Digital Engineering Manager 3

Northrop Grumman•Baltimore, MD

4d•$175,500 - $276,500•Hybrid

About The Position

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. At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We’re looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we’ll support you by expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field, or an industry thought leader. At Northrop Grumman, you’ll have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career. 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 and a team focus on enabling the mission that fuels us to do what others think is impossible. Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS) seeks to fill a Manager Digital Engineering 3 opportunity. The Digital Hardware Section Lead is a dual role manager position, involving both overall management of the Digital Hardware section of the Electrical Engineering and Receiver Exciter Department and providing engineering leadership on programs. We are looking for you to join our team as a Digital Engineering Manager 3 based out of Linthicum, MD or Morrisville, NC. If filled at the Morrisville, NC location the Section Lead will be required to regularly visit the Baltimore site. The Section Lead is a manager of manager positions for 40 - 100 employees with direct supervision of the individual group managers and the senior technical staff within the section. The section lead will be responsible for implementing the vision of the department within his/her section, and leading department initiatives to achieve objectives. Additional responsibilities include collaborating with peer section managers on interacting with business division counterparts to coordinate staffing and other program support (e.g. proposal reviews, design reviews, customer meetings). The section lead will be expected to perform productive (direct-charge) work on programs. It is anticipated that the section lead will charge programs directly for 60% or more of their time and charge. The direct program work may include technical work, IPT leadership, consulting, proposal support, or any other appropriate engineering leadership or support.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of experience, a Master’s degree with 6 years of experience or a PhD with 4 years of experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Physics, Applied Mathematics, or related technical fields; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
U.S Citizenship is required
An active US Government Secret Security Clearance
5+ years of experience with design, verification and integration & test of technology products for radar, electronic warfare, or related sensor systems.
3+ years of prior experience in people leadership
Strong leadership qualities, including excellent communication and collaboration, team engagement, and organizational skills

Nice To Haves

Experience leading large groups in a functional, programmatic, or technical capacity
IPT Lead or Technical Lead experience on DoD or related programs
3+ years prior functional management experience
Experience with High-speed Digital Hardware and/or Processor Hardware
Experience with real-time embedded systems development and test
Experience with firmware / FPGA development
Product Management Experience
Top Secret clearance and/or SCI with CI or FS polygraph
Ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP)
Advanced degree in technical discipline.

Responsibilities

Lead section staff based on organizational goals, business objectives, and company policies
Develop and maintain the Digital Hardware strategy
Oversee Technology Roadmaps for Digital Hardware
Champion disciplined engineering process application and improvement
Lead and support programs and engineering teams to successfully achieve engineering objectives and program milestones
Support proposal activities (lead, technical/management volume development, Basis of Estimate (BOE) development/defense)
Support and lead skill and career development; continuous improvement; and growth initiatives
Hire, train, mentor and supervise front line managers
Manage workload forecasting, hire/develop engineering talent
Provide engineering staffing to programs
Manage indirect charging of section staff
Prepare, manage, and conduct performance reviews
Lead compensation planning, promotion evaluations and other employee recognition activities for section