Sentinel - Engineering Manager 2 (18536)

Segment (Twilio); Manhattan Beach (CA); On-site; USD 146,600 - 219,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

401(k)

Educational Assistance

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Li

Paid Time Off

Health & Wellness Resources

Employee Discounts

Job summary

Northrop Grumman in Manhattan Beach, CA, seeks an Engineering Manager 2 to support the Sentinel – Command Systems Hardware Design Integration team. This dual-hat role blends functional leadership with hands-on program support on the Sentinel program.

Candidates should hold a STEM degree with 6–8 years of experience, possess active DoD Secret clearance, and demonstrate strong leadership, communications, and analytic skills to guide a diverse team of analysts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline and 8 years of experience.
• Must have an active DoD Secret or higher clearance with recent background investigation.
• Ability to obtain Special Access Program (SAP) approval in a reasonable time.
• Proven technical leadership/management experience.
• Experience writing and presenting technical content.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Understanding of engineering analysis principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead program leadership to assess issues and drive productivity, quality, and schedule goals.
• Support earned value tracking and reporting.
• Coordinate tasking within the group.
• Participate in technical reviews and ensure quality of analysis work products.
• Grow and manage a diverse team of analysts.
• Interface with internal and external customers.
• Contribute to ROM development and Basis of Estimates as needed.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Organizational skills

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor of Science in STEM

Master’s degree

Tools

Python

MATLAB

VBA

JIRA

TeamCenter CPLM

Job description

Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available.

Clearance Required: Yes.

Clearance Type: Secret.

Travel: Yes, 10% of the time.

Overview

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 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.

Position

Engineering Manager 2. This position is located in Manhattan Beach, CA and supports the Sentinel Program. It is a dual-hat position requiring functional management activities as well as program responsibilities. Functional Homeroom responsibilities comprise up to 20% of the candidate’s time while 80% of your efforts will focus on technical program support under the Sentinel – Command Systems (CS) Hardware Design Integration team.

Responsibilities

• Work with program leadership to assess issues and develop solutions to meet productivity, quality, and program cost/schedule objectives as well as develop and maintain metrics for monitoring the team’s progress.
• Support earn value tracking and reporting.
• Control and assign tasking within the group.
• Participate in technical reviews and ensure quality and applicability of analysis work products.
• Grow, develop, and manage a diverse team of analysts.
• Interface with internal and external customers.
• Participate in ROM development, Basis of Estimates, etc., as needed.

Benefits

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage.
• 401(k).
• Educational Assistance.
• Life Insurance.
• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions.
• Paid Time Off.
• Health & Wellness Resources.
• Employee Discounts.

The position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80 schedule, allowing employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline and 8 years of experience; or Master’s degree with 6 years of experience.
• Must have an active DoD Secret or higher clearance (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled in Continuous Evaluation).
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable time.
• Experience in technical leadership/management role.
• Experience in writing and presenting technical content.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Basic understanding of and experience with engineering analysis principles.

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with Abaqus, Ansys, FEMAP, MATHCAD, Capital or equivalents.
• At least 1 year leading a project and/or driving performance against schedule.
• Experience with one or more of the following languages: VBA, Python, MATLAB.
• Strong experience leading teams and training others.
• Experience with individual contributor performance assessments.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills.
• Operates independently with limited to no supervision.
• Experience developing and implementing analytic methods to support test, validation, and qualification.
• TeamCenter CPLM experience.
• Experience in performing in an Agile environment and knowledge of JIRA.

Salary

Primary Level Salary Range: $146,600.00 - $219,800.00. This range is a guideline; actual base salary may vary based on scope, responsibilities, experience, education, skills, and market conditions. Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, discretionary bonus, Long Term Incentives, and additional benefits such as health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off for vacation or personal business.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.