Salary
$177k – $266k per year
Location
In office (San Diego)
Seniority
Staff · 12+ years exp
Employment
Full-Time
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 12, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 10, 2026. Northrop Grumman scores B on the Alion truth index.
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Northrop Grumman is an American defence contractor whose oldest predecessor was founded in 1939, and which took its present form through the 1994 combination of Northrop and Grumman. It builds strategic systems including the B-21 Raider bomber and the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile programme, military and civil space systems, radars and electronic warfare equipment, autonomous aircraft, and mission systems and software for the United States armed forces and allied governments. Headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia and listed on the New York Stock Exchange, it earns the large majority of its revenue from the American government and employs close to one hundred thousand people.
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance availableCLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: YesCLEARANCE TYPE: SecretTRAVEL: 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.Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Staff Engineer Systems - TRMC Systems Engineering Lead to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals in our Systems Engineering discipline. This position will be located in San Diego, CA.
In this role, you will lead the Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) effort for the TRMC RQ-4 portfolio, holding overall responsibility for SE&I execution across multiple programs and reporting directly to the RQ-4 Enterprise SE&I IPT Lead.
Essential Functions:
- Manage and lead a team of SE&I engineers and managers across R&V, Integration, Specialty, and Integrated Functional Capability disciplines.
- Manage and oversee Systems Engineering execution of the overall cost, schedule, and technical baseline
- Extensive interface and coordination with program management, customer counterparts, and sub-contractors
- Drive first-time quality across TRMC capability design and promote culture of technical rigor within TRMC Systems Engineering team
- 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
- Provide technical guidance, leadership and mentorship to multi-disciplinary team across Systems Engineering to ensure success of team members across all levels
Basic Qualifications:
- Must have a Bachelors of Science degree in a STEM field and at least 12 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a Master's Degree in a STEM field and at least 10 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a PhD and at least 8 years of relevant military / professional experience
- Must have experience executing Systems Engineering processes, including full Systems Engineering life cycle and Systems Engineering Technical Reviews (SETR)
- Must have experience briefing or leading technical discussions with outside stakeholders including other IPTs, customer representatives or supplier personnel
- Must have experience leading a team of 10+ individuals in a technical environment
- Must have an active US Government Secret or higher clearance (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.
Preferred Qualifications:
- MS degree in a STEM Field
- DOORS experience with an emphasis on requirements management and metrics generation.
- Previous Control Account Manager experience on Earned Value programs
- Previous Experience in managing Technical Baselines (Functional and Allocated Baselines)
- Experience with interfaces ICDs
- Experience in developing proposals
- Experience managing suppliers
- Experience in Agile Development
- Experience in implementation of Quick Reaction Capabilities (QRCs) or other similar short development capability implementation
- Experience in Autonomous Systems Programs
- Experience working on US Air Force Programs
- Experience working on FMS or Export controlled Programs
- Active TS/SCI.
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