Tamara Hambrick

Director of Systems Engineering and Electronics and Payloads from NGAS, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems

Tamara Hambrick serves as functional director of Systems Engineering and Electronics & Payloads, Palmdale Aircraft Integration (PAI) Center of Excellence (CoE) for Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems. In this role, Hambrick is responsible for leading the engineers and managers of the Systems Engineering and Electronics & Payloads directorate within the PAI CoE portfolio of programs. Hambrick is responsible for technical performance through improvements in personnel staffing, tools, processes and metrics.

Hambrick is a leader in driving technical innovation, influencing change and developing the next generation of thought leaders, advocates and practitioners in model based systems engineering for the last 14 years. She has held chief engineering model-based leadership roles for radar, open electronic warfare, avionics and cyber programs.

Hambrick holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering science from Pennsylvania State University, as well as a master’s certificate in systems engineering from Johns Hopkins University, and a graduate certificate in architecture and systems engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing innovative systems, products and solutions in autonomous systems, cyber, C4ISR, space, strike, and logistics and modernization to customers worldwide.