Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Systems Engineering Manager 2 to be located in Roy, UT and supports the Sentinel Program. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.
What You’ll Get To Do:
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 selected candidate will be placed according to their skillset and interests. Key responsibilities may include but are not limited to:
• Own both technical and programmatic leadership for a team of ~10 FTE performing systems engineering functions to define and develop support equipment or training devices.
• Serve as a Work Package Lead (WPL), owning, cost, schedule, and earned value responsibilities for the work your team performs.
• Review OPSCON documentation to understand requirements decomposition necessary to meet support equipment functional needs
• Generate OPSCON documentation to identify and understand the activities and support equipment required to maintain the prime mission equipment within the weapon system
• Develop and mature interface products (Interface Requirements Specification, Interface Design Description, Interface Control Model)
• Develop and mature verification applicability matrix (VAM) within the support segment spec tree
• Perform requirements and verification approach definition for 200+ pieces of support equipment
• Own all aspects of Employee performance management, mentorship, training, and career development (functional homeroom)
This leadership opening is in Roy, UT with up to 10% travel on occasion.
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 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline with 8 years of related experience, 6 years with Masters
• Must be a US Citizen with an active U.S. Government Secret security clearance at time of application with an investigation completed within the last 6 years with an ability to obtain and maintain SAP approval within a reasonable period, as determined by the company to meet its business need.
• 2+ years of experience with Systems Engineering Lifecycle, in any of the following systems engineering domains: requirements development, systems architecture, verification planning, and interface definition experience
These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:
• At least 3+ years experience leading a project and/or driving performance against schedule with proven results
• Strong understanding of the SE process, including SE experience across multiple levels of integration.
• 3+ years of experience with Systems Engineering Lifecycle, including requirements development, systems architecture, verification planning, and interface definition experience
• 3+ years of experience using IBM DOORS, Cameo, CPLM and/or NX
• 2+ years of experience with Agile project management using Jira, Confluence, or equivalent tools
• 1+ years of experience with Support Equipment development, engineering and sustainment
Primary Level Salary Range: $139,100.00 - $208,700.00The 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 with 8 years related experience (or Master's with 6 years).
- U.S. citizenship and active U.S. Government Secret security clearance at time of application with investigation within last 6 years; ability to obtain and maintain SAP approval.
- 2+ years of experience with Systems Engineering Lifecycle including requirements development, systems architecture, verification planning, and interface definition.
- Experience owning technical and programmatic leadership, including cost, schedule, and earned value responsibilities (Work Package Lead).
- Willingness/ability to travel up to 10% of the time and work on-site in Roy, UT (relocation assistance may be available).
- 3+ years experience leading a project and/or driving performance against schedule.
- Strong understanding of SE process across multiple integration levels.
- 3+ years experience using IBM DOORS, Cameo, CPLM and/or NX.
- 2+ years experience with Agile project management using Jira, Confluence, or equivalent tools.
- 1+ years experience with support equipment development, engineering, and sustainment.
Northrop Grumman Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Northrop Grumman and has not been reviewed or approved by Northrop Grumman.
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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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