[Hiring] Staff Mission Integration Specialist @Northrop Grumman

Role Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history.

The Staff Mission Integration Specialist role bridges operational experience and advanced engineering, ensuring that emerging technologies and technical solutions address real-world mission challenges. The successful candidate will leverage firsthand operational expertise, technical understanding, and strong customer engagement skills to:

• Identify unmet warfighter needs
• Evaluate emerging capabilities
• Influence the development of mission-relevant solutions

The ideal candidate combines significant military operational experience with technical fluency, analytical thinking, and a passion for innovation. This individual must be comfortable engaging military operators, government customers, and engineering teams to translate operational challenges into actionable technical opportunities.

This position can be based onsite at Roy, UT or Huntsville, AL. This role can also support a full-time teleworker.

Qualifications

• Active DoD Secret clearance
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience; minimum of 12 plus years relevant experience
• Military operational experience or directly comparable experience supporting complex military missions
• Demonstrated understanding of military operations, operational planning, mission execution, and associated technical systems
• Strong technical aptitude and the ability to engage effectively with engineers and technical subject matter experts
• Experience identifying operational challenges, assessing capability gaps, and communicating actionable recommendations
• Strong analytical, interpersonal, and communication skills
• Ability to travel up to 75%

Requirements

• Experience with joint or multi-domain operations, command and control (C2), integrated air and missile defense, or other complex mission environments
• Experience supporting military technology development, operational testing, experimentation, or capability evaluation
• Familiarity with Operator-in-the-Loop, User-in-the-Loop, Human Systems Integration (HIS), or user-centered-design engineering approaches
• Understanding of modern defense technologies, including advanced software, AI-enabled capabilities, autonomous systems, and integrated mission systems
• Experience collaborating directly with engineering teams to develop, refine, or evaluate technical solutions

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company paid holidays
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

Company Description

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO . U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.