Staff Systems Engineer - (GWS Product Owner)

Northrop Grumman

127d • $163,200 - $244,800

About The Position

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 Space Systems – Launch and Missile Defense Systems has an exciting career opportunity for a Staff Systems Engineer / Product Owner to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be in Huntsville, AL. As a member of an Agile Scrum team performing Algorithm development and Analysis for the GMD Weapon System (GWS) Fire Control (GFC) product, you will be part of the team that develops new algorithms, improves old algorithms, and assesses the effectiveness and performance of them in the context of the GFC software (currently ~1.5 million lines of code) that controls the missile defense system that protects the United States from intercontinental ballistic missile attack. The selected Staff Systems Engineer / Product Owner will work in a collaborative environment to understand, implement, and assess new capabilities and algorithms. These are mathematics and physics based complex solutions that are critical to the performance of Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) mission. As the Product Owner of your scrum team, it will be your responsibility to interpret, scope and estimate the work required to develop algorithms to meet the System Level requirements and Prime Item Description Specification requirements. You will also plan and schedule the performance of that work by your team.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university and 12 years of related experience, or a Master's Degree in STEM and 10 years of related experience, or 8 years of experience with a PhD in STEM.
• Experience leading a technical team of 5 or more employees with proven people leadership skills.
• Strong technical presentation skills.
• Experience estimating, planning, and scheduling Algorithm development and Analysis work for a technical team.
• Recent and extensive MATLAB and Python experience/proficiency.
• Proven experience in developing, prototyping, and evaluating complex algorithms.
• Extensive background in mathematics and physics.
• Must be able to support an in-person/closed-area work environment.
• Applicants must have a current active in-scope DoD-issued Secret security clearance at the time of application.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with the MDA GMD program.
• Advanced degree in Mathematics or Physics.
• Unix/Linux Operating System Experience.
• Experience with optimization algorithms.
• Experience with planning/scheduling algorithms.
• Experience with sensor modeling, communication modeling, and/or missile modeling.
• Battle Management or Fire Control experience.
• Experienced with Linux, scripting, and operations.

Responsibilities

• Develop new algorithms and improve existing algorithms for the GMD Weapon System Fire Control product.
• Assess the effectiveness and performance of algorithms in the context of the GFC software.
• Interpret, scope, and estimate the work required to develop algorithms.
• Plan and schedule the performance of work by the scrum team.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Savings plan.
• Company paid holidays.
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree