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System Engineering Manager III
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation · 🇺🇸 United States-California-Northridge
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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 Defense Systems is currently seeking a Manager 3 - Systems Engineering, Performance, Integration and Test IPTL to support our Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) missile program with our talented Advanced Weapons team. An active Government issued clearance is required to start. The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility in Northridge, CA. The Systems Engineering, Performance, Integration and Test IPTL manages the technical processes, schedules, budgets, and multidisciplinary teams responsible for developing, integrating and testing, and verifying the requirements and performance of the SiAW missile. The ideal candidate will have experience in the full systems engineering lifecycle of defense development program(s) and leading at least part of that lifecycle. They will also have technical depth on one or more of the subsystems of a defense system, e.g., RF/sensors, guidance, navigation, control, telemetry/communication, and airframe. This candidate will work directly with the program’s Chief Engineer and Program Execution Manager and collaborate with the various IPTs to ensure the design and development of the different subsystems and the integration of those are technically sound on budget, and on schedule. Responsibilities: • Ensure proper engineering rigor across engineering activities via process and documentation/modeling practices (IAW Functional Best Practices and Principles and Operating Practices (PrOP)). • Oversee development of requirements, system architecture, digital engineering products, and performance models as well as planning and execution of integration, test, verification, and validation activities for system/subsystem requirements and performance models • Manage the system architecture through application of model-based systems engineering practices and the object-oriented system engineering methodology • Review and approve system and subsystem design artifacts (e.g., requirements, interface control documents, models, trade studies, analyses, and test procedures) as well as test results and verification artifacts for technical correctness, completeness, and consistency with the system architecture. • Manage vertical and horizontal technical and performance integration throughout product teams and program life cycle. • Develop and manage key design criteria and technical performance measures • Provide support to the Program Management Office (PMO) and Chief Engineer (CE), including status on technical maturity, risks, issues, and integration challenges. • Plan and execute early integration and interfacing activities with external stakeholders (e.g., government customer, platform integrators, suppliers) to reduce downstream risk. • Manage the planning and execution of technical reviews (e.g., CDR, TRR, SVR, FC