Requisition ID: R10169640- Category: Engineering
- Location: Huntsville, Alabama, United States of America
- Clearance Type: Secret
- Telecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this position
- Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)
- Travel Required: Yes, 10 of the Time
- Positions Available: 1
At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact peoples 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 nations 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, theyre making history. Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Functional Homeroom Systems Engineering Manager 2 to be located in Huntsville, AL. The candidate will direct a team within a section of the Aerospace Vehicle and Systems Integration (AVSI) Mission and Weapon System Engineering (MWSE) Functional Homeroom. This position requires the candidate to be ~100 on-site in Huntsville, Alabama (Titan). The successful candidate will join the Sentinel Programs System Engineering Team in the development of weapon system interfaces, requirement analysis, verification planning, and programmatic system engineering technical direction.
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 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 up to15 engineers as well as performance of productive work on programs. 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 (80 technical scope not a part of this requisition). The management side involves organizational administrative activities and helping their employees’ performance and career development through guidance and training. The direct program responsibilities may include system architecture development, requirements development/management, requirement verification planning, system design/analysis, modeling & simulation, model-based systems engineering, IPT/product owner leadership, specialty engineering, or other appropriate technical functions.
Position Benefits
As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:
- Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
- 401k
- Educational Assistance
- Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
- Paid Time Off
- Health & Wellness Resources
- Employee Discounts
This position’s 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.
You’ll Bring These Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) with 6 years of experience; or Masters degree in STEM with 4 years of experience
- 1 year of experience leading a project and/or driving performance against schedule
- Experience with Systems Engineering and Integration and Test processes on the Sentinel Program
- Existing 80 SDS technical scope of work
- Must be a U.S. Citizen with an active DoD Secret clearance with an investigation date within the last 6 years
These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:
- 7 or more years of experience in a multi-disciplined engineering environment
- Advanced degree in Engineering
- Strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
- Active DOD Top Secret clearance, SAP, and/or SCI access
- Experience leading teams in a functional, programmatic, or technical capacity
- Experience with technical development programs (e.g. Pathways, FTL, SEA)
Salary Range: $145,000 - $217,400
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 candidates experience, education, skills and current market conditions.
Employees may be eligible for 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 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 and Pay Transparency statement, please visit. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.
