Hybrid Staff Engineer – Aeronautical, Flight Sciences Analysis Discipline Lead

at Northrop Grumman

• Job title: Staff Engineer – Aeronautical, Flight Sciences Analysis Discipline Lead
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $144,900 - $265,600 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Melbourne, United States

About the role

• Staff Engineer leading FS Analysis discipline at Northrop Grumman. Driving technical excellence and process improvements across aerospace and defense engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Support strategic vision and technical priorities for the FS Analysis discipline, aligned to long-term Sector strategy.
• Lead projects with contributions from Sector subject matter experts in the FS Analysis discipline, supporting process, tool, and training development with a goal to strengthen technical excellence and workforce capabilities that result in improved business results.
• Partner with NG Fellows within the FS Analysis discipline to advance Sector- and Enterprise-wide emerging technologies and future workforce capabilities.
• Develop and maintain FS Analysis Principles and Operating Practices (PrOP), Process Asset Library (PAL) manuals, and Nimbus Process Models, ensuring technical excellence and compliance in partnership with program execution teams.
• Develop, deploy, and sustain FS Analysis discipline tools, ensuring tools are integrated into discipline process models, supporting overall digital solution strategies, and are relevant, scalable, and interoperable across programs.
• Develop FS Analysis training curriculums and plans to enable a prepared and high-performing work force to promote technical efficiency and effective tool usage in support of program execution teams.
• Develop and monitor FS Analysis discipline-specific metrics to measure process, tool, and training effectiveness.
• Manage the FS Analysis discipline budget, including indirect and non-contractual technical efforts to advance tools, processes, and workforce capabilities that generate measurable impact on program performance and future competitiveness.
• Regularly interface with FS Analysis discipline program leaders to identify program needs and identify solutions that can close gaps in engineering tools, processes, and technical training.
• Build and sustain a strong FS Analysis Community of Practice (CoP) by leading working groups that promote knowledge sharing and the identification of strategies and associated priorities for process, tool, and training initiatives that ultimately foster collaboration and acceptance across programs.

Requirements

• Must have a Bachelor's of Science degree in a STEM discipline AND 12+ years of related professional/military experience within the Aerospace and Defense industry, OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 10+ years of related professional/military experience within the Aerospace and Defense industry, OR a PhD in a STEM discipline and 8+ years of related professional/military experience within the Aerospace and Defense industry.
• Must have an active U.S. Government Secret Clearance or higher clearance (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation) and eligibility for Top Secret/ SCI.
• Must be able to attain and maintain Special Program Access (PAR).
• Experience working across the total program lifecycle.
• Excellent leadership skills, and written communication skills.
• Expertise in establishing engineering standards, tools, and processes at scale.
• Experience with the development of aircraft in one of the following flight science domains, Configuration, Propulsion, Aerodynamics, Vehicle Performance, CFD.
• Experience utilizing engineering standards, tools, and processes across the product development lifecycle.
• Experience working with multi-disciplinary teams and geographically dispersed teams.
• Experience with or exposure to digital design initiatives and solutions.

Benefits

• health insurance coverage
• life and disability insurance
• savings plan
• Company paid holidays
• paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business