Staff Electronics Engineer - Supplier Management Team (SMT) Lead

Northrop Grumman

81d • $171,000 - $256,400

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 Aeronautics Systems is looking to add a Staff Electronics Engineer - Supplier Management Team (SMT) Lead to join our team in Rancho Bernardo, CA. This position will be in our Avionics Integration Organization. The Supplier Management Team (SMT) Lead will report to the IPT Lead and is the IPT’s and Global Supply Chain’s (GSC’s) primary interface to the supplier for communication or payload systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 12 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 10 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline with 8 years of related engineering experience.
• Experience working with aerospace electronic systems, Comms systems, and/or payloads.
• Prior Supplier Management Experience.
• Active DoD Secret (or higher) clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation) with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret clearance.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (SAP/PAR).

Nice To Haves

• Active DoD Top Secret clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• Experience working with aerospace electronic systems, Comms systems, and/or payloads.
• Program Management experience / completion of Project Management Professional course.
• Experience as a cost account manager (CAM) or similar.
• Experience with managing suppliers as part of a government/DOD contract.
• Earned Value Management (EVM).
• T&M, CPFF, FFP contract types.
• Supplier statement of work (SSOW) generation.
• Requirements development/flow down.
• Contract negotiations.
• Technical evaluations of proposals.
• Product lifecycles and government acquisition process related to selling, development, LRIP/production, sustainment.
• Repair management, DMSMS evaluations, MRP requirements.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating the efforts of the SMT, including engineers, the subcontracts administrator, supplier quality assurance representatives, logistics engineers, cost account manager, scheduler, and material planner.
• Coordinating and managing the execution of all phases of supplier performance including planning, proposals, new capability development, production, testing, deliveries, and sustainment.
• Conducting or coordinating review of supplier documentation (e.g., technical evaluations of proposals, acceptance test procedures, cost and schedule reports, software version description documents).
• Reporting supplier status to Program Managers, GSC managers, and IPT Management.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Savings plan.
• Company paid holidays.
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree