Systems Engineering Manager 3

Northrop Grumman•Charlottesville, VA

45d

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. At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We're looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we'll support yours of expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field or an industry thought-leader. At Northrop Grumman, you'll have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career. Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. Our Engineering and Sciences (E&S) organization pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission! Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking an Engineering Manager, supporting the Maritime Systems, Integration & Enabling Support areas and Engineering Site Lead for our Charlottesville campus. The lead will be aligned to programs in the Operating Units' portfolios. The Engineering Manager will be responsible for leading a distributed geographical, highly dynamic, multi-discipline engineering team performing engineering development and support to production to deliver to our customers' mission needs. In this role, the Engineering Manager will be responsible for the following:

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics with 8 years of experience, a Master's degree with 6 years of experience or a PhD with 4 years of experience.
Must be a U.S. Citizen
Candidate must currently have and be able to maintain an Active DoD Secret Clearance.
3 years of professional experience in the defense or aerospace industries.
2 years demonstrated success managing technical teams.
2 years of experience working in a technical role.
Proven experience as a team player and collaborator.
Very strong engineering background with demonstrated experience managing through requirements, design and production.
Experience managing large control accounts with accountability for scope, schedule, budget, and technical performance.
Solid understanding of engineering process with execution experience.
Candidate must have exceptional leadership and teambuilding skills, strategic thinking, strong technical acumen, and the ability to lead multiple engineering disciplines across programs.
The candidate will work with cross-discipline team members and therefore must have excellent written and verbal communication skills, presentation experience and the demonstrated ability to work seamlessly with a diverse community of engineers and managers to achieve the goals of the organization.
The candidate must have the ability to build consensus and resolve conflict.
The candidate must collaborate with business area leadership, and other functional partners to resolve complex issues in a timely manner to help meet program commitments.
Position may require travel up to 25% of the time to support distributed team

Nice To Haves

Program management experience
Success as a leader of large functional organization
Experience with product line management and product line engineering.
Demonstrated success in creating and executing affordability initiatives.

Responsibilities

Lead the development and implementation of the program(s) technical roadmap strategy
Ensure the business is appropriately staffed and enable resource sharing across multiple business areas
Lead strategic actions to improve the business of engineering
Drive engineering strategy and practices pertinent to the Naval Systems E&S organization, including but not limited to investments and talent strategy
Achieving headcount with continued, strong focus on retention efforts, engagement initiatives, and accountability
Drive key talent development and workforce planning efforts
Elevate engineering rigor
Drive predictable financial and program results
Prioritize engineering investments aligned with strategic imperatives
Demonstrate thought leadership on digital transformation