RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance 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.

Our Defense Systems Sector is seeking an Mechanical Engineer Manager to join our fast-growing Engineering Homeroom team in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

This Engineering Manager will lead a diverse team of electrical, mechanical, aerospace, and systems engineers to achieve organizational goals. They will provide engineering oversight for efforts within an Integrated Product Team (IPT), to include technical planning, requirements development and tracking, system integration, systems integrations lab (SIL), ground and flight testing, verification and validation, airworthiness, system safety, risk, reliability / maintainability, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems. Analyses are performed at all levels of total system product to include concept, requirements, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal. This person will lead project teams and be responsible for cost, schedule and performance

Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership and mentoring in addition to being an individual performer

• Analyze assemblies through simulation or analysis in order to recommend component substitutions or re-design solutions to ensure the integrity of the platform configuration, system safety, and performance specifications

• Oversee and manage project execution and finances to the plan

• Integrate requirements vertically and horizontally across the project to ensure successful execution

• Brief Northrop Grumman management and Air Force customers on project status

• Identify and mitigate risks

• Communicate staffing and lab needs to ensure projects are adequately resourced

• Work with multiple engineering teams and cross-functional departments

• Lead business development and proposal activities for new projects

Basic Qualifications:

• Must have a Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university with 2 years of engineering experience or master’s degree with 0 years of engineering experience

• Some background in aircraft engineering or maintenance

• Demonstrated expertise in engineering processes and products throughout much of the program life cycle and providing technical leadership and guidance

• Ability to obtain/maintain access to work on-site in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

• Experience in managing both internal and external personnel and teams to include subcontractors

• Understanding and experience in formal risk and opportunity management

• Must be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Secret security clearance and have the ability to obtain/maintain access to work on-site in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

 Preferred Qualifications:

• General understanding of NGDS Engineering processes

• Experience with DoD, B-1, and B-2 aircraft systems

• Understanding and experience in earned value management

• Previous experience holding responsibility for cost, schedule and profit

• Proven performance as an Engineering Leader in many of the phases of acquisition, design, integration, and execution. Candidate will require ability to rapidly assess and lend guidance to projects assigned to the organizational group as well as demonstrated mentoring and guidance to engineers

• Ability to assess program health and performance based on alignment of governing products and delivery schedules:  SEMP, CLIN, IMP, WBS, IMS, manufacturing and sustainment plans

• Understanding of the application and development of functional and physical architectures, interfaces, requirements analysis, functional decomposition, design synthesis, integration, verification, and validation in large systems using SysML/UML and requirements management tools such as Rhapsody, and DOORS

• Experience working on DoD related projects

• Experience presenting project performance to upper management and customers

Salary Range: $96,600.00 - $144,800.00

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.