Manager 3 - Electrical Design & Technology - Linthicum

Northrop Grumman; Linthicum (MD); On-site; USD 184,000 - 277,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman in Linthicum, MD seeks a leader for the Electrical Design & Technology department to guide a functionally diverse engineering team across RF, digital, and power design domains for space applications.

The role demands a dual emphasis on technical leadership and people management, with a track record of cross‑functional teamwork and effective communication with stakeholders. A top‑secret clearance is required, and the candidate will drive strategic objectives and design excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 12+ years of applicable experience or Master’s with 10+ years of experience.
• Current, active Top Secret Security clearance with ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance.
• Minimum of 3 years experience in a management role in a functional or program management capacity.
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills to communicate effectively at all levels.
• Proven ability to lead, collaborate, and develop cross-functional teams.
• Experience as a technical lead for product development and board design (digital/RF/power).

Responsibilities

• Lead a functional group of 60+ engineers including performance management and staffing.
• Provide project and technical oversight for department activities.
• Create and ensure application of department processes and guidelines.
• Develop proposal inputs and review content for internal/external customers.
• Collaborate with peer managers to ensure consistency across work groups.
• Support recruitment, technology roadmap, and internally funded projects.

Skills

Leadership

Program management

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical leadership

People development

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Tools

CAM certification

Design documentation

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top 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.

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

The Eastern Region Electronics & Payloads Space team is seeking a leader for the Electrical Design & Technology department to lead a functionally diverse engineering organization supporting Radio Frequency, Digital, and Power design products in Linthicum, MD.

We are seeking a leader that understands the legacy space design processes but seeks ways to move faster to delivery for our customers while balancing risk and maintaining high‑quality products. We have early success by prototyping and spiral development but we need to lean further forward toward early prototype demonstrations in space.

The leader we seek is a dual threat technical and people leader. The successful candidate will clearly demonstrate strong leadership skills and will have a track record as an effective communicator and problem solver. He/she has a history of establishing and maintaining good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders. This candidate will demonstrate a broad skill set that is balanced between interpersonal, business, and technical capabilities. He / she will have the ability to operate independently based on strategic objectives, work in a team environment, and collaborate across the organization, Division, and Sectors as required to accomplish team goals.

The role encompasses both people and project/technical leadership requiring strong program experience, design development experience, and ability to learn and adapt to changing situations. Roles and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Roles and Responsibilities

• Lead a functional group of 60+ engineers including performance management, career development, staffing, and strategic thrust implementation.
• Provide project and technical oversight for activities performed by the department
• Create, maintain and ensure application of processes and guidelines used in the department
• Develop proposal inputs and review proposal content for both internal and external customers
• Collaborate with peer managers to ensure consistency across multiple work groups
• Support department initiatives, recruiting, hiring, technology roadmap creation, cross-campus/sector involvement, and internally funded projects

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with 12 years of applicable experience or a Master’s degree with10 years of applicable experience.
• Current, active Top Secret Security clearance with the ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance level.
• Minimum of 3 years experience in a management role either in a functional or program management role
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• Must have strong organizational and interpersonal skills to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with all levels of management, individual contributors, and customers.
• Demonstrated success in leading, collaborating, and developing cross functional teams of varying degrees of skillsets.
• Experience as a technical lead role for product development
• Prior board design experience and familiarity with design documentation and processes for at least one of the following: Digital board Design, RF board design, or power board designs.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience testing, debugging, and integrating hardware.
• Experience with hardware configuration and impacts of changes to production hardware
• Cost Account Management (CAM) certification/training
• Active TS/SCI Security Clearance

Why Join Us?

You will play a critical role in shaping future space and defense technologies, while developing your leadership skills in a high‑growth, strategically important business. Bring your bold ideas, curiosity, and authenticity to a culture that values learning, diversity, and innovation.

Working at Northrop Grumman is more than just a paycheck. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards and benefits package designed to help you thrive at work and in life. For more information on our Total Rewards package, please visit our Total Rewards site.

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Primary Level Salary Range: $184,300.00 - $276,500.00

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.