Hardware Engineering Manager 3

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 184,300 - 276,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Discretionary bonus

Long-term incentives

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems seeks a senior leader to guide a large engineering and admin team across programs and NCTA. You will shape staffing, budgets and career development while driving process improvements under strict cost and schedule constraints.

The role leverages CAM experience within defense or equivalent environments, with responsibility for end-to-end program performance across life cycles and cross-functional collaboration to deliver quality results.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in relevant engineering or sciences field with 12 years of experience, or MS degree with 10 years of experience.
• Minimum of 3 years experience in a management role in a functional engineering organization or on a project with demonstrated success.
• Previous experience in a technical lead role(s) for product development.
• Experience as a Cost Account Manager (CAM) in the Defense industry or equivalent commercial experience with program or project management duties, including operating under cost and schedule constraints.
• Demonstrated success in leading, collaborating and developing cross-functional teams of varying degrees of skillsets.
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with all levels of management and individual contributors.
• Proficiency in computer use and typical office applications, and working knowledge of TcE, ISE, MPLM and SAP.
• Working familiarity with ISO 9001, AS9100 and CMMI.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a minimum of a Secret Clearance with additional customer-specified clearance prior to start.

Responsibilities

• Lead a management and technical staff of approximately 80 engineers and administrative staff.
• Manage team assignments across programs and NCTA.
• Maintain and react to future staffing projections.
• Manage staff and administration.
• Manage department budget support of utilization targets.
• Mentor and provide career development, including training.
• Continuous process improvement.
• Support a variety of programs in different life cycle stages.
• Monitor program performance and support with emphasis on execution within scope, budget and schedule constraints.
• Ensure and monitor quality work products.
• Maintain and enforce engineering processes.
• Manage program tasks and lead teams.
• Optimize and expedite smooth transfer of design data between functional organizations and database systems.
• Support new business capture.
• Responsible for creation, review and approval of project bids.
• Define and maintain technology vision/roadmap.
• Develop NCTA project definition.
• Provide thought leadership toward business model innovations.

Skills

Staff leadership

Cost management

Cross-functional teamwork

Communication skills

Defense industry experience

SAP proficiency

Process improvement

Program/project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or sciences

MS degree in relevant field

Tools

SAP

TcE

ISE

MPLM

Job description

Relocation Assistance

• Relocation assistance may be available.

Clearance and Travel

• Clearance required for start: Yes.
• Clearance type: SAP.
• Travel: Yes, 10% of the time.

Company Overview

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.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission‑enabling solutions for global security. The Engineering and Sciences organization pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills and innovative technologies to develop, design, produce, and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter.

Responsibilities

Team Leadership and Management

• Lead a management and technical staff of approximately 80 engineers and administrative staff.
• Manage team assignments across programs and NCTA.
• Maintain and react to future staffing projections.
• Manage staff and administration.
• Manage department budget support of utilization targets.
• Mentor and provide career development, including training.
• Continuous process improvement.

Team Technical Performance

• Support a variety of programs in different life cycle stages.
• Monitor program performance and support with emphasis on execution within scope, budget and schedule constraints.
• Ensure and monitor quality work products.
• Maintain and enforce engineering processes.
• Manage program tasks and lead teams.
• Optimize and expedite smooth transfer of design data between functional organizations and database systems.

Planning for the Future

• Support new business capture.
• Responsible for creation, review and approval of project bids.
• Define and maintain technology vision/roadmap.
• Develop NCTA project definition.
• Provide thought leadership toward business model innovations.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in relevant engineering or sciences field with 12 years of experience, or MS degree with 10 years of experience.
• Minimum of 3 years experience in a management role in a functional engineering organization or on a project with demonstrated success.
• Previous experience in a technical lead role(s) for product development.
• Experience as a Cost Account Manager (CAM) in the Defense industry or equivalent commercial experience with program or project management duties, including operating under cost and schedule constraints.
• Demonstrated success in leading, collaborating and developing cross‑functional teams of varying degrees of skillsets.
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with all levels of management and individual contributors.
• Proficiency in computer use and typical office applications, and working knowledge of TcE, ISE, MPLM and SAP.
• Working familiarity with ISO 9001, AS9100 and CMMI.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a minimum of a Secret Clearance with additional customer‑specified clearance prior to start.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a relevant technical area.
• Working familiarity with printed wiring board design.
• Working knowledge of drawing and document release requirements.
• Cost Account Management (CAM) certification.
• Proven record of collaboration across organizations and geographical locations.

Salary Range

Primary Level Salary Range: $184,300.00 - $276,500.00 (general guideline; factors may influence final offer).

Benefits

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. Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, discretionary bonus, and long‑term incentives for VP/Director positions.

Application Period

Estimated 20 days from posting date, may vary.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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. U.S. citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance.