Manager Innovation Engineering 3

Northrop Grumman; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 167,000 - 277,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance coverage

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Northrop Grumman seeks a mission-driven technical leader to establish and head the Mission Integration & Solution Engineering group. This Manager Innovation Engineering 3 role links complex operational needs with advanced engineering to identify unmet mission requirements and accelerate delivery of capabilities.

The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise, strong customer focus, and entrepreneurial leadership, guiding senior customers and multidisciplinary teams to translate concepts

Qualifications

• Active DoD Secret clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, CS or Systems Engineering with 8+ years of leadership.
• Proven success delivering technical solutions for complex systems.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and engaging senior customers.
• Ability to travel up to 75%.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discussions with customers and teams to translate needs into architectures and approaches.
• Engage government customers, identify needs, and ensure solutions address operational requirements.
• Establish and lead a high-performing mission integration and solution engineering capability.
• Identify opportunities to apply emerging technologies and modern engineering practices.
• Collaborate across programs to connect customer needs with capabilities and transition solutions to execution.

Skills

Active DoD Secret clearance

Engineering leadership

Systems engineering

Software leadership

Customer engagement

Cross-functional leadership

Technical communication

Travel up to 75%

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related technical discipline

Advanced technical degree or equivalent experience

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available
CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes
CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret
TRAVEL: Yes, 75% 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 is seeking an innovative, mission-driven technical leader to establish and lead the Mission Integration & Solution Engineering.

The Manager Innovation Engineering 3 role connects complex operational challenges with advanced engineering capabilities to identify unmet mission needs, collaboratively develop innovative technical solutions, and accelerate delivery of mission-relevant capabilities.

The ideal candidate combines exceptional technical depth, strong customer acumen, and entrepreneurial leadership. This individual must be equally comfortable engaging senior customers in collaborative technical problem-solving, developing solutions to complex engineering challenges, and leading multidisciplinary teams to translate concepts into executable initiatives. This position can be based onsite in Roy, UT or Huntsville, AL. This position can also support a full time teleworker.

Primary Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership & Solution Engineering: Lead collaborative technical discussions with customers and engineering teams, translating operational needs into viable technical concepts, architectures, and engineering approaches. Guide solutions from concept exploration through prototyping and transition to execution.
• Customer Engagement & Mission Integration: Build trusted relationships with government customers, military operators, and technical stakeholders. Identify emerging and unmet operational needs, integrate user feedback into engineering decisions, and ensure solutions address real-world operational requirements.
• Organizational Leadership: Establish and lead a high-performing mission integration and solution engineering capability. Develop effective technical practices, foster cross-functional collaboration, and recruit, mentor, and develop engineering talent.
• Innovation & Technology Integration: Identify opportunities to apply emerging technologies, advanced software, AI-enabled capabilities, and modern engineering practices to mission challenges. Champion rapid experimentation, iterative development, and practical innovation.
• Enterprise Collaboration: Partner across program and engineering organizations to connect customer needs with technical capabilities, promote knowledge sharing, and facilitate the transition of solutions into engineering execution.

Basic Qualifications

• Active DoD Secret clearance
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline, with progressively responsible technical and/or engineering leadership experience; minimum 8 years relevant experience
• Demonstrated success developing technical solutions for complex systems or mission-critical applications
• Demonstrated software engineering leadership experience and success
• Broad technical expertise in systems engineering, software-intensive systems, solution architecture, system integration or related disciplines
• Proven ability to engage senior technical customers, understand complex challenges, and collaboratively develop credible engineering solutions
• Experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams, engineering initiatives, or cross-functional development efforts
• Strong technical communications and interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with senior customers, engineers, program leadership, and operational stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, rapidly evolving environment and translate emerging needs into actionable engineering approaches
• Ability to travel up to 75%

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced technical degree or equivalent depth of relevant experience
• Experience leading customer-facing solution engineering, mission engineering, field engineering, or advanced technical integration capabilities
• Military operational experience or familiarity with operational experimentation, user-centered engineering, and Human Systems Integration
• Experience with rapid prototyping, iterative engineering, agile development, digital engineering, and emerging technology integration
• Knowledge of AI-enabled systems, autonomous capabilities, advanced software architectures, and commercial technologies relevant to defense applications
• Demonstrated success establishing new technical capabilities, developing innovative engineering practices, and scaling engineering initiatives

Primary Level Salary Range: $166,700.00 - $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.