Systems Engineering Manager 2 - SEIT Weapon Systems Integration (WSI)- 18879

Northrop Grumman•Manhattan Beach, CA

1d•$139,100 - $241,700•Hybrid

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a functional Section Manager - Systems Engineering Manager 2 within the Aerospace Vehicle and Systems Integration (AVSI) directorate's Systems Integration department. The successful candidate will lead a systems engineering functional section within the Strategic Deterrent Systems (SDS) Division consisting of employees on the Weapons System Integration (WSI) team. 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 management of a Systems Engineering group of ~8-12 engineers. The selected candidate will spend ~20% of their time in support of the organization’s Functional Homeroom responsibilities and ~80% of their time on technical assignment on an SDS project or IPT. This particular role is looking to fill the 20% functional support only, the candidate will come with the 80% technical program work scope already established. The management side involves organizational administrative activities and helping their employees’ performance and career development through guidance and training. This position may be located in Huntsville, AL Manhattan Beach, CA or Roy, UT and will support the Sentinel (GBSD) program.

Requirements

A Bachelors Science degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) with 8 years of related experience or a Master’s degree with 6 years of related experience
Active US Government Secret Clearance with an investigation date within the last 6 years
Ability to obtain Special Access Programs (SAP) clearance.
Experience with Systems Engineering, Integration, and Test processes
3+ years experience in ICBMs (MMIII or Sentinel)
5+ years of electrical and systems engineering experience
2+ years experience Electrical Design Integration (EDI) and/or Interface Control Model (ICM) development experience
2+ years experience leading teams in a functional, programmatic, or technical capacity
Experience contributing towards various phases of the Systems Engineering “V” lifecycle

Nice To Haves

Active DOD Top Secret clearance, SAP, and/or SCI access
Experience with Systems Engineering, Integration, and Test processes on the Sentinel Program
At least 1 year experience leading a project and/or driving performance against schedule
Experience working across program organizations to find solutions
Excellent decision making and communication (written and oral) skills
Experience with team leadership/management
Strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
4+ years of experience in a multi-disciplined engineering environment
Earned Value Management experience
Experience with Agile, Confluence, and Jira
Risk Management experience
Mechanical Design Integration (MDI) experience
Experience with technical development programs (e.g. Pathways, FTL, SEA)
2+ years experience on large scale / complex aerospace/defense system development across multiple lifecycle phases: preliminary design, detailed design, integration and test, verification and sell off, transition to production
2+ year(s) Direct development experience of interface products (Interface Requirements Specification (IRS), Interface Design Description (IDD), Interface Control Document (ICD)) and requirement specifications
1+ years experience in developing and executing Systems Engineering process governance documentation in a DoD Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase &/or Risk Management
3+ years of experience with managing/scheduling complex technical efforts
Experience with Systems Engineering program milestone events (e.g., PDR, CDR)

Responsibilities

Lead a systems engineering functional section within the Strategic Deterrent Systems (SDS) Division.
Provide overall functional oversight and management of a Systems Engineering group of ~8-12 engineers.
Spend ~20% of their time in support of the organization’s Functional Homeroom responsibilities.
Help employees’ performance and career development through guidance and training.
Operate in a team environment and collaborate across directorate business areas.