Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking an Advanced Programs Chief Engineer.  This position is located in Roy, UT, Huntsville, AL, or Bellevue NE  This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

What You’ll Get To Do:

• Lead a multi-disciplined engineering team.

• Guiding the technical performance of the program.

• Providing support to program management in meeting technical performance requirements, staffing, cost, and schedule requirements.

• Coordinates requirements development, hardware/software design, verification, and validation activities.

• Ensures that the program is adhering to sound engineering processes in the rapid development, prototype production, and developmental test activities and is compliant with company policies, procedures, and quality standards.

• Maintains cognizance over technical activities within program IPTs and ensures horizontal integration of the best engineering practices across the company.

• Continually coordinates with advanced programs leadership team to ensure the execution of program statement of work.

• Serves as the primary program technical customer interface and some travel will be required.

• Expected to work collaboratively and with influence to gain commitment and performance from all team disciplines, program customers, business operations and contracts as needed to drive required business outcomes.

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Defense Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:
- Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
- 401k
- Educational Assistance
- Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
- Paid Time Off
- Health & Wellness Resources
- Employee Discounts

This positions standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

You’ll Bring These Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) and 16 years of related experience, or a Master's Degree in a STEM discipline and 14 years of related experience, or PhD with 12 years of experience.

• Must be a US Citizen with an active DoD Secret Clearance with an investigation date within the last 6 years.

• 10 years experience providing technical leadership of an engineering team or teams.

• 5 years experience detailed design and engineering and manufacturing development.

• 3 years experience with DoD weapon systems technology.

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:

• Master's degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline

• A minimum 14 years of related experience with a Masters’s degree

• Active Top Secret DoD Security Clearance with a periodic reinvestigation closed within last five years

• Excellent technical leadership, interpersonal, and oral and written communication skills with both internal staff and external customers and partners

• Strong partnership/collaboration skills. Demonstrated ability to partner cross-IPT/cross-discipline within a team

• Strong program execution skills; Demonstrated ability to meet program technical, cost, and schedule milestones.

• Ability to integrate, engage, and lead team to perform at top level of performance.

• Ability to leverage experience/background to bring alternative ideas/solutions to the team

• Experience with technology needs identification, categorization/assessment, application, and maturation including TRL and MRL definitions

• Experience with rapid prototyping and demonstration

• Experience with hypersonics and hypersonic environments

• Must possess excellent interpersonal, planning, and communication skills and possess experience in technical management.