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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Chief Technical Architect (Sr Staff Systems Architect) - **Company:** Northrop Grumman - **Location:** Warner Robins, GA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $166,509.0 - $249,700.0 - **Contract:** Franchise - **Skills:** Embedded Software, Firmware, Hardware Design, Systems Architecture - **Published:** September 23, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9188365/chief-technical-architect-sr-staff-systems-architect ## About the Role * Bachelor's STEM degree + 14 years experience, or Master's + 12 years, or PhD + 10 years. * Active DoD Secret (or higher) clearance. * Proven capability in timely delivery of both RFI and RFP responses including white paper generation, technical solutioning, basis of estimates, and technical volume creation. * Proven research and design planning and execution (could be IRAD, CRAD, early EMD). * Experience architecting and deploying technical solutions across multiple programs and fostering cross-program knowledge sharing. * Demonstrated technical leadership, decisive judgment with limited data, and strong problem-solving ability. * Excellent interpersonal skills for communication with technical and business leadership., * Experience in multiple aspects and domains of the design and delivery of electronic based systems for military applications including (ruggedized hardware design, embedded software, and/or firmware) * Background as a technical authority, chief engineer, or chief architect for a large program/organization. * Rapid problem space decomposition (i.e. can build system architecture diagrams, block diagrams, sequence diagrams, in a quick timeframe) * Experience with system of system solution and architecting * Has demonstratable experience in situations with minimal data and loose requirements which requires technical solutions. Understands paths to acquire necessary data for solutioning. * Domain knowledge in electronic warfare (EW), cUAS, sensors, radar, and/or payloads * Demonstrated experience in development and building a business case and doing market assessments ## Description Northrop Grumman Defense Systems (NGDS) is seeking a Chief Technical Architect for the Integrated Mission Solutions Operating Unit (OU) in Warner Robins, GA. The role will serve as a technology catalyst for the OU - turning ideas into funded IRADs, building a reusable-technology ecosystem, and driving both lead and support positions in new-market captures., * Manage IRAD efforts end-to-end - generate concepts, write business cases and proposals, plan execution, and track results against BU/Division strategic goals. * Lead cross-organization technical collaboration on IRAD and competitive captures (cross BU, Division, Sector). * Analyze sector, division and BU technology roadmaps, pinpoint emerging capabilities and market opportunities to leverage or augment, develop OU technologies that complement those roadmaps, apply solutions where the OU can lead, and supply capability support for franchise pursuits-giving the OU a strategic seat at the table while unlocking new market opportunities. * Consult on and lead technical solutioning for technology-based capture efforts; consult on system architectures for key new development programs, participate in proposal development and reviews. * Facilitate and support the OU Engineering Department Manager in driving technology reuse, modular architectures, a product-mindset, and collaboration between technical leads and chief engineers across the OU and the programs they represent. * Support the OU Engineering Department Manager and contracts on tracking IP and data-rights stewardship from conception through delivery to protect NG-owned technology. ## Related Videos - [Building a hypercar from scratch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/607-building-a-hypercar-from-scratch) - [We (don't) need a software architect!?!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/663-we-don-t-need-a-software-architect) - [Quantum Computing - The tiny and the big challenges](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/934-quantum-computing-the-tiny-and-the-big-challenges) - [Playing Pong on a shoulder press machine](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100140-playing-pong-on-a-shoulder-press-machine) - [Breaking the Hardware Mindset: Overcoming Barriers to System-Level Innovation](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1635-breaking-the-hardware-mindset-overcoming-barriers-to-system-level-innovation) - [Why Your Best Mediors Never Become Seniors (And How to Fix It)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2108-why-your-best-mediors-never-become-seniors-and-how-to-fix-it) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [What’s the Difference between a Junior, Mid, and Senior Developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/238-what-s-the-difference-between-a-junior-mid-and-senior-developer) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Best US AI Conferences for CTOs in 2026: Build vs. Buy, Vendor Evaluation, and Peer Intelligence](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/736-best-us-ai-conferences-for-ctos-in-2026-build-vs-buy-vendor-evaluation-and-peer-intelligence) - [Résumé-Driven Development: How IT trends affect the job market for software developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/59-resume-driven-development-how-it-trends-affect-the-job-market-for-software-developers)