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# Staff Embedded Software Engineer-IPT Lead

- **Company:** Northrop Grumman
- **Location:** Middle River, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, JIRA, Embedded Software, SAP (Applications), SC Clearance, Information Technology, Devsecops
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/28_25197_551df75fc012e9d0ab9326466ebc2518

## About the Role

requirementsBrief internal and external customer leadership on progress of work assigned"This position may be contingent based on anticipated contract award and funding."#SD&T726MS-250SURGEBasic Qualifications:Bachelor's Degree in a STEM field with 12 years of related experience, Master's degree with 10 years of related experience, Ph.D. with 8 years of related experienceU.S Citizenship is required.Must be able to obtain a Secret Clearance.
Active Secret is required to start.
Ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP) is required, candidates must obtain SAP prior to starting.

## Description

The selected candidate will operate in a fast-paced environment with high expectations, a wide variety of technical and leadership responsibilities, and a strong emphasis on collaboration and teamwork.What You'll Get To Do:As a Staff Embedded Software Engineer IPT Lead within the Software and Digital Technologies (SWDT) Organization you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation.
Using Model-based Engineering, DevSecOps and Agile practices we continue to evolve how we deliver critical national defense products and capabilities for the warfighter.
Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly and continuously drive innovation.
The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team oriented with a focus on team empowerment and shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning and a culture of automation.Roles and Responsibilities:Lead and direct cross-functional engineering teams during a program's EMD phaseDevelop and execute to project budgets and schedules, including Earned Value Management System (EVMS), critical path management, Estimates-at-Completion (EACs), and workload forecastsLead staffing efforts for each team, ensuring appropriate skill mix and coveragePlan and coordinate bench time priorities across engineering program initiativesManage and maintain Jira boards to track progress and issues, documenting and resolving blockers impacting team performanceMaintain and communicate delivery schedulesSupport proposal development and new program acquisition effortsInterpret statements of work assigned by program leadershipWork with suppliers and be able to articulate project