SDS Director of Test Engineering

Northrop Grumman•Roy, UT

8d•$176,100 - $264,100•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman's Defense Systems sector is looking for a Director 1, Test Engineering in our SDS Division. This leadership role is located in Roy, UT. Northrop Grumman supports the Air Force’s Sentinel, 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. The Test Engineering Functional Homeroom is responsible for development, career growth, and leadership of a multi-disciplined test engineering team as well as test process and governance, training content development, KPI metrics, and organizational infrastructure of the Test Directorate. This team is also responsible for enabling execution of test planning, test execution, and test reporting to include lab, ground, and flight testing; lab design and operations; test data and instrumentation, system integration, and verification testing in support of Integrated Functional Capability to support successful program execution. Testing occurs at Northrop Grumman, various supplier, and US Government facilities throughout the US. As a senior leader, you act with integrity and the highest ethical standards in everything you do. You enable your team to achieve predictable and balanced results, while satisfying the needs of internal and external partners. You treat all people with respect, and you model personal growth and continuous development. You know how to build an inclusive environment that attracts, retains, and inspires a diverse and engaged team. You develop trusted and valued customer relationships and communicate effectively, so that personnel throughout the organization are engaged, motivated, and connected to their work. You deliver excellence, strive for continuous improvement, and respond vigorously to change.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in STEM and 10 year’s experience supporting U.S. Government contracts and customers and/or project management in other industries
Must have 5 years experience leading functional or program test teams
Must have 5 years in a formal engineering management / technical leadership experience
Active Secret clearance adjudicated within the last 5 years with ability to obtain SAP access
Ability to travel 25% of the time

Nice To Haves

10 years experience in EMD test across lab, ground, and flight test and leading test campaigns.
Prior experience interfacing with prime contractor site leads and DoD leadership personnel
Demonstrated success leading teams/and or organizations to achieve a common goal
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to effectively work within a team environment
Active DoD TS/SCI clearance and applicable SAP accesses

Responsibilities

Lead a high-performing test engineering team in test planning, integration, and execution across the SDS Division portfolio of programs while reporting directly to the SDS Vice President of Engineering.
Develop and foster Test Engineering vision aligned to overall division engineering vision of world-class engineering.
Develop and drive progress of Test Engineering goals and milestones.
Drive technical rigor, ownership, and accountability in Test Engineering products and execution.
Lead a large team of cross discipline directors, managers, and professionals at various locations responsible for Test Engineering support of a portfolio of mission critical programs across all phases of EMD test (lab, ground, and flight) including instrumentation and test data collection.
Responsible for establishing and directing the implementation of test engineering process and governance driving consistency across program/product teams at all locations and multiple subcontractor locations.
Responsible for establishing and implementing test tools and automation to drive standardization and efficiency across the directorate.
Responsible for developing training to ensure test teams are trained and capable of test execution.
Participate in establishing and directing the implementation of model-based digital engineering processes used in the design and development of Test Engineering execution and test lab design at all levels of decomposition.
Ensure test engineering first time quality of products, manage auditing, and oversight functions including metrics development and management.
Interface closely with the product/program team leadership and implement test engineering priorities