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# Senior Staff Weapons Integration Technical Lead

- **Company:** Northrop Grumman
- **Location:** Melbourne, FL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $165,500.0 - $249,700.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Collaborative Software, Data Link, Requirements Management, Software Engineering, Subsystems, Systems Integration, Atlassian Tools
- **Published:** August 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.disabledperson.com/jobs/74189759-senior-staff-weapons-integration-technical-lead

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 14 years of related professional/military Engineering experience; or a Master's degree in a STEM discipline and 12 years of related experience; or a Ph.D. in a STEM discipline
 * Experience as a technical lead, IPT lead, or similar engineering leadership role with demonstrated team-building, organizational, and interpersonal skills
 * Experience with system modeling and requirements management tools (e.g., Cameo), including developing/maturing requirements and tracing requirements through multiple levels
 * Experience developing Stores Management Systems
 * Familiarity with software development/management and software processes
 * Experience in supplier/subcontract management
 * Experience as a Cost Account Manager (CAM) and with Earned Value Management
 * Working knowledge of integration of weapons sensors and software
 * Knowledge of MIL-STD-1760, Universal Armament Interface (UAI), Common Functional Weapon (CFW), and MIL-STD-1553
 * Experience in hardware/software integration of embedded systems
 * Experience directly managing or leading an engineering team
 * Your ability to obtain and/or transfer and maintain the final adjudicated US government Seret clearance and any program access(es) requires for the position within a reasonable period if time determined by the company

Preferred Qualifications:

 * Active TS or TS SCI clearance
 * Experience chairing technical review meetings such as requirements reviews, design reviews, and readiness reviews for weapon systems
 * Demonstrated ability to develop a technical baseline and oversee technical activities for a Stores Management System
 * Experience in air-launched weapon/weapon systems development and testing
 * Past work implementing UAI or participating in UAI IPT meetings
 * Familiarity with weapon data link concepts
 * Familiarity with Atlassian collaboration tools (Jira and Confluence)

## Description

* Own the weapons system technical baseline and develop/maintain designs from concept through production maturity
 * Lead a multi-disciplinary team in the application of weapons integration to an aircraft platform, providing technical direction, execution leadership, and mentoring to other engineers
 * Serve as a key technical interface to program leadership and the customer, including formally presenting technical solutions to senior leadership and customer stakeholders
 * Develop, analyze, mature, and implement requirements, translating customer requirements into hardware and software specifications for stores management and related subsystems
 * Manage customer relationships and expectations through continuous engagement to understand and address evolving requirements
 * Identify, analyze, and manage technical risks and opportunities, develop mitigation plans, and track them through closure
 * Collaborate closely with other IPTs and program stakeholders to understand interfaces, dependencies, and impacts on other teams
 * Manage development and general suppliers, including developing and maintaining supplier documentation, performance-based specifications, and statements of work
 * Provide technical insight and knowledge transfer on internal and external technical solutions to solve complex problems
 * A successful Weapon System Technical Lead has strong leadership skills, understands the scope and downstream impact of the work on other teams, consistently brings concerns, issues, and risks to program and technical leadership, and holds the team to a high level of technical rigor


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