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# Staff Engineer Systems - Hardware Integration Lead

- **Company:** Northrop Grumman
- **Location:** Huntsville, AL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $169,000.0 - $253,600.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Configuration Management, Network Interface Controllers, Hardware Design, Rapid Prototyping Process, SAP (Applications), Verification and Validation (Software), Systems Integration
- **Published:** October 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/1_ngrum5-R10244835

## About the Role

documents) for assigned hardware products. + Provide subject matter expertise of the technical baseline, providing guidance to hardware design responsible engineers and represent the program in internal and external senior-level technical reviews. + Mentor and provide technical guidance to early-career engineers in engineering best practices. **Basic Qualifications** + Bachelors degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 12 years of relevant experience, OR a Masters degree and 10 years of relevant experience, OR a PhD and 8 years of relevant experience. + Must be a US Citizen with an a **ctive DoD Secret Clearance** , at time of application, current and within scope, with an investigation date within the last 6 years + Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret Clearance and Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as
determined by the company to meet its business needs + Experience applying systems engineering processes across the full lifecycle (concept through test and integration) for complex hardware-intensive or weapon systems, including requirements development, decomposition, and verification. + Experience in conceptual design and development including rapid prototyping and testing to support fast-paced missile development. **Preferred Qualifications** + Active DoD Top Secret Clearance + Electromechanical system design and development experience, including support to manufacturing, integration, and test of complex hardware assemblies. + Demonstrated ability to lead design teams on fast-paced development and prototyping efforts. + Strong communication skills (written and oral) and the ability to convey critical thinking to others in a way that improves their performance and product development. + Multidisciplined technical breadth across systems, hardware, software, and
specialty engineering (e.g., reliability, safety, logistics) for complex defense systems.

## Description

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a **Staff Systems Engineer - HW Integration Lead** in **Huntsville, Alabama.** The ideal candidate is a team player; but also, a strong independent contributor with strong leadership skills, demonstrated problem-solving skills, excellent communication skills, as well as interpersonal and organizational skills and a proactive, detail-oriented approach. **What You'll Get to Do:** Primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to: + Lead the SLCM-N hardware integration during the Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction (TMRR) phase, providing technical leadership for complex, shipboard hardware assemblies. + Lead technical planning, requirements development, allocation, and traceability for integrated electromechanical assemblies, ensuring alignment with customer, weapon system, and interface requirements. + Review model-based systems engineering (MBSE) artifacts in Cameo (e.g., system/subsystem behavioral and structural models,
interface definitions) to ensure alignment with technical baseline. + Oversee verification and validation strategy development, including verification methods, test plans, procedures, and acceptance criteria for integrated hardware assemblies. + Perform system integration and hardware-software integration planning and execution, including support to lab integration, troubleshooting, anomaly resolution, and configuration control. + Drive technical rigor in completion and development of functional analysis, trade studies, risk and opportunity assessments, and impact analyses to support design decisions. + Collaborate with cross-functional IPTs (hardware, software, manufacturing, test, operations, logistics, specialty engineering) to ensure designs are producible, testable, and supportable across the system lifecycle. + Review systems engineering artifacts (e.g., theory of operations, interface control documents, assembly description documents, installation and integration