October 7, 2025

Aaron McUmber

40 Under Forty - 2025 Honoree

Staff Systems Engineer

Northrop Grumman

If you could give your younger self one piece of advice, what would that be?

Not always the plan you have for yourself is the path you will walk.

Who do you count as your greatest mentor(s) that have helped you succeed in your personal and professional life?

I’ve had many mentors over the course of my career but I would like to recognize my good friend Kevin McCabe helped me through the turmoil of graduate school and Susie LaMar’s excellent mentorship and advice early in my career in systems engineering.

Where do you see yourself and what will you be doing with your life after 40?

I’m interested in developing new technologies and building new exciting things. I see myself continuing my passion and working toward a Chief Engineering position, ideally on a technology that I helped build from the ground up.


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