Manager Innovation Engineering 3

Northrop Grumman; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman seeks 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 and accelerate delivery of mission-relevant capabilities.

The ideal candidate combines exceptional technical depth, strong customer acumen, and entrepreneurial leadership.

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%.

Responsibilities

• Lead collaborative technical discussions with customers and engineering teams, translating operational needs into viable technical concepts, architectures, and engineering approaches.
• Build trusted relationships with government customers, military operators, and technical stakeholders; identify needs and ensure solutions address real-world operational requirements.
• Establish and lead a high‑performance mission integration and solution engineering capability; develop practices, foster collaboration, and recruit/mentor engineering talent.
• Identify opportunities to apply emerging technologies and modern engineering practices to mission challenges; champion rapid experimentation and practical innovation.
• Partner across program and engineering organizations to connect customer needs with technical capabilities, and facilitate transition of solutions into execution.

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‑performance 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 i