Sentinel - Engineering Manager 2 (18536)

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 146,600 - 219,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401k

Educational assistance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

0090 CORP-Corporate Office is seeking a qualified candidate for a technical leadership role in Manhattan Beach, CA, supporting the Sentinel Program. This position involves recruiting, training, and managing a team of analysts, alongside spearheading hardware analysis.

The ideal candidate will possess a Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field and an active DoD Secret clearance. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, as well as 401k and educational assistance.

Qualifications

• 8 years of experience or 6 years with a Master's.
• Active DoD Secret clearance.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead CS hardware analysis with a diverse team.
• Develop metrics for monitoring progress.
• Participate in technical reviews and quality assurance.

Skills

Technical leadership

Communication

Organizational skills

Engineering analysis principles

Python

Leadership

Education

Bachelor of Science in a STEM discipline

Master’s degree

Tools

Abaqus

Ansys

VBA

MATLAB

JIRA

Job description

Relocation assistance may be available. Clearance required for start: Yes. Clearance type: Secret. Travel: Yes, 10% of the time.

The position is located in Manhattan Beach, CA and supports the Sentinel Program. This dual‑hat role requires functional management and program responsibilities. Functional Homeroom (FHR) responsibilities comprise up to 20% of time while 80% of effort focuses on technical program support under the Sentinel – Command Systems (CS) Hardware Design Integration team.

Functional Homeroom Responsibilities

• Recruiting, staffing, and retaining talent.
• Performance management.
• Process familiarization and training for Section members.
• Provide career mentorship and operational support to a team of 10–15 ICs.

Technical Scope

• Lead CS hardware analysis, overseeing a diverse analysis team of structural, electrical, and thermal analysts.
• Report directly to the IPT Lead.

What You’ll Get To Do

• Work with program leadership to assess issues and develop solutions to meet productivity, quality, and program cost/schedule objectives.
• Develop and maintain metrics for monitoring the team's progress.
• Support earned 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.

Position Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401k.
• Educational assistance.
• Life insurance.
• Employee assistance programs and work/life solutions.
• Paid time off.
• Health and wellness resources.
• Employee discounts.

Standard work schedule is a 9/80 schedule: employees work a nine‑hour day Monday through Thursday and take every other Friday off.

Primary Level Salary Range: $146,600.00 – $219,800.00.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in a STEM discipline with 8 years of experience, or Master’s degree with 6 years of experience.
• Active DoD Secret clearance (or higher) completed within the last 6 years or current enrollment in Continuous Evaluation.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period.
• Experience in technical leadership/management role.
• Experience in writing and presenting technical content.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Basic understanding of engineering analysis principles.

Nice to Have Qualifications

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

U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

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