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Northrop Grumman · 9 hours ago

Sr. Principal Systems Engineer IPT Lead (Evergreen)

Dulles, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$142K/yr - $213K/yr

6+ years exp

Northrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company, and they are seeking a Sr. Principal Systems Engineer IPT Lead to manage and lead a team of multi-disciplinary engineers. This role involves overseeing product team deliverables, ensuring technical quality, and coordinating with various stakeholders to meet program requirements.

AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Deliver all product team deliverables on time and within cost, while meeting contractual programmatic and technical requirements and stakeholder expectations, and measure and report Earned Value (EV) performance

Ensure technical quality, performance, cost and schedule for product team content on the program, in alignment with Engineering and Division processes, program policies, and industry best standards

Adhere to the IPT Statement of Work (SOW) and perform rigorous change management in coordination with program leadership

Identification of resources, including staffing, required to complete product team deliverables, and communicate the need in a timely manner to enable onboarding of the resources early enough to meet program objectives. Coordinate with Functional Management to staff the IPT

Coordinate and collaborate with Global Supply Chain to manage suppliers and material to achieve product team deliverables

Coordinate and collaborate with Manufacturing & Operations and Integration and Test to support build and I&T of IPT subsystems and products

Conduct thorough risk & opportunity management practices including identification, mitigation and realization

Qualification

Risk ManagementSpacecraft DevelopmentProject ManagementEarned Value ManagementChange ControlIssue ResolutionProgram IntegrationSupplier ManagementCommunication

Required

Requires an active U.S. Government DoD Top-Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope

Bachelor's Degree in a STEM discipline and 8 years of applicable experience, or a Master's Degree plus 6 years of applicable experience, or a PhD and 4 year of experience

Experience with at least one phase of the lifecycle of spacecraft development, build, and operations

Risk & Opportunity Management experience and change control experience

1 year of experience in Project Management roles such as Program Manager, CAM, IPT

Preferred

2 years of experience in Project Management roles to include earned value management (EVM)

Experience with the full lifecycle of spacecraft development, build, and operations

Active TS/SCI or Active TS clearance with existing program accesses

The ability to manage communications with stakeholders through organized processes to ensure that department and program information is defined, collected, shared, understood, stored and retrieved in a manner that effectively meets stakeholder needs

The ability to identify and proactively address organizational and program impacts through a systematic, proactive, approach to issue and problem resolution that identifies, communicates, monitors, and promptly resolves conflicts across all levels of the organization

The ability to identify, orchestrate, coordinate and controls the management activities and processes that integrate program interdependencies throughout their life cycle to achieve successful program completion

The ability to identify, select, direct and manage subcontract and supply chain elements of the program in a manner that supports program goals and company strategy