Northrop Grumman Strategic Deterrent Systems Division is seeking a Systems Engineering Manager 2. This position will be in Huntsville, AL, supporting the Sentinel Program.
What You’ll Get To Do:
The successful candidate will join the Sentinel Program's System Engineering Team in the development of weapon system interfaces, requirement analysis, verification planning, and programmatic system engineering technical direction.
The selected candidate will clearly demonstrate strong leadership skills with 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 selected 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. The selected candidate will have an ability to operate in a team environment and collaborate across directorate and SDS business areas as required to accomplish team, department, and directorate goals.
This is a dual-role manager position, involving balancing both functional oversight and leadership of up to 12 Systems Engineers as well as responsibility for a part of Sentinel program performance. The selected candidate will also be responsible for a Systems Engineering discipline Section within the SDS Systems Engineering organization and will report directly to an SDS Systems Engineering Department Manager. You will provide career mentorship and operational support to a Functional Home Room (FHR) team (Section) of Individual Contributors (ICs) based on Engineering goals, objectives, and company policy. Key FHR responsibilities will be personnel performance management, process familiarization and training for Section members, as well as staffing roles on projects.
The selected candidate will spend part of their time in support of the organization’s Functional Homeroom responsibilities and part of their time on technical assignment on SDS projects or IPT; the technical scope of this role not a part of the requisition and should be part of the candidates’ current roles and responsibilities. As a functional homeroom leader, responsibilities include organizational administrative activities and helping employees’ performance and career development through guidance and training. The direct program responsibilities, in addition to a current assignment, may include system architecture development, requirements development/management, requirement verification planning, system design/analysis, model-based systems engineering, IPT/product owner leadership, or other appropriate technical functions. This may include, but is not limited to, the following:
- Functionally manage a team of systems engineers, including goal setting, performance reviews, quarterly feedback, pay and promotion recommendations
- Define team members’ work scope, assign and evaluate tasks, provide performance feedback and career counseling, ensure traceability of all products to approved baselines
- Review technical content and accuracy of verification products and team member contributions to system verification
- Review technical content and accuracy of weapons system governance and requirements products and team member contributions to governance and requirements
- Collect status and report program status and progress to senior leadership and government customers
- Serve as liaison with employees and supervisors at equivalent levels, up to vice-president and Executive Leadership Team (ELT), if needed
- Ensure projects are completed on cost and schedule following established procedures.
- CDRL and/or metrics owner for DOORs, Cameo, and other weapon system development content.
Position Benefits:
As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including
Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
Educational Assistance
Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
Paid Time Off
Health & Wellness Resources
Employee Discounts
This positions standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.
You’ll Bring These Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 8 years of related experience or a Master's degree in STEM with 6 years of related experience.
-Must have an active U.S. Government Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with an investigation date within the last 6 years.
- 1 year of ICBM experience (MMIII or Sentinel).
- 2 years of experience using MBSE tools (using SysML, DoDAF, or UAFP in Cameo or Rhapsody).
- Sentinel special program access (PAR).
These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:
- Top Secret clearance.
- Experience with DOORS.
- Master's Degree in STEM.
- Experience with Cameo model integration.
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies and practices.
- Active Sentinel special program access cleared (PAR).
- Experience in People and Technical Leadership roles.
- Experience as an EVMS Control Account Manager (CAM).
- Experience working with DoD government/military personnel.
- Experience leading a team or driving performance against schedule.
- Experience with task management tools (preferably JIRA) and EVMS.
- Experience with functional decomposition, interface definition, and use case definition.
- Excellent verbal and written communication, mentoring, interpersonal skills, and the ability to collaborate with senior management, customers, peers, and employees.
Primary Level Salary Range: $153,800.00 - $230,800.00The 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.Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline and 8 years of related experience, or a master’s degree in STEM and 6 years of related experience
- Active U.S. Government Secret security clearance at application, current and within scope, with an investigation date within the last 6 years
- At least 1 year of ICBM experience with MMIII or Sentinel
- At least 2 years of experience using MBSE tools with SysML, DoDAF, or UAFP in Cameo or Rhapsody
- Sentinel special program access (PAR)
- Top Secret clearance
- Experience with DOORS
- Master’s degree in STEM
- Experience with Cameo model integration
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies and practices
- Active Sentinel special program access cleared (PAR)
- Experience in people and technical leadership roles
- Experience as an EVMS Control Account Manager (CAM)
- Experience working with DoD government or military personnel
- Experience leading a team or driving performance against schedule
- Experience with task management tools, preferably JIRA, and EVMS
- Experience with functional decomposition, interface definition, and use case definition
- Excellent verbal and written communication, mentoring, interpersonal, and collaboration skills
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