Manager Engineering 2

ngc; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman, a leader in aerospace and defense, seeks a Manager Engineering 2 for its Salt Lake City site. You will lead a Manufacturing Test Engineering team, drive test procedure development, and steer data-driven improvements across the factory.

The role requires strong leadership, budget and schedule oversight, and excellent written and verbal communication with cross-site collaboration. The ideal candidate brings 8+ years in engineering (or 6+ with a Master’s), manufacturing

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related STEM with 8 years of engineering experience; or Master’s degree with 6 years of engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage manufacturing Test Engineering support for the systems factory.
• Test procedures development and maintenance over manufacturing test operations.
• Continuing process improvement based on data driven metrics.
• Interface with and build relationships across organizations in Salt Lake City, Woodland Hills and other NGC sites.
• Organization representative to program office and external customer as needed.
• Supervise a team of engineers including but not limited to performance evaluations, goal setting, and developing a strategic vision for the team.

Skills

Leadership

Team coordination

Communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related STEM

Master’s degree in engineering

Tools

SAP

Automated test equipment

Database queries

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be availableCLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: NoCLEARANCE TYPE: SecretTRAVEL: 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.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS) sector is seeking a qualified candidate to join the engineering leadership team as a Manager Engineering 2 located in Salt Lake City, UT. To be successful, the manager must demonstrate a highly engaging leadership style, have excellent teamwork and collaboration skills, and excellent written and verbal communication skills.

What You'll Get to Do:

• Manage manufacturing Test Engineering support for the systems factory.
• Test procedures development and maintenance over manufacturing test operations.
• Continuing process improvement based on data driven metrics.
• Interface with and build relationships across organizations in Salt Lake City, Woodland Hills and other NGC sites.
• Organization representative to program office and external customer as needed.
• Supervise a team of engineers including but not limited to performance evaluations, goal setting, and developing a strategic vision for the team.

The ideal candidate must have good presentation skills with the ability to communicate written and verbally, demonstrate the ability to lead technical projects, including project scope management, budget, schedule, and overall execution.

Basic qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or directly related STEM discipline with 8 years of engineering experience; or Master’s degree with 6 years of engineering experience.
• Experience collaborating with teams and/project leadership.
• 2 or more years of experience with leading individuals or projects.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with database queries techniques.
• Experience with standard Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• SAP experience.
• People Management experience.
• Automated test experience both in terms of equipment design and test process implementation
• Experience in a high regulatory environment such DoD, FAA or FDA.
• Experience using data for decision making.