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. 

This position is currently contingent on program funding. Start dates are determined after funding confirmation.

Please note: Only external candidates and NG employees who are not currently in AS Engineering will be considered under this requisition.

Northrop Grumman’s Aeronautics Systems sector is seeking a Weapons Integration Supplier Mangement Responsible Engineer/Principal Weapons Integration Supplier Mangement Responsible Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals in defining the future.  This position will be located in Melbourne, FL.

**This position may be filled by either at the Weapons Integration Supplier Mangement Responsible Engineer level OR at the Principal Weapons Integration Supplier Mangement Responsible Engineer level based on the qualifications listed.**

 The selected engineer will perform as a member of an interdisciplinary team on a key effort to develop novel and innovative solutions to advanced technical problems. The successful engineer will contribute to the overall supplier integration developing fand managing supplier requirements, analyzing performance, developing and managing requirements and interfaces, and verifying/validating all allocated requirements.

The Weapons Integration Supplier Management Responsible engineer in this role will be responsible for one or more of the following: 

• Support development and integration of supplier solutions 

• Requirements development, analysis, maturation and implementation translating system requirements into supplier specifications 

• Conducting detailed trade studies 

• Performing risk analysis and developing mitigation plans and tracking to closure 

• Collaborate with engineers and program stakeholders  

• Developing and maintaining supplier documentation, performance-based specifications, and statements of work 

• Technical management of program strategic partners and suppliers, including development, acquisition, acceptance, qualification, system integration and test support 

• Review documents from the supplier’s development effort and support supplier technical interchange meetings and design reviews 

• Identifying/planning/executing informal and formal testing of subsystem requirements in lab, troubleshooting hardware in the lab 

• Support technical discussions with the customer and having daily interaction with management, external personnel, customers, and various sub teams 

A successful Weapons Integration Supplier Management Responsible Engineer has good leadership skills and understands the scope of the work and the impact of the work on other teams, consistently brings up concerns, issues and risks to program and technical leadership and holds the team to a high level of technical rigor. 

Basic Qualifications:

Weapons Integration Supplier Mangement Responsible Engineer (T02):

• Must have a Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university AND 2 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university AND 0 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering.

• Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret clearance, and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company.

• Knowledge of Mil-Std-1760, UAI, CFW, Mil-STD-1553 

• Experience developing Stores management systems 

• Experience in supplier/subcontract management 

• Demonstrated strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work well in a close team environment 

• Experience engaging directly with internal and external technical and programmatic representatives  

Basic Qualifications:

Principal Weapons Integration Supplier Mangement Responsible Engineer (T03):

• Must have a Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university AND 5 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university AND 3 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; OR a Ph.D. (STEM) AND 0 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering.

• Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret clearance, and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company.

• Knowledge of Mil-Std-1760, UAI, CFW, Mil-STD-1553 

• Experience developing Stores management systems 

• Experience in supplier/subcontract management 

• Demonstrated strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work well in a close team environment 

• Experience engaging directly with internal and external technical and programmatic representatives  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in model-based systems engineering using Cameo or similar SysML tools 

• Past work in either implementing UAI or participating in UAI IPT meetings 

• Experience working on teams through product definition and implementation 

• Experience communicating with and presenting to senior leadership 

• Experience collaborating on large interdisciplinary teams 

• Experience with developing supplier documentation, performance-based specifications, and statements of work 

• Experience building supplier evaluation criteria and experience in conducting technical evaluations, documenting results and selection 

• Ability to review documents from the supplier’s development effort and support supplier technical interchange meetings and design review 

• Familiarity with Atlassian collaboration tool set (Jira and Confluence) 

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.