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 Defense Systems is seeking a functional Systems Engineering Section Manager 2 within the Aerospace Vehicle and Systems Integration (AVSI) directorate, overseeing a section consisting of Major Program Event (MPE) team personnel. This position will be located in Roy, UT

and may offer a competitive relocation package.

What You’ll Get To Do: 

This is a dual-role manager position, involving balancing both the overall functional oversight and management of a Systems Engineering group of up to 15 engineers as well as performance of productive work on programs. The selected candidate will spend ~20% of their time in support of the organization’s Functional Homeroom responsibilities and ~80% of their time on technical assignment on an SDS project or IPT (80% technical scope not a part of the requisition). The management side involves organizational administrative activities and helping their employees’ performance and career development through guidance and training. The candidate will bring with them existing direct program scope as a systems engineer, for which responsibilities may include system architecture development, requirements development/management, requirement verification planning, system design/analysis, modeling & simulation, model-based systems engineering, IPT/product owner leadership, specialty engineering, or other appropriate technical functions.

The selected candidate will clearly demonstrate strong management skills and will have a track record as a motivated leader, an effective communicator, and problem solver who is able to develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders. The candidate will demonstrate a commitment to ethics and integrity, and the capability to innovate while challenging traditional ways of doing business. Demonstrated abilities to build diverse and inclusive teams with high levels of engagement, including mentoring and coaching, are a must. They will have an ability to operate in a team environment and collaborate across the directorate business areas as required to accomplish team and department goals. The functional section they lead will be made up of personnel whose technical assignment include developing design review procedures, developing tools for tracking action items, refining metrics to verify spec readiness prior to MPEs, and incorporating lessons learned to help our teams become more successful as they go through their design process.

Position Benefits:

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, 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 positions 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. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

You’ll Bring These Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 8 years related experience
• Managing people preferred
• Must be a US Citizen with an active DoD Secret Clearance with an investigation date within the last 6 years
• Existing 80% SDS technical scope of work
• 2 years of experience executing developed processes in Engineering and Manufacturing Development Phase

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:

• Strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
• 7+ years of experience in a multi-disciplined engineering environment
• Advanced engineering degree
• Active DOD Top Secret clearance, SAP, and/or SCI access
• Experience leading teams in a functional, programmatic, or technical capacity
• Experience conducting design reviews and other major milestone events
• Model Based Systems Engineering experience
• Experience with requirements management tools such as DOORS
• ICBM experience (or similar military or industry experience)
• Experience developing in an Agile environment
• Experience with technical development programs (e.g. Pathways, FTL, SEA)

Primary Level Salary Range: $135,100.00 - $202,700.00

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.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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 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.