Sentinel - Electrical Engineering Manager 2 (15279-1)

Northrop Grumman•Huntsville, AL

1d•$153,800 - $230,800•Onsite

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. Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking an Electrical Engineering Manager 2. This position is located in Huntsville, Alabama and supports the Sentinel Program. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package. The selected candidate will clearly demonstrate strong leadership skills and will have a good 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. The candidate 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. This is a functional home room (FHR) manager position, involving both the overall functional oversight and management of a Electrical Engineering group while maintaining a technical baseline of performance on program work. The candidate will spend ~20% of their time on functional/organizational support and ~80% of their time on a mix of technical program work from current/existing tasking, or potential future tasking. Functional management involves, but is not limited to, organizational administrative activities and helping employees’ performance and career development through guidance and training. Program responsibilities will be dependent upon programmatic technical work and may vary by individual.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) from an accredited university with 8 years of experience, or 6 years of experience with a Master's degree.
Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with an ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need.
3+ years of leadership experience in a multi-disciplined environment.
Experience working with Mechanical, Electrical, and/or Electronic Systems
Experience reading engineering drawings and specification sheets
Experience analyzing requirements and interface documentation
Strong communication skills and the ability to work in a geographically distributed environment
Must be proficient with Microsoft Office Suite of tools - PowerPoint, Excel, Word
Capable of working with minimal direction and in team environments.

Nice To Haves

2+ years experience leading teams in a functional, programmatic or technical capacity.
1+ year experience leading a project and/or driving performance against schedule.
Active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance, current and within scope, with an ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need.
Proficient with PDM and/or CPLM
Experience deriving hardware-level requirements from interface, compliance, and performance requirements
Experience using cable routing functionality in Siemens NX
Experience designing or implementing systems using COTS hardware components

Responsibilities

Overall functional oversight and management of an Electrical Engineering group.
Maintaining a technical baseline of performance on program work.
Approximately 20% of time on functional/organizational support.
Approximately 80% of time on a mix of technical program work from current/existing tasking, or potential future tasking.
Organizational administrative activities.
Helping employees’ performance and career development through guidance and training.
Resolving issues and providing technical support.