Sentinel (GBSD) – Software & Systems Integration Director 2

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Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Sentinel – Software & Systems Integration Director 2. This position will be located in Roy, Utah, Huntsville Alabama or Redondo Beach, CA and will support the Sentinel (GBSD) program. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

Lead the Sentinel Software and Systems Integration (SWSI) team, reporting to the Vice President for Systems Engineering, Integration, and Test (SEIT).

The Sentinel strategic missile program is one of the largest and most complex system integration projects in history, with hundreds of missiles, hundreds of operating facilities, and millions of lines of code that must operate without fail in the most challenging conditions. A successful SWSI Director will provide the experience and vision to drive overall integration of hardware and software delivered by dozens of product teams, mature judgment to navigate complex technical and program interfaces across NG system segments, the acquisition customer, and other government mission partners. Responsibilities focus in the following areas:

• Software and Systems Integration Element Leadership
  • Build and manage a 150+ person team distributed across multiple national sites
  • Lead workforce, cost/schedule, and technical functions
  • Partner with senior Air Force officers to jointly manage priorities
  • Lead and execute special assignments and internal R&D projects
• System Software Integration
  • Oversee team driving Agile execution of Integrated Functional Capabilities to incrementally build embedded flight, ground, and test software developed by federated product teams.
  • Drive end-to-end software integration strategy with systems engineering, product teams, digital engineering infrastructure team, test team, and deployment team.
  • Coordinate software qualification strategy with highly formal interagency oversight for safety, nuclear weapons surety, and cybersecurity assurance
  • Lead strategy for deployment of software configuration management and delivery pipeline across the product teams, suppliers, and customer sites
• Design Integration
  • Oversee strategy and execution of product lifecycle data standards and management of massive design data and end item data sets across product teams and suppliers – effective for EMD, production, and sustainment extending decades into the future
  • Build a team to facilitate product design package release process, product effectivity, and interfaces with production scheduling
  • Oversee configuration data and change management teams to control complex technical and compliance baselines across multiple product segments and suppliers
• Enterprise Integration
  • Lead engineering planning and orchestration for cross-segment Major Program Events during Weapon System EMD and advanced planning for production, deployment, and operational certification
  • Lead collaboration with Government program office, mission partners, and other contractors in enterprise-level CONOPS maturation and joint risk management
  • Orchestrate transition planning from EMD to production, fielding, and operational certification across engineering, infrastructure, manufacturing, deployment, test, and field support teams

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in STEM with 15 years of progressive engineering experience, or Master’s and 13 years’ of experience.
• Minimum of 5 years in leadership.
• Experience in Agile development, processes, and tools
• Active DoD Secret clearance, investigation must have been completed within last 5 years

Preferred Qualifications:

• ICBM experience
• Demonstrated effectiveness in coordinating joint integration efforts across federated teams of product developers, subcontractors, Government program office, and Government partner agencies.
• Demonstrated effectiveness in achieving results through managing people and understanding and management of internal processes and customer/supplier relationships.
• Experience leading the performance of tasks on schedule, at cost and achieving all requirements as either project lead, integrated program team or cost account manager
• Prior experience interfacing with prime contractor site leads and USAF leadership personnel
• AGILE / DevOps high assurance software development and test experience
• Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) experience
• Strong understanding and broad application of engineering systems (engineering standards, configuration management, process control, facilities, software, etc.)
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including demonstrated experience with high value customer presentations, with ability to focus on multiple projects with competing priorities
• Demonstrated experience in making sound decisions in uncertain and difficult situations
• Strong sense of urgency and work ethic in ensuring engineering meets customer and program expectations in a timely and efficient manner
• Active DoD TS/SCI clearance

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