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# Sr. Staff Engineer - MS IPT Development Lead

- **Company:** Northrop Grumman
- **Location:** San Diego, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $192,800.0 - $289,200.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, SAP (Applications), Cisco Discovery Protocol
- **Published:** July 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9032209/sr-staff-engineer-ms-ipt-development-lead

## About the Role

* Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 14 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master's degree in a STEM discipline and 12 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline and 10 years of related engineering experience.
 * Must demonstrate leadership skills with the ability to work effectively in a team environment and possess effective communication and presentation skills to all levels (individual contributor up to executive leadership, customer representatives, or supplier personnel)
 * Must have experience with Earned Value Management (EVM) of labor or material or subcontract labor accounts
 * Must have experience in leading a technical team
 * Must have experience in Risk and Opportunity Management
 * Must have an active DoD secret or higher clearance (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation)
 * Must have the ability to obtain and maintain DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance

 * Active DoD Top Secret clearance with current SCI and/or SAP
 * Must have experience with developing, preparing and defending proposal bids for technical programs
 * Experience as a certified CAM
 * Experience in technical leadership role as IPT/sub-IPT lead or technical/thread lead in systems engineering, vehicle engineering, avionics, software, electronics, or mission payloads
 * Experience in system-level/ hardware-in-the-loop integration/test, and/or other development activities
 * Demonstrated championing of technical change which resulted in performance improvements and/or team efficiencies
 * Familiarity with HALE ISR UAV programs (Triton, RQ-4)

## Description

* Responsible for team performance of all MS IPT scope and activities within the Development portfolio through all project phases (e.g., proposals, planning, execution, & closeout)
 * Provide technical guidance, leadership and mentorship to multi-disciplinary team of approximately 50 people to ensure team success across all levels
 * Serve as MS IPT focal to Program Management team for Technical, Cost, and Schedule Reporting
 * Provide Control Account Manager (CAM) oversight for MS IPT Development team, to include labor and material (subcontractor labor) control accounts, and support monthly Business Rhythm by ensuring accurate EAC forecasting
 * Manage staffing in collaboration with the IPT leadership team to ensure sufficient staff levels and appropriate skillsets are available to execute the Development statement of work
 * Perform risk and opportunity management, to include developing and tracking mitigation plans
 * Coordinate with Supplier Management Teams to manage supplier performance
 * Collaborate with Chief Engineer, IPTs, Suppliers, Customer and Program Management to define and execute design vision for future Development capabilities
 * Drive first-time quality across Development design and promote culture of technical rigor within Engineering team
 * Assist in capture of future development work through bid of future proposed efforts
 * Ensure contractual requirements are met for Mission Systems Engineering team including timely update and submittal of deliverables of various CDRLs
 * Lead technical anomaly resolution, including adjudication of findings to current and future builds, lead internal and external technical change/ review coordination, and signoff on Development change boards/ECPs for the IPT


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