Requisition ID: R10184284- Category: Engineering
- Location: San Diego, California, United States of America
- Clearance Type: Secret
- Telecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this position
- Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)
- Travel Required: Yes, 10 of the Time
- Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available
- Positions Available: 1
At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact peoples 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 nations 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, theyre making history. Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. Our organization is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter.
Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.
We are looking for you to join our team as a Systems Engineering Manager 2 based out of San Diego, CA. As a Systems Engineering Manager 2 at Northrop Grumman, you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation. Using Model-based Engineering, DevSecOps and Agile practices we continue to evolve how we deliver critical national defense products and capabilities for the warfighter. Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly and continuously drive innovation. The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment & shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation.
What Youll Get to Do:
The Functional manager will lead a team of approximately 10-15 engineers working within the San Diego Advanced Communications OU. The successful candidate will lead direct report employees based on organizational goals, program activity, and company policies. Specific responsibilities include coordinating with programs for staffing, recruiting, training, preparing and delivering performance reviews 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 as well as working to refine the system development process and tools utilized for program excellence and design assurance. Also, the manager is responsible for periodic review and update of SEIT (Systems Engineering Integration and Test) process documents and support of AS9100 and CMMI audits. Program Execution and Engineering Excellence are our driving forces.
The qualified candidate shall also be a technical performer, working approximately 80 directly on programs within our OU, representing our Engineering and Sciences organization. Experience with mentoring and people management is highly desirable.
The Manager will support and be accountable for goals including:
- Cultivate an inclusive and engaging workplace. Ensure employees’ work life balance is appropriate.
- Workforce: maintain staff adequate to execute to program plans, as well as for strategic growth. Plan assignments and fill program needs to ensure success, but which also offer growth to the individuals performing the work.
- Performance management: on an ongoing basis engage with staff to identify growth opportunities, deficiencies, appropriate training, etc. Execute to the Enterprise review cycle. Manage compensation and career progression
- Create and maintain forward-looking processes which align to strategic goals.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in STEM with 8 years of relevant experience in the field of Systems Engineering and/or System Integration and Test; or 6 years of relevant experience in the field of Systems Engineering and/or System Integration and Test with a Masters (MS) degree.
- Candidate must have excellent written and communication skills and be able to work independently and within groups.
- Ability to facilitate/mediate in conflict resolution matters.
- Previous experience as a functional manager or technical team leader.
- Candidate must have an advanced level of understanding of systems integration and test.
- Candidate must have knowledge of engineering process, be proficient in process development as well as functional organization aspects.
- Candidate must have familiarity with the other Engineering disciplines
- Candidate must be a US citizen
- Clearance: Candidate must be a US citizen and currently have, and be able to maintain an active/current U.S. Government DOD Secret Clearance or higher.
Preferred Qualifications:
- MS in Computer Engineering, or a related STEM field, with 10 or more years of technical experience and direct management of engineers.
- Candidate should have hands on experience with DoD Communications Systems.
- Candidate should have direct supervisory experience and/or significant team leadership (IPT lead).
- Current direct program duties within the Advanced Comms OU.
- Familiarity with EVMS Reporting and CAM responsibilities.
- Familiarity with other organizational functions such as supply chain, procurement, logistics, and mission assurance.
- DOD Secret and SAR highly preferred.
- Knowledge of F-35 and F-22 communications systems and associated waveforms.
Salary Range: $156,500 - $234,700
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 candidates experience, education, skills and current spanet 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 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. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.
