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# Sentinel - Senior Staff Systems Engineer (T06) - 19317

- **Company:** Northrop Grumman
- **Location:** Roy, UT, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $166,500.0 - $249,700.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Analysis, Systems Engineering, SAP (Applications), MagicDraw, Modeling and Simulation
- **Published:** August 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3367881112&tx=ZT1716TYT&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in a STEM field and 14+ years of relevant experience, or Master's degree and 12+ years of relevant experience, or PhD and 10+ years of relevant experience.
 * Active DoD Secret clearance at time of application, with ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval.
 * 4+ years supporting ICBM programs (MMIII or Sentinel) or other complex aerospace/defense systems.
 * 2+ years creating and maintaining system performance or mission effectiveness documentation (e.g., performance budgets, analysis reports, effectiveness assessments).
 * Demonstrated systems engineering experience in requirements, architecture, integration, and verification/validation for complex systems.
 * 3+ years leading engineering teams or cross IPT efforts with clear end to end ownership of technical scope and outcomes, including regular interaction with senior program or customer leadership.

Preferred Qualifications:

 * Clearance - Active DoD Top Secret clearance (or ability to obtain) with SAP eligibility.
 * Experience on large, complex system developments across multiple phases (design, integration & test, verification & sell off, transition to production)
 * Proven ability to meet technical, cost, and schedule commitments
 * Experience with weapon system or mission level effectiveness analysis (e.g., probability of kill/mission success, engagement analysis, accuracy/error budgets, reliability/availability).
 * Proficiency with MBSE and requirements tools (e.g., DOORS for requirements, Cameo/MagicDraw for architecture and verification).
 * Familiarity with modeling & simulation and data analysis tools used for mission effectiveness and performance assessments.
 * Demonstrated executive presence and communication skills, including experience leading or presenting at major technical reviews and clearly explaining performance and effectiveness tradeoffs to senior leadership and customers.
 * Demonstrated ability to manage multiple efforts and priorities while maintaining strong cross IPT and customer relationships.

## Description

As the OTE Thread Lead, you will:

 * Technical ownership & stakeholder coordination
 * Serve as the subject matter expert and primary technical point of contact for the On Target Effectiveness thread.
 * Take end to end ownership of the OTE thread's requirements, architecture, analysis, and verification baseline, ensuring consistency, traceability, and technical integrity while remaining open to challenge and alternative viewpoints.
 * Collaborate with SEIT leadership and the OCE to propose and implement changes to the OTE baseline within the overall program technical framework.
 * Engage regularly with OCE, U.S. Air Force counterparts, the Thread Lead Manager (TLM), and other thread leads to share status, resolve issues, and align technical direction and staffing
 * Systems engineering leadership
 * Lead and direct requirements analysis and decomposition for OTE, from weapon system level requirements through segment and lower level specifications, including allocation of performance budgets for range, payload, and accuracy.
 * Guide and approve OTE related architectures and interfaces, ensuring error and performance budgets are correctly allocated across segments and support system level effectiveness.
 * Oversee the development and use of mission level functional flows and scenarios to assess on target performance and mission success.
 * Lead cross discipline trade studies that balance cost, schedule, risk, and mission effectiveness, and present clear, data driven recommendations to program leadership and the OCE
 * Verification, validation, integration & test
 * Define the verification strategy and success criteria for OTE related requirements, including appropriate use of analysis, test, inspection, and demonstration.
 * Review and approve OTE related verification plans and reports, ensuring traceability from requirements to verification methods, test configurations, and results.
 * Provide technical direction to integration and test teams on the events, configurations, and data needed to substantiate OTE performance.
 * Maintain thread level insight into verification results and open items through requirement sell off and program reviews
 * Risk, performance, integration, and mentoring
 * Support risk, opportunity, and performance management for the OTE thread
 * Identify and document OTE related risks, issues, and opportunities, and provide the OTE technical input into the program RIO process for identification, prioritization, and mitigation/execution planning, with clear linkage to OTE requirements and performance budgets.
 * Define and maintain Technical Performance Measures (TPMs) relevant to on target effectiveness (e.g., accuracy, range, payload, reliability/availability), including thresholds and margins, and lead TPM assessments and return to green actions when performance margins or trends indicate elevated risk.
 * Drive integration and represent OTE at reviews
 * Organize and lead coordination sessions to maintain horizontal and vertical integration of OTE content across segments and disciplines.
 * Serve as the buyer for OTE related content at segment level design reviews (e.g., CDRs) and the seller at program level reviews (e.g., SRR, CDR and other milestones).
 * Provide clear, technically grounded briefings that articulate OTE drivers, assumptions, margins, and risk posture.
 * Demonstrate strong executive presence in interactions with senior Northrop Grumman and U.S. Air Force leadership, advocating clearly for OTE positions while listening and adapting based on data and stakeholder feedback.
 * Mentor and develop OTE focused engineering talent
 * Mentor junior and mid level engineers in the OTE domain through coaching and knowledge transfer.
 * Promote effective use of model based systems engineering and mission effectiveness analysis tools to strengthen technical rigor, traceability, and decision quality.


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