Sentinel Systems Engineering Manager 2 TMRR- 17475-1

Northrop Grumman•Roy, UT

2d•$139,100 - $208,700•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 a Systems Engineering Manager 2 to direct a team within a section of the Aerospace Vehicle and Systems Integration (AVSI), in the Mission Effectiveness and Thread Lead (METL) department. This position requires the candidate to be 100% on-site in Roy, Utah. The successful candidate will join the Sentinel Program's System Engineering Team in the development of weapon system technical maturation, requirement analysis, verification planning, and programmatic system engineering technical direction. The selected candidate will clearly demonstrate strong management skills and will have a 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. They 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 dual-role manager position, involving balancing both the overall functional oversight and leadership of a Systems Engineering group of up to 15 engineers as well as performance of productive work on programs. The candidate will spend ~20% of their time on support of the organization and ~80% of their time on technical program work. The management side involves organizational administrative activities and helping their employees’ performance and career development through guidance and training. The direct program responsibilities may include system architecture development, requirements development/management, requirement verification planning, system design/analysis, modeling & simulation, model-based systems engineering, IPT/product owner leadership, specialty engineering, or other appropriate technical functions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s of Science in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) field and at least 8 years of related experience or Master's degree and 6 years of related experience
Must be a US Citizen with an active U.S. Government Secret security clearance at time of application with an investigation completed within the last 6 years; must have current Sentinel Special Access Program (SAP) approval
1+ year of experience with Agile, JIRA, Confluence, DOORS or Cameo.

Nice To Haves

Earned-Value Management (EVM) trained.
Strong verbal, written communication, and interpersonal skills.
Understanding of Sentinel program ROM, BCR, and BOE efforts.
Understanding of TMRR Cost and Schedule packages (>$100M) to advise TMRR Lead.
Solid understanding of the Systems Engineering and Integration and Test processes on the Sentinel Program with emphasis on Interfaces.
Strong customer-facing engagement; demonstrated ability to present complex concepts to internal and external stakeholders with clarity and brevity.
Ability to define, refine, and burn down execution criteria for each TMRR Major Program Event (MPE), driving cost and schedule alignment-to-objectives across the Sentinel program.
Knowledge of MPE partnership with program management, scheduling, and finance teams, with application of EVM principles to strengthen cost and schedule integration across the Sentinel program.
3+ years’ experience leading a project and/or driving performance against schedule

Responsibilities

Direct a team within a section of the Aerospace Vehicle and Systems Integration (AVSI), in the Mission Effectiveness and Thread Lead (METL) department.
Join the Sentinel Program's System Engineering Team in the development of weapon system technical maturation, requirement analysis, verification planning, and programmatic system engineering technical direction.
Develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Build diverse and inclusive teams with high levels of engagement, including mentoring and coaching.
Operate in a team environment and collaborate across the directorate business areas as required to accomplish team and department goals.
Provide overall functional oversight and leadership of a Systems Engineering group of up to 15 engineers.
Perform productive work on programs, spending approximately 80% of time on technical program work.
Manage organizational administrative activities.
Help employees' performance and career development through guidance and training.
System architecture development.
Requirements development/management.
Requirement verification planning.
System design/analysis.
Modeling & simulation.
Model-based systems engineering.
IPT/product owner leadership.
Specialty engineering.
Other appropriate technical functions.