Sr. Hardware Integrated Product Team; IPT Lead

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: A US Government security clearance per customer's requirements.

TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time

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.

An organization within Northrop Grumman’s Mission Systems Sector, Microelectronics Design and Applications (MDA) is a leading innovator in advanced microelectronics design and fabrication. MDA is seeking a Senior Staff Hardware Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead. This position is located at our Aurora, CO location.

As an IPT Lead, you will be responsible for the execution of various design efforts, such as microelectronics packaging design and analysis, cryogenic component / system design, and other related efforts. An IPT Lead interfaces with a multidisciplinary set of team members and subject matter experts on the programs to best understand the desired product. In this role, you will direct and be responsible for fielding new hardware requests, driving existing design projects to completion, and delivering fully qualified hardware to an end user.

You must be comfortable being held accountable to aggressive schedules and working in environments with ever-changing requirements. You will also be required to provide regular updates to technical stakeholders and program managers.

• Leading and directing multidisciplinary engineering teams during the request, requirements derivation, preliminary design, detailed design, procurement / manufacturing, acceptance testing, and delivery phases of products in both prototype and volume deployment stages.
• Developing and driving technical project schedules and budgets in partnership with the program management office, facilitating overall technical execution for 2 – 10 different engineering projects.
• Briefing internal and external stakeholders on project updates.
• Developing and shaping technical requirements for hardware design projects based on inputs and requests from stakeholders and discipline leads.
• Interfacing with outside vendors to develop new technologies, authoring statements of work, systems requirements specifications, and acceptance test plans, when necessary.
• Managing projects supported by cross-functional engineering teams, including mechanical, thermal, structural, electrical, and physics/science.
• Providing technical leadership to the team and ensuring proper engineering processes and procedures are followed.
• Being responsible and accountable to stakeholders and program managers for labor and material execution through Cost Account Management (CAM) assignments, status updates, issue resolution, and overall engineering execution.

This position requires work on-site at Northrop Grumman’s Aurora, CO facility.

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM), or related engineering field with 14+ years of experience, Master of Science degree with 12+ years of experience, or a PhD with 10+ years of experience.
• Experience in mechanical design, mechanical analysis, or systems engineering including responsibility as an integrated product team (IPT), technical lead, or project lead.
• Strong leadership qualities, including excellent communication and collaboration, team engagement, and organizational skills.
• Experience working with vendors and customers to develop new technologies.
• Working knowledge of…