US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION: Yes

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

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 - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a E3 Systems Engineering Manager 2 for the Strategic Deterrent Systems (SDS) division Engineering and Manufacturing team. This leadership role will be in Roy, UT and will provide enabling support for all business areas within the SDS portfolio. Northrop Grumman supports the Air Force’s sustainment, development, production and deployment of hardware and system modifications for Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Ground and Airborne Launch Control Systems, Launch Facilities, and associated infrastructure.

What You’ll Get To Do: 

The E3 Manager will provide personnel support to the E3 Team and will have responsibility for quality, technical execution of engineers. This position is a combination of hands-on management of engineering activities and personnel development and mentoring.  This role works closely with program leadership, the technical leaders, and functional subject matter experts within the E3 Team. This position requires experience in technical work and knowledge, and experience with leading technical teams over a broad range of tasks including design, implementation, test, verification, reporting and scheduling.

The successful candidate must have the ability to lead teams in a fluid environment that requires teamwork with our Customer, NGC teams and suppliers to meet program objectives. A high degree of skill in critical decision making is imperative to perform in this environment. A working knowledge of ground-based deterrence systems is desirable.

Responsibilities will include:

• Communicate effectively and report regular status to Program Managers, IPT Management, and customer.
• Provide functional management for a team of 8-10 Electrical and Systems Engineers with grade levels ranging from T01 through T05, including college interns.
• Develop and support consistent execution of standard practices, best practices, methods, software and tools across programs. Implement lessons learned, standard practices, best practices, and continuous improvement plans. Lead projects and plans to improve technology, strategic capability, overall design, analysis and production capacity.
• Coordinate with programs for staffing, recruiting, training, preparing and delivering performance evaluations to employees, evaluating/recommending employees for promotions, evaluating salaries and coordinating with Human Resources on potential adjustments, assisting employees in preparing performance goals, providing career guidance to employees and counseling employees on their performance as necessary.
• Manage and forecast engineering resources in collaboration with engineering management and technical leaders.
• Work with the program E3 Senior Manager and Technical Leads in establishing personal program and functional goals and perform performance evaluations and merit adjustments for subordinates. Provide personnel with career development, employee engagement, mentoring and coaching.
• The selected candidate should thrive working in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, engaged in significantly diverse assignments, within a collaborative/team setting across all levels of the organization.
• Oversee E3 design team schedule and planning in support of system design reviews, materials development, recommendations, and document tracking.

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Defense Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:   

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage   

• 401k   
• Educational Assistance   
• Life Insurance   
• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions    
• Paid Time Off    
• Health & Wellness Resources    
• Employee Discounts   

This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.    

You’ll Bring These Qualifications:  

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university with 6 years of relevant experience; 4 years with a Masters

• Ability to obtain and maintain an Active DoD Secret Clearance equivalent
• Ability to obtain special program access
• 1 year of experience leading a project and/or driving performance against technical, cost, and schedule milestones
• 1 year of engineering experience in at least one of the Specialty Engineering disciplines

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:  

• Formal management experience to include performance review for direct reports
• 3+ years of experience with managing/scheduling complex technical efforts
• Prior experience leading 10+ person teams
• Experience with the Atlassian Tool Suite, IBM DOORS,
• Earned Value Management (EVM) experience or CAM training
• Excellent communication, mentoring, interpersonal skills, and ability to interface with senior management, peers, and employees
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and to meet program commitments in a highly concurrent engineering environment
• Active DoD Secret Clearance; Active Top Secret clearance

#SentinelSystems

#Sentinelleadershi

Salary Range: $131,200.00 - $196,800.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA 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.