Digital Engineering Manager 2

Northrop Grumman; Linthicum (MD); On-site; USD 154,000 - 231,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Savings Plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Digital Engineering Manager 2 in Linthicum, MD to lead a team of digital hardware engineers within the Hardware department. The role combines people management with hands-on technical responsibilities and requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Government Secret Clearance.

You will oversee staffing plans, performance evaluations, and roadmap development while coordinating with program teams and external partners to ensure schedule adherence and engineering excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a technical field with 8 years of experience; Master’s with 6 years; Ph.D. with 4 years; additional 4 years may substitute for a degree.
• US Citizenship required and ability to obtain/maintain a U.S. Government Secret Clearance.
• Minimum 6 years of experience in digital and/or hardware design; 3 years in people management and leading a technical design team.
• 3 years leading a high performing team (technical, IPT Lead, Agile, or functional management).

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day workload of a team of digital hardware engineers (approx. 12).
• Interface with program teams to meet schedule and performance goals; conduct reviews and staffing planning.
• Lead process improvements, roadmap development, and hiring to meet workload and skill needs.
• Build relationships with staff, customers, and cross-organizational partners; ensure work/life balance.

Skills

Digital hardware

People management

Team leadership

Hardware design

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's degree

Ph.D.

Tools

Mentor Graphics

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: No

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.

At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We’re looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we’ll support you by expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field, or an industry thought leader. At Northrop Grumman, you’ll have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career.

We are looking for you to join our team as a Digital Engineering Manager 2 based out of Linthicum, MD.

What You’ll Get To Do

This position is for a Functional Manager of the Digital Hardware team supporting the Mission Systems Sector, in the Hardware department in Baltimore, MD. The manager will have approximately 12 digital hardware engineers on his/her team. Duties will include managing the day-to-day workload of the team, interfacing with the program teams to help meet schedule, performance reviews, work load forecasting, interfacing with external partners. This is a dual role manager position, involving technical responsibilities as well.

The manager is also responsible for staffing plans, staff performance evaluation, goal planning, process improvement, roadmap development, and hiring to manage workload demand and skill attrition. The manager will be able to lead through positive changes, as a champion for improvement and innovation. Employee engagement and development will be maintained through a combination of training, employee career coaching, mentoring, identification of stretch assignments, and engagement action planning. The manager will be able to meet performance goals with consideration for work/life balance of the staff. The candidate should have strong communications skills, and an ability to build and maintain relationships with direct staff, customers, and cross organization partners.

This position is contingent upon the ability to obtain an active U.S Government Secret Clearance or the successful transfer of an active US. Government Secret Clearance prior to start.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree with 8 years of experience, master’s degree with 6 years of experience, Ph.D. with 4 years of experience in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics or related technical fields; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree

• US Citizenship is required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S Government Secret Clearance prior to starting.
• A current/active clearance is not required to be considered for the position, but a final clearance is required to start
• Minimum of 6 years of experience in digital and/or hardware design
• 3 years of experience with people management, leading a technical design team, including workload management, performance reviews, and employee development/coaching.
• 3 years of experience leading a high performing team (technical, Integrated Product Team Lead, Agile, or functional management)

Preferred Qualifications

• A current/active U.S Government Secret clearance
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
• Experience with Mentor Graphics
• Expertise with digital hardware design processes
• Experience leading process improvement, or introduction of new tools projects
• Experience supporting or leading proposals
• Experience with signal integrity and/or power integrity modeling and simulation

Northrop Grumman provides a comprehensive benefits package and a work environment which encourages your growth and supports the mutual success of our people and our company. Northrop Grumman benefits give you the flexibility and control to choose the benefits that make the most sense for you and your family.

Your benefits will include the following: Health Plan, Savings Plan, Paid Time Off and Additional Benefits including Education Assistance, Training and Development, 9/80 Work Schedule (where available), and much more!

Northrop Grumman has approximately 90,000 employees in all 50 states and in more than 27 countries. We strive to attract and retain the best employees by providing an inclusive work environment wherein employees are receptive to diverse ideas, perspectives, and talents to help solve our toughest customer challenges: to develop and maintain some of the most technically sophisticated products, programs, and services in the world.

Our Values. The women and men of Northrop Grumman Corporation are guided by Our Values. They describe our company as we want it to be. We want our decisions and actions to demonstrate these Values. We believe that putting Our Values into practice creates long-term benefits for shareholders, customers, employees, suppliers, and the communities we serve.

Our Responsibility. At Northrop Grumman, we are committed to maintaining the highest ethical standards, embracing diversity and inclusion, protecting the environment, and striving to be an ideal corporate citizen in the community and in the world.

Primary Level Salary Range: $153,800.00 - $230,800.00

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.