Launch Equipment Systems Manager — Senior Infra Engineer

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 161,000 - 242,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

401k plan

Educational assistance

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance programs

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems seeks a Launch Equipment Systems Engineering Manager in Manhattan Beach, CA, to lead a 12-person team across domains. The role combines technical execution with functional responsibilities and interface work with customers and suppliers.

You will guide critical design reviews, shape priorities, and ensure disciplined requirements engineering while coordinating with multiple teams and leadership levels across the Sentinel program.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in STEM and 8+ years experience or Master's degree and 6+ years experience.
• Active U.S. Government Secret security clearance with ability to obtain SAP.
• 1+ year of experience developing requirements or verification using DOORS and/or Cameo.
• Minimum 1 year of demonstrated leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Systems Engineering Capabilities activities for the Command & Launch Infrastructure Launch Equipment team.
• Coordinate with multiple engineering teams and organizations vertically and horizontally.
• Coordinate with customer and supplier engineering teams.
• Coordinate Incremental Functional Capability activities to shape team priorities.
• Lead Subject Matter Experts coordinating with specialty engineering teams.
• Organize and lead execution of multiple Critical Design Review events.

Skills

Leadership

Team coordination

Communication

Problem solving

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree

Tools

DOORS

Cameo

Job description

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems seeks a Launch Equipment Systems Engineering Manager in Manhattan Beach, CA, to lead a 12-person team across domains. The role combines technical execution with functional responsibilities and interface work with customers and suppliers.

You will guide critical design reviews, shape priorities, and ensure disciplined requirements engineering while coordinating with multiple teams and leadership levels across the Sentinel program.