Sentinel (GBSD) - Staff Infrastructure Lead Engineer - Mechanical

Requisition ID: R10176608
• Category: Engineering
• Location: Roy, Utah, United States of America
• Clearance Type: Secret
• Telecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this position
• Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)
• Travel Required: Yes, 25% of the Time
• Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available
• Positions Available: 1
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 Defense Systems is seeking a Staff Infrastructure Lead Engineer - Mechanical. This position is located in Roy, UT and supports the Sentinel program. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.
What You'll Get To Do: Serve as the Mechanical Lead Engineer with the background, vision, and people skills to function as a senior technical leader in the Command & Launch (C&L) Infrastructure (INF) Integrated Product Team (IPT).
The Mechanical Lead Engineer reports to the Director of Infrastructure and is responsible for ensuring robust, timely, and well-coordinated technical products within the Infrastructure scope of work; identifying, actioning, and measuring technical process improvements and optimization; and working with other technical leaders across the Sentinel program to represent Infrastructure work products and dependencies.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Technical Excellence:

• Review INF work products via peer reviews, Design Reviews, and various board meetings to ensure adherence to the Sentinel technical baseline and associated requirements and processes.

• Balancing stringent quality standards for technical artifacts (e.g. Technical Data Packages, Product Data Packages) with the rapid pace of procurement, fabrication, and construction of test assets and early prototypes.

• Presenting sufficient information to Program Management to make informed decisions between conflicting technical approaches based upon program and IPT-level cost, schedule, and technical impacts and risk.

• In coordination with the Office of the Chief Engineer, championing process improvements that allow the systems engineering, design engineering, and analysis teams to define and board high quality products in a cost and time efficient manner.

Cross-Element Coordination:

• Working closely with technical leadership and contributors across the program to identify impacts on INF work scope resulting from external changes or impacts on external stakeholders resulting from INF artifacts.

• Developing joint solutions to cross-segment or cross-element technical challenges, balancing impacts, risks, and opportunities to identify the best overall options for the Sentinel program.

Communication:

• Decomposing direction from INF leadership and Office of the Chief Engineer to technical teams performing work and ensuring understanding and adherence to that direction.

• Negotiating competing priorities and interests across a wide range of internal and external stakeholder communities to pursue the best course of action for the Sentinel program.

• Establishing and maintaining strong relationships with a wide range of distinct internal organizations, customer communities, subcontractors, and industry partners.

• Providing regular briefings, reports, and other communications to executive leadership.

• May be required to travel up to 25% of the time.

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.
You'll Bring These Qualifications:
• Bachelor's Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) with 12 years of experience; or Master's degree with 10 years of experience; or PhD with 8 years of experience.

• Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with the ability to obtain a U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance.

• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.

• Minimum of 6 years of experience leading Mechanical design efforts on Aerospace and Defense programs and/or major infrastructure/building projects.

• Relevant experience must include design and development of large mechanical or structural equipment.

• 3+ years of experience with component or subsystem-level testing or analysis.

• Ability and willingness to travel 25% of the time.

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:
• Master's Degree in STEM, preferably an Engineering degree

• Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with an active Special Access Program (SAP)

• ICBM Experience

• Experience with CAD modeling software, especially NX, and analytical modeling software, especially Abaqus and Ansys

• Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) experience

• Strong understanding and broad application of engineering systems (engineering standards, configuration management, material review board, process control, tooling, 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

Salary Range: $129,500 - $194,300
The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.
Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.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. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.