Sr Staff Engineer Systems

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. 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 Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Sr Staff Engineer  - NATO Final Infrastructure Systems Engineering Lead to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in San Diego, CA . The selected candidates will lead the Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) effort for the RQ-4 NATO Final Infrastructure program, holding overall responsibility for SE&I execution reporting directly to the RQ-4 NATO Systems Engineering Lead.  This individual will be working closely with the RQ-4 NATO Final Infrastructure Program Team and various engineering functions to ensure the overall system meets all performance requirements and capabilities while managing the Technical Baseline. Essential Functions: Manage and lead a team SE&I engineers and managers across IFC, R&V, Architecture, Integration, Specialty, Mission Engineering, and Integrated Functional Capability disciplines. Manage and oversee Systems Engineering execution of the overall cost, schedule, and technical baseline for the respective program. Extensive interface and coordination with program management, customer counterparts, and sub-contractors. Lead and oversee successful milestone reviews (e.g. SRR, SFR, PDR, CDR, FCA). Lead successful requirements definition, decomposition, allocation, and final verification across a complex system. Lead a multidisciplinary team to decompose and define customer CONOPs, Performance Specifications, and Use Cases/OpsCon scenarios into robust, verifiable requirements at the System and Segment Level. Perform Risk and Opportunity management. Lead and prepare proposals and baseline planning for new activities. Utilize Agile methodologies which will enable rapid capability insertion and reduce time to field Implement tools, technologies, and procedure to enable more efficient integration. Tailor Requirements and Verification processes to ensure appropriate rigor is applied to a program’s size/scope/complexity. Define and maintain standard R&V products and processes, ensuring appropriate usage across all programs. Utilize Integrated Functional Capability (IFC) Planning and certification process Utilize our Defect Management, Defect Review Board (DRB), and Content Inclusion Review