Ground IPT Lead - Top Secret​/SCI Clearance; Space​/Satellite Systems

Requisition : R

• Category: Engineering

• Location: Dulles, Virginia, United States of America | El Segundo, California, United States of America

• Clearance Type: Top Secret

• Telecommute: No - Teleworking not available for this position

• Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)

• Travel Required: Yes, 10% 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 Space Systems is seeking a Ground Segment IPT Lead to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within the Tactical Division. This leadership role is located in Chantilly, VA.

Position Description:

The Ground Segment IPT Lead will be responsible for providing technical and operational leadership to the cross-functional organization across every aspect of day-to-day execution. The individual will have responsibility for helping lead a multi-discipline engineering team and assist in guiding all program activities related to design, development, testing by focusing on delivering solutions, removing roadblocks, simplifying large, complex problems, and anticipating Customer needs to free up engineers to focus their time and attention on the technical problems they are best equipped to solve.

This position requires a combination of project management, process optimization, technical proficiency and execution skills. This role will drive communications and operations for a large organization to keep the team informed and motivated, always prioritizing and supporting a healthy design culture.

The IPT Lead serves an integral role in cultivating the Customer relationship, actively managing team requirements, and fostering program and team culture. The position requires a high degree of collaboration skills with the ability to provide insight into the status of multiple efforts at various levels of leadership. This role will be a trusted advisor and thought partner to design leadership in crafting the strategy, vision and operational experience for future war fighting capabilities.

The individual will be instrumental in fostering a culture of collaboration and user-focused design excellence through mentorship, coaching, and influence.

The Role:

• Lead engineers and accelerate their growth by providing thoughtful feedback, technical mentorship, and effectively manage performance.

• Collaborate across teams to prioritize, build and align strategies that improve ability to scale.

• Partner with senior engineers to build and champion a long-term tech roadmap to reduce operational burden, ensure scalability, reduce risk, and push the team towards step-changes in operational sustainability.

• Measure and report program performance through development and adherence to budget baselines utilizing Earned Value Management (EVM).

• Manage risk, issue and opportunity processes. Identify potential risks and opportunities that could impact program performance and take proactive action to resolve issues regarding cost and schedule.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including customer counterparts.

• Communicate effectively and clearly present technical approaches and findings at technical and program reviews and boards.

• End-to-end ownership over key product investments, delivering them with high velocity and quality - often across team boundaries.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM (Science,…