Senior Staff Internal Technical Trainer

Northrop Grumman; Oxnard (CA); On-site; USD 159,400 - 239,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman seeks a Senior Staff Internal Technical Trainer to support Deployables Structures & Mechanisms training. The role focuses on designing and delivering modules, onboarding, and ensuring consistency across programs, with coaching of area trainers.

Requirements include a STEM degree with substantial experience, strong presentation skills, and the ability to travel between Goleta and Oxnard sites. U.S. citizenship is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with 14 years relevant experience; OR 12 years relevant experience with a master’s degree; OR 10 years with a PhD
• Established experience in the development and delivery of training programs or courses
• Demonstrated ability to formally present technical solutions to senior leadership
• Technical expertise in design, test, or manufacture of spacecraft components
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills
• Strong critical thinking and logical reasoning skills with the ability to solve issues
• Strong MS Office knowledge, specifically with PowerPoint
• Ability to travel between the Goleta and Oxnard, CA facilities
• US Citizenship is required

Responsibilities

• Designs, schedules, delivers and tracks technical training
• Establishes training and education modules and ensure consistency in the delivery of technical training and on-boarding
• Provides train-the-trainer program and qualifies all area trainers for content delivery
• Partners with functional managers to develop training materials, and knowledge assessments, for area SOPs and coordinates knowledge assessment
• Utilizes training authoring and multimedia tools and software for assigned development projects
• Remain current in training and development research, learning theory, motivation theory, and new materials, methods, and techniques
• Provides technical leadership, direction and mentoring to other technical employees
• Acts as advisor to management, co-workers and customers on advanced technical research studies
• Works on unusually complex technical problems and provides solutions which are highly innovative and ingenious

Skills

Training design

Train-the-trainer

PowerPoint

Communication

Mentoring

Education

STEM degree

Master's degree (preferred)

PhD (preferred)

Tools

PowerPoint

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No

CLEARANCE TYPE: None

TRAVEL: Yes, 25% 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.

An organization within Northrop Grumman, Mission Enabling Products (MEP) is a leading designer, producer, and supplier of spacecraft components that power and enable satellites of all classes. Products include spacecraft panels, bus structures, precision optical structures, deployable structural systems and mechanisms, solar arrays, and antenna reflectors. Our products are on virtually every U.S. satellite built in the last 20 years.

Our Deployables Operating unit is seeking a Senior Staff Internal Technical Trainer to support technical training efforts for the Deployable Structures & Mechanisms portfolio of programs. This portfolio includes production programs of complex motorized composite structural elements that enable remote sensing and communication programs.

This position is 100% on-site and may be located at either our Goleta or Oxnard, CA sites.

Role And Responsibilities

• Designs, schedules, delivers and tracks technical training
• Establishes training and education modules and ensure consistency in the delivery of technical training and on-boarding
• Provides train-the-trainer program and qualifies all area trainers for content delivery
• Partners with functional managers to develop training materials, and knowledge assessments, for area standard operation procedures (SOP's) and coordinates knowledge assessment
• Utilizes training authoring and multimedia tools and software for assigned development projects
• Remain current in training and development research, learning theory, motivation theory, and new materials, methods, and techniques
• Provides technical leadership, direction and mentoring to other technical employees
• Acts as advisor to management, co-workers and customers on advanced technical research studies
• Works on unusually complex technical problems and provides solutions which are highly innovative and ingenious

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with 14 years relevant experience; OR 12 years relevant experience with a master’s degree; OR 10 years with a PhD
• Established experience in the development and delivery of training programs or courses
• Demonstrated ability to formally present technical solutions to senior leadership
• Technical expertise in design, test, or manufacture of space craft components
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills
• Strong critical thinking and logical reasoning skills with the ability to solve issues
• Strong MS Office knowledge, specifically with PowerPoint
• Ability to travel between the Goleta and Oxnard, CA facilities
• US Citizenship is required

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering
• Experience in the design, test, or manufacturing of deployable hardware

Primary Level Salary Range: $159,400.00 - $239,000.00

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.