SDS - Director of Systems Engineering 1

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 looking for a Director of Systems Engineering 1 for the Strategic Deterrent Systems (SDS) Division Engineering organization --with a Systems Engineering background and leadership. In this role, the selected leader will be responsible for establishing and driving common engineering processes, tools, and technical developmental and training resources in support of engineering employees and managers across the Division portfolio. This position will be located in Roy, Utah, Huntsville, AL, Colorado Spring, CO or Manhattan Beach, CA. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

Responsibilities

• Lead and direct an experienced and technically diverse engineering team responsible for planning, organizing, developing and managing the engineering processes that govern system development and sustainment across the SDS program portfolio
• Accountable for assessment, consolidation, and development of common processes and trainings across all engineering disciplines in the Division
• Manage engineering tools and applications and develop the necessary engineering support team to sustain and evolve capabilities
• Coordinate with the broader Sector, Company, academia and industry to identify and leverage existing tools and practices and supplement as needed to provide applicable solutions to sustainably address Division requirements
• Ensure horizontally integrated and consistent expectation, development, and assessment of skill competencies across the Engineering disciplines within the Division
• Partner across organizations including program management, Human Resources, and Sector Engineering, to capture requirements and develop prioritized strategy to address critical skill needs
• Define and facilitate Division technical rotation programs and SME-selection processes
• Emphasize development of processes around modern model-based methods and practices in support of a full digital engineering transformation
• Own technical review authority, process audit and process enforcement across program activities to ensure engineering integrity
• Lead the planning, budgeting staff forecasting for contract direct and indirect budgets supporting process development
• Support industry technical conferences and academic partnerships and engagements to include STEM programs, university curricula, etc. in support of Division strategy

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) with at least 10 years of progressive engineering experience
• Minimum 3 years of formal leadership experience for multi-discipline engineering populations and teams
• Experienced in product development life cycle and interactions among engineering disciplines
• Experience with model-based engineering methods and tools
• Must have an active Secret clearance to be considered
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree or higher in engineering or related scientific discipline
• Experience standing up an organization and/or leading a major change initiative
• Active Top Secret clearance

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
• 401k
• Educational Assistance
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
• Paid Time Off
• Health & Wellness Resources
• Employee Discounts