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Senior Principal SEIT Lead
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation · 🇺🇸 United States-Maryland-Baltimore
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About the role
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% 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. The Foundational Systems Engineering team anticipates a near-term need for a Senior Principal SEIT Lead to perform 100% on-site work at the Linthicum, MD location. As a member of this team, you will have the opportunity to support efforts on both concept and product development to deliver key solutions to our customers. This position covers a wide variety of aspects within the Systems Engineering domain, including mission engineering, requirements, architecture, modeling and simulation, integration and test, verification, and validation, and many more! What You’ll Get To Do: The Senior Principal SEIT Lead is responsible for directing the execution of the overall systems engineering, integration, and test (SEIT) effort on the program and is responsible for horizontal and vertical integration across all engineering elements of the program. The Staff SEIT Lead will ensure the integrity of engineering processes and timely development of core engineering work products. The Staff SEIT Lead will have Control Account Manager (CAM) responsibility, which comprises cost and schedule management for the SEIT work scope. The Staff SEIT Lead will interface with the Program Manager, Chief Engineer, System Architect, Engineering Program Manager, other engineering team leads, as well as the customer. • Lead technical management and execution of the SE team • Plan, execute, and close out program reviews and milestones (e.g., SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, etc.) • Own the Systems Engineering content in the IMS and ensure that the content is correct, complete, achievable, and aligned with the program needs. • Define the system definition in a Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) framework and ensure that the evolving model continues to comply with NG and customer expectations. • Ensure system technical compliance with the program Statement of Work (SOW), system requirements, and manage scope control of technical team. • Manage the vertical and horizontal technical integration throughout the product teams and program life cycle. • Ensure the project team has qualified staff to execute the program core functions, including analytic modeling, specialty engineering, skill/mode development. • Collect, manage, and report the program metrics and Technical Performance Measures (TPMs). • Collect and provide required data for Northrop Grumman MS program reporting on engineering performance. • Oversee configuration management of the overall Program Baseline. • Serve as the cost account manager for the systems engineering team. • Coordinate between the Chief Engineer, System Architect, EPM and Integrated Product Team Lead(s) to ensure the integrity and executability of the program technical baseline, including identification of technical debt and coordination of system/product componentry integration across the produ