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Manager Engineering 3

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM field and 9 years of relevant experience OR a Master’s Degree and 7 years of relevant experience
  • Minimum 5 years of leadership experience, including first-level or higher people management
  • Strong technical understanding in at least 3 of the 12 Integrated Product Support Elements
  • Ability to transfer and maintain U.S. government Secret clearance

Responsibilities

  • Lead all aspects of personnel management including workforce planning, hiring, retention, and engagement
  • Support staffing for section manager and senior technical roles, including onboarding and mentoring
  • Conduct performance management activities including goal setting and knowledge sharing
  • Provide engineering leadership oversight for technical execution activities such as Root Cause and Corrective Action investigations

Key facts

Other skills

  • People Management
  • Leadership
  • Collaboration
  • Accountability
  • Engagement Skills

About the company

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Northrop Grumman

Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

We are a close-knit community of big thinkers collaborating to keep the world safe. Our passion, creativity and expertise bring next-level technology solutions to life in autonomous systems, cyber, C4ISR, strike, space, and logistics and modernization for our customers around the globe. On the Northrop Grumman team, you’ll join our pursuit of excellence immersed in a dynamic culture of innovation and respect. Your unique perspective will help achieve our shared vision for the future of global security. Every step of the way, you'll be supported by world-class training, employee resource groups and a comprehensive benefits package that enables greater health and happiness for you and your family. Worldwide and across disciplines, we’re challenging what’s possible for technology to protect people and places from undersea to outer space and into cyberspace. And we see the impact of our performance every day. We are Northrop Grumman, and we work on what matters—now, you too can make a difference. Explore opportunities in engineering, IT, manufacturing, business management, cybersecurity and more at careers.northropgrumman.com. Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA statement, please visit www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U. S. citizenship is required for most positions. Our careers site can be found at northropgrumman.com/careers/. If you are contacted by someone about a job at Northrop Grumman, please verify the opportunity on our Careers site before engaging with that contact. We only schedule interviews with qualified candidates who have applied to a job posting through our Careers site.

Company details

Company typeLarge
IndustryMechanical or Industrial Engineering
Company size10001

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Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the Time

Description

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.

Please note that this opportunity is contingent on program funding. Start dates are determined after funding confirmation.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Product Support Engineering Manager 3 to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals.  This leadership role is located in Melbourne, FL.  This position is fully onsite with no remote work available.

If this is YOU…keep reading!

Specific roles and responsibilities of the Product Support Engineering Manager include, but are not limited to, the following:   

Lead all aspects of personnel management, including workforce planning, hiring, retention, engagement, redeployment, and succession planning for the Product Support Engineering Department including:

  • Partner closely with program leadership, HR, and functional peers to align talent to current and future program needs
  • Support staffing for section manager and senior technical roles, including requisition development, interview facilitation, onboarding, and mentoring
  • Foster a culture of engagement, collaboration, accountability/ownership, and belonging by modeling Northrop Grumman leadership behaviors and values
  • Conduct performance management activities, including goal setting, quarterly connections, leadership development, and knowledge sharing activities
  • Responsible for the functional management of a team, ensuring the proper people, processes, and tools are in place to meet program cost and schedule performance
  • Serve as Delegation of Authority (DOA) in the absence of the EI&E leadership, as required
  • Ensure consistent application of functional engineering processes, tools, and best practices in alignment with the Center of Technical Excellence
  • Partner across functions to support cross-discipline and intra-discipline integration activities, data analysis, metrics development, and performance reporting in coordination with Strategy, Integration, and Operations

Provide engineering leadership oversight for technical execution activities, including:

  • Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) investigations
  • System Engineering Technical Reviews (SETRs), such as System Requirements Review (SRR), Preliminary Design Review (PDR), Critical Design Review (CDR), Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs);Flight Readiness Reviews (FRR).
  • Process audits and Independent Review Team (IRT) engagements
  • Support long-range strategic planning efforts and execute special assignments as required.

Our Leaders at Northrop Grumman live our values daily and encourage our teams to do the same. We do the right thing: upholding the highest ethical standards and facilitating a safe and respectful environment that attracts, retains, and inspires a diverse and engaged team. We do what we promise: holding yourself and others accountable to meet predictable and balanced results. We commit to shared success: operating as OneNG and removing barriers for our teams. Finally, We pioneer: setting a vision that shapes the future and inspires others.

Basic Qualifications: 

  • Bachelor’s Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) field from an accredited university AND 9 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering, OR a Master’s Degree AND 7 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering.

  • Minimum 5 years of leadership experience, including first-level or higher people management leadership

  • Strong technical understanding in at least 3 of the 12 Integrated Product Support Elements

  • Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated U.S. government Secret clearance (must be in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Company.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master’s degree in a STEM field

  • 5+ years of leadership experience within Product Support, including first-level or higher people management leadership

  • Demonstrated experience applying performance management process and HR policies, including goal setting, performance feedback, development planning, and addressing performance concerns in accordance with company policy.

  • Strong technical understanding in 4 or more of the 12 IPS Elements

  • Final adjudicated U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance

  • Recent experience with Cameo, Magic Draw, or another MBSE tool such as Rhapsody, Sparx EA, and Enterprise Architect

  • Experience with military aircraft maintenance, operations, and sustainment

  • Familiarity with USG acquisition and sustainment planning, including Organic and Contractor support, as well as Public-Private Partnership strategies

  • Experience with Earned Value Management Techniques (EVMS) / Control Account Management (CAM), Integrated Master Schedules (IMS), Basis of Estimates (BOEs) and cost-schedule-risk trade off management.

  • Experience identifying, developing, and managing performance metrics to support program and technical execution monitoring and control

  • Proven expertise in technical planning, risk & opportunity management, and driving project performance across cost, schedule, and technical quality

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Primary Level Salary Range: $151,500.00 - $227,300.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

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