintain the technical baseline through ERB/CCB
• Interface with cross-functional teams to include Quality, Assembly and Test and monitor execution
• Interpret statements of work assigned by program leadership
• Interface with functional departments to secure team staffing
• Assist the Program Office in briefing internal and customer leadership on progress of work assigned