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About Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman is a leading global aerospace and defense technology company providing systems in autonomous systems, cyber, C4ISR, space, strike, and logistics. Industry: Aerospace & Defense
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The Command Systems Hardware Design and Implementation Lead - Director 2 serves as a leadership role within the Command Systems Business Unit to drive hardware engineering execution across the SDS Division portfolio. The successful candidate will set the vision for design engineering teams, establish integrated hardware engineering processes, and manage all aspects of development including mission/weapon system engineering, subsystem hardware design, and nuclear surety requirements. Responsibilities include overseeing architectural scope for launch execution systems, physical security systems, and communications design integration while ensuring compliance with program priorities. The role requires expertise in custom hardware, COTS application integration, and risk management across the full product lifecycle. Key skills include experience with EVMS on hardware development programs, managing geographically dispersed teams, and technical mentoring. This position addresses complex engineering challenges within the Sentinel Command Systems business unit.
Hardware Engineering
EVMS
MBSE
Configuration Management
Aerospace Systems
ICBM
Nuclear Surety
Material Review Board
Process Control
Systems Engineering
RISC-V
SoC Architecture
CPU Architecture
ARM Architecture
Memory Systems
Coherency Management
Power Management
IOMMU
AIA
RAS
Confidential Compute
Virtualization
Chiplet Architecture
Silicon Test
Firmware
data center solutions