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Chief Engineer - Level 7
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation · 🇺🇸 3 Locations
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About the role
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the Time 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. Northrop Grumman Central Software, E&P Engineering is looking for you to join us as Chief Engineer - Level 7, located in Huntsville, AL, Colorado Springs, CO, or Boulder, CO. This role will serve as the definitive technical authority for the assigned program. The selected candidate will report directly to the regional Software Engineering Director and interface with corporate executives and government customers. The Chief Engineer will lead a multi-disciplined engineering team in a fast paced-environment managing the technical performance of the program meeting cost and schedule requirements. Programmatic focus will be on the activities to develop key technologies, integrate and shape solutions for Missile Defense Integration (MDI) Business Unit (BU) while also supporting the creation of new strategies to win and execute future development programs. • Responsible for the technical development and direction of all engineering aspects on the program, including design, development, implementation, testing, and delivery of products to the customer. • Serve as the advisor to the program director and technical interface to the customer. • Lead technical execution for a complex program, integrating multi-disciplinary engineering efforts to meet cost, schedule, and performance objectives. • Maintain cognizance over technical activities within the program and ensuring horizontal integration of compliant, best practice engineering processes and procedures. • Collaborate with all team and technical leads to resolve engineering conflicts and provide innovative, achievable solutions to unusually/complex technical problems. • Evaluate technical implications of identified risks, issues, and opportunities, and offers recommendations for mitigation strategies. • Provide technical leadership, direction and mentoring to other technical employees in the application of software engineering principles, tools, and techniques to achieve results through managing people, internal processes and customer/supplier relationships. • Provide insight and knowledge transfer to others on internal and external technical solutions to solve complex problems. • Regularly interface with other program stakeholders and associate contractors to ensure system level integration. • Develop and present technical solutions to senior leadership, collaborate across BUs, divisions, sectors within the company as well as with industry partners and customer community, using strong communication skills. • Advocate and lead efforts in Artificial Intelligence assisted software development initiatives/integration. Basic Qualifications: • Bachelor of Science degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and • Math) discipline and 16 years of relevant experience; 14 years with master’s degree; 12 years with PhD