Northrop Grumman currently has an excellent opportunity for an Electrical Engineering Manager 2 to join our Missile Products team in Plymouth, MN. The Electrical Engineering Manager 2 leads a multidisciplinary engineering team responsible for the architecture, design, verification, and delivery of mixed‑signal electronic circuit card assemblies that meet stringent defense performance, reliability, and security requirements. The role blends deep technical expertise in analog/digital design with proven people leadership, program management, and acquisition process experience. The Electrical Engineering Manager 2 will act as the technical owner for assigned programs, interface with DoD customers, and ensure successful delivery on schedule, cost, and quality while maintaining required security clearances and compliance standards. This position reports to the Design Engineering Manager 3 for the Missile Products, Fuze and Warheads operating unit.
Responsibilities
- Lead a team that performs technical planning, design and integration in addition to failure analysis, build, test, and production sustainment support of electronic assemblies for defense-related products
- Ensure the right people, processes, and tools are in place to meet the business needs
- Oversee the day-to-day engineering activity and work products, expense management, workload management, and performance management process
- Function as a key contributor on DoD development programs, managing assigned responsibilities and directing the work of other supervisors, engineers, technicians and administrative personnel to accomplish program goals
- Identify, manage and grow the critical skills development process for the design team
- Identify and/or lead continuous improvement activities within the department
- Improve planning, execution, and tracking methods to increase engineering process excellence
- Coach, support, and motivate to ensure a high performing engineering team
- Ensure hiring plans and staff development are aligned to overall capability and capacity strategy
- Support innovation through technology identification and roadmap development
- Manage cost and schedule for assigned projects
- Prepare, review, and approve cost estimates and written or oral technical proposals
Basic Qualifications:
- BS degree in Electrical Engineering with 8+ years of electrical engineering experience, or 6 years with an MS degree
- 2+ years of leading a multidisciplinary engineering team as a project manager, program manager, or related managing experience
- Strong electrical engineering skills and experience in a manufacturing environment
- Design experience in the areas of analog, digital, power conditioning, PWB/CCA design and evaluation, electronics packaging, processors and FPGAs
- Experience with engineering tools used in developing analog and digital electronic systems
- Excellent communication skills for the purpose of meeting with various Government and Industry customers and interfacing with vendors
- Ability to obtain a US Government DoD Secret security clearance
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior project, program, or people leadership experience
- 10+ years working in electrical system, subsystem, and circuit development
- Experience in forming teams and managing employees in the area of circuit development (analog, mixed signal, digital, RF, low power) from schematic to board design
- Experience with coaching, developing talent, and maintaining the accountability of direct reports
- Knowledge of safety & reliability, modeling & simulation, and military requirements
- Strong leadership, influence, and project management skills
- Ability to network and negotiate at all levels within an organization to accomplish objectives
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Power Point, Project)
- Knowledge of Model Based Design and/or Model Based Systems Engineering practices
- Strong background in process excellence
- Demonstrated effectiveness in managing internal customer relationships, prioritization, and delegation
- Ability to balance people management needs and technical contributor aspects of this position
- Ability to conduct concise, critical reviews of designs as they are developed
Skills Required
- BS in Electrical Engineering with 8+ years experience (or MS with 6+ years)
- 2+ years leading a multidisciplinary engineering team or equivalent program/project management experience
- Strong electrical engineering skills with manufacturing environment experience
- Design experience in analog, digital, power conditioning, PWB/CCA design and evaluation, and electronics packaging
- Experience with processors and FPGAs
- Experience with engineering tools for developing analog and digital electronic systems
- Excellent communication skills for interfacing with Government, industry customers, and vendors
- Ability to obtain a US Government DoD Secret security clearance (U.S. Citizenship required)
- Prior project, program, or people leadership experience
- 10+ years working in electrical system, subsystem, and circuit development
- Experience forming teams and managing circuit development from schematic to board design (analog, mixed signal, digital, RF, low power)
- Experience coaching, developing talent, and maintaining accountability of direct reports
- Knowledge of safety & reliability, modeling & simulation, and military requirements
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project)
- Knowledge of Model Based Design and/or Model Based Systems Engineering practices
- Strong background in process excellence and continuous improvement
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Retirement Support — 401(k) matching is considered strong, with additional defined-benefit coverage for certain cohorts and options like catch-up contributions. Retirement programs are repeatedly highlighted as a core strength of the total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO, company-paid holidays, and compressed work schedules (such as 9/80) provide meaningful time away and flexibility. These scheduling options are cited as a major quality-of-life benefit across many locations.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave alongside caregiver leave, adoption assistance, and back-up care supports a range of family needs. These programs have been expanded recently, signaling continued investment in family support.
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