Hardware Engineering Discipline Lead - Manager

Northrop Grumman; Linthicum (MD); On-site; USD 168,000 - 263,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems seeks a Manager Hardware Engineering 3 (Discipline Execution lead) to drive common hardware engineering practices across sites. The role requires leading a geographically distributed team, partnering with engineering disciplines, and delivering on cost, schedule, and quality goals.

The position supports engineering transformation initiatives, audits, and long-term strategy with travel up to 25%.

Qualifications

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Responsibilities

• Lead the Discipline Execution team for Hardware Engineering across sites to drive commonality and performance.
• Define and implement standards, tools, templates, and training to improve execution across sectors.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, supply chain, program management and other functions to enable competitive hardware design and production.
• Coordinate audits, independent reviews, and corrective actions with cross-functional teams.
• Travel up to 25% to support distributed teams and program milestones.

Skills

Leadership

Hardware engineering

Systems engineering

Cross-functional collaboration

Program management

Technical communication

Cost/schedule performance

Education

Bachelor's Degree in STEM

Master’s Degree in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

ISO 9001

AS9100

CMMI

Job description

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems seeks a Manager Hardware Engineering 3 (Discipline Execution lead) to drive common hardware engineering practices across sites. The role requires leading a geographically distributed team, partnering with engineering disciplines, and delivering on cost, schedule, and quality goals.

The position supports engineering transformation initiatives, audits, and long-term strategy with travel up to 25%.