Sentinel Systems Engineering Thread Lead Support Manager 2- 15803-1 - 19862

Northrop Grumman•Roy, UT

23d•$139,100 - $208,700•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Systems Engineering Manager 2 to lead the Staff Support Thread Lead Engineer teams within the Milestone Event & Thread Leads (METL) department of the Aerospace Vehicle and Systems Integration (AVSI) directorate. This position will be located in Roy, Utah. 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 Systems Engineering group of up to 12 engineers, 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, existing assignment; the candidate will bring technical / program work from existing assignment(s), and may support one or more teams within METL and/or AVSI or outside the directorate.

Requirements

Bachelors in Science in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) field and at least 8 years of related experience; OR at least 6 Years of relevant experience with a Master's degree
Must have an active U.S. Government 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.
1+ year of experience with Agile, JIRA, Confluence, DOORS or Cameo

Nice To Haves

Strong verbal, written communication, and interpersonal skills.
Solid understanding of the Systems Engineering and Integration and Test processes on the Sentinel Program .
7+ years of leadership experience in a multi-disciplined environment.
2+ years experience leading teams in a functional, programmatic or technical capacity.
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.

Responsibilities

Overall functional oversight and management of a Systems Engineering group of up to 12 engineers.
Maintain a technical baseline of performance on program work.
Spend ~20% of their time on functional/organizational support.
Spend ~80% of their 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.
Support one or more teams within METL and/or AVSI or outside the directorate.