RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% 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.

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking an AVSI Flight Systems Engineering Section  Manager 2 to direct a systems engineering team within the Flight Systems Department of the Aerospace Vehicle and Systems Integration (AVSI) directorate. This position requires the candidate to be 100% on-site in Manhattan Beach, CA. 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 good 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. The candidate 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 functional home room (FHR) manager position, involving balancing both the overall functional oversight and management of a Systems Engineering group (typically 8-12 engineers) while maintaining a technical baseline of performance on program work. The candidate will spend ~20% of their time on functional/organizational support and ~80% of their time on a mix of technical program work from current or future tasking. 

Functional Homeroom Duties
• Provide people leadership for a Systems Engineering organization, to include performance management (including performance reviews), career development, staffing, and merit planning as part of the Strategic Deterrent Systems business unit Functional Homeroom
• Support employee development; employee inclusion, engagement, mentoring and career development; employee training and identification and training of skills required to execute programs
• Provide ownership of and direction of processes used in the functional group
• Support staffing and workload forecast; Recruiting, sourcing, onboarding, and performance management
• Support the Department Manager in requested tasking

Assignment Duties
• Dependent on program needs

Position Benefits

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Space Systems, 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:

• Bachelor’s Degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) with 6 years of related experience

• Minimum 1 year experience leading a project or driving performance against schedule

• Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope
• Must have an ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need

• Minimum 3 years of direct Systems Engineering experience (requirements, integration, architecture, and/or verification)

• Existing technical scop of work within the Flight Systems Department of the Aerospace Vehicle and Systems Integration on the Sentinel Program

These Qualifications Would Be Nice To Have:

• Minimum 3 years of direct Systems Engineering experience (requirements, integration, architecture, and/or verification)
• Strong verbal, written communication, and interpersonal skills
• Solid understanding of the Systems Engineering lifecycle and philosophy
• 3+ years experience leading teams in a functional, programmatic or technical capacity.
• Knowledge of mechanical/electrical design principles
• Knowledge of requirements derivation processes
• Knowledge of systems integration methods and documentation
• Knowledge of systems architecture theory and models
• Experience with Cameo
• Experience with DOORs
• 3 years of experience with ICBM Weapon System
• Experience using Siemens NX CAD Tool 
• Active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance
• Active Sentinel Program SAP

Salary Range: $156,500.00 - $234,700.00

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.