Staff Systems Engineer - Cybersecurity Project Lead

On-site in San Diego, lead cybersecurity engineering within an Integrated Product Team, with travel up to 10%.

Responsibilities

• Provide execution leadership, assign tasks, and guide a team of cybersecurity engineers.
• Oversee the development of cybersecurity design solutions and related artifacts.
• Coordinate reviews and approvals of cybersecurity development and implementation plans, design guides, processes, and procedures.
• Develop cybersecurity requirements and verification plans.
• Review test procedures and evaluate results to ensure alignment with cybersecurity requirements and verification plans.
• Instruct, mentor, and promote agile concepts and processes.

Required Qualifications

• Education and experience: PhD in a STEM field with at least 8 years of relevant military or professional experience; or MS in a STEM field with at least 10 years; or BS in a STEM field with at least 12 years.
• Experience supporting Systems Engineering milestones SRR, PDR, and CDR.
• Experience across the full lifecycle of Systems Engineering, including requirements decomposition, test planning, verification, and requirements management.
• Active US Government Top Secret clearance with a background investigation completed within the last six years or currently enrolled in Continuous Evaluation.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program SAP clearance within a timeframe aligned to business needs.
• Experience leading an engineering team or project from concept to design to implementation.
• Experience as a Control Account Manager and baselining of contracts.
• Experience with requirements decomposition and traceability from system to unit or supplier specifications.
• Experience with implementation and deployment of capabilities and tracking of configurations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active Top Secret SCI clearance with a background investigation within the past five years or ongoing Continuous Evaluation.
• Current applicable Special Access Program SAP clearance.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Engineering management experience.
• Agile project management experience, including prioritizing workflow.
• Familiarity with AGILE/SCRUM Master roles.
• Familiarity with STIG (Security Technical Implementation Guides).
• Experience across multiple Systems Engineering disciplines, including requirements, integration, and technical configuration management.
• Experience with Agile design methodologies.
• Experience with software development and with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment processes.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company paid holidays
• PTO for vacation and personal time
• Overtime eligibility
• Shift differential
• Discretionary bonus
• Annual bonuses
• Long Term Incentives

Relocation Assistance

Relocation assistance may be available

Clearance and Travel

• Clearance for start: Top Secret
• Clearance type: Top Secret
• Travel: Up to 10% of the time

Description

Northrop Grumman offers opportunities to work on transformative systems that impact lives worldwide. The company has a history of advancing technology through bold ideas and a pioneering spirit, seeking professionals who bring courage and innovation to their work.