Northrop Grumman’s Defense Systems sector is looking for a Director of Sentinel Systems Integration and Sustainment- Systems Engineering Director 2 in our SDS Division headquarters in Roy, Utah. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.
What You Will Get To Do:
Lead the Sentinel Systems Integration and Sustainment (SIS) Operating Unit, reporting to the Vice President for Systems Engineering, Integration, and Test (SEIT).
The Sentinel strategic missile program is one of the largest and most complex system integration projects in history, with hundreds of missiles, hundreds of operating facilities, millions of lines of code, thousands of support equipment and training devices, and hundreds of technical training programs to enable industry and USAF operate and maintain the system without fail in the most challenging conditions. A successful SIS Director will provide the experience and vision to drive extremely diverse system-level integration and sustainment plans for hardware and software delivered by dozens of product teams, and the mature judgment to navigate complex technical and program interfaces across NG system segments, the acquisition customer, and other government mission partners. Responsibilities include the following areas:
Systems Integration and Sustainment Operating Unit Leadership
Build and manage a 250+ person team distributed across multiple national sites
Lead workforce, cost/schedule, and technical functions - Profit & Loss accountability
Partner with senior Air Force officers to jointly manage priorities
Lead and execute special assignments and internal R&D projects
System Functional Capability Integration
Oversee strategic roadmap and system engineering definition translating abstract mission functions to incremental Integrated Functional Capabilities combining flight, ground, and test hardware and software developed by federated product teams.
Design Integration
Oversee strategy and execution of product lifecycle data standards and management of massive design data and end item data sets across product teams and suppliers – effective for EMD, production, and sustainment extending decades into the future
Build a team to facilitate product design package release process, product effectivity, and interfaces with production scheduling
Oversee configuration data and change management teams to control complex technical and compliance baselines across multiple product segments and suppliers
Enterprise Integration
Oversee collaboration with Government program office, mission partners, and other contractors in enterprise-level CONOPS maturation and joint risk management
Collaborate with the USAF customer and other Government mission partners to define and drive interoperability development of external national systems interfacing with Sentinel, from requirements to successful multi-segment operational testing.
Orchestrate formal operational certification strategy across engineering, infrastructure, manufacturing, deployment, test, and field support teams.
Support & Training Integration
Oversee joint Product Support planning with USAF, spanning interim contractor support enabling early operational capability, through transition to USAF sustainment over a decades-long life cycle. Work with Northrop Grumman product teams to validate support equipment designs from missile transporters to ground testers.
Oversee development of training programs, technical orders, and training devices from launch console simulators to weapon system mockups to train field maintainers.
Collaborate with USAF to develop logistics database systems and processes enabling tracking and control of millions of weapon system parts over the life cycle, from development to production to fielding and eventual re-procurement.
Position Benefits:
As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including
Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
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.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics) and a minimum 10 years of engineering experience or MS degree and 8 years of related engineering experience.
Minimum of 5 years in leadership.
Experience with Profit & Loss accountability and earned value management
Experience in Agile development, processes, and tools
Active DoD Secret clearance, investigation must have been completed within last 5 years
Preferred Qualifications:
ICBM experience
Demonstrated effectiveness in coordinating joint integration efforts across federated teams of product developers, subcontractors, Government program office, and Government partner agencies.
Demonstrated effectiveness in achieving results through managing people and understanding and management of internal processes and customer/supplier relationships.
Experience leading the performance of tasks on schedule, at cost and achieving all requirements as either project lead, integrated program team or cost account manager
Prior experience interfacing with prime contractor site leads and USAF leadership personnel
Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) experience
Strong understanding and broad application of engineering systems (engineering standards, configuration management, process control, facilities, software, etc.)
Strong oral and written communication skills, including demonstrated experience with high value customer presentations, with ability to focus on multiple projects with competing priorities
Demonstrated experience in making sound decisions in uncertain and difficult situations
Strong sense of urgency and work ethic in ensuring engineering meets customer and program expectations in a timely and efficient manner
Active DoD TS/SCI clearance
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