Sentinel Manager Software Engineering 3 - 20125

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 167,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision

401k

Educational Assistance

Life Insurance

PTO & Holidays

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a DS&A Portfolio Lead in its Roy, UT Innovation Center to manage a diverse portfolio of data engineering, data science, cyber engineering, and AI products.

The role focuses on delivering data-driven decision support tools, guiding a team of engineers, and ensuring alignment with DSP strategy while improving system performance and timeliness for executive customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree with 8 years related software or systems experience or MS with 6 years of related experience or and additional 4 years of relevant experience in lieu of degree
• Experience in program management: planning, risk management, and project performance addressing cost, schedule, and technical quality for large system development contracts
• Active U.S. Government Secret security clearance, with ability to obtain DoD Top Secret
• 5+ years leading cross-disciplinary technical teams; strong engineering leadership, problem solving, and requirements translation

Responsibilities

• Oversight of design, requirements management, verification, deployment, and sustainment of decision support systems and AI
• Day-to-day management of the DSS portfolio; ensure products meet program needs on time
• Mentor engineers and project managers; drive product design, delivery, and sustainment

Skills

Program management

Technical baseline development

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree with 8 years related software or systems experience or MS with 6 years of related experience

MS in STEM with related system development programs

Job description

Relocation Assistance

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the Time.

About Northrop Grumman

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 Defense Systems (NGDS) seeks a Manager Software Engineering 3 position as the Decision Support & Analytics (DS&A) Portfolio Manager in our Roy, UT Innovation Center location.

Reporting

The candidate will report to the Director, Data Solutions & Platforms (DSP) and will execute a large, diverse portfolio of data engineering, data science, cyber engineering, and artificial intelligence products that increase speed and accuracy in decision making.

Program Management Overview

What You Will Get To Do: Oversight of system design, requirements management, verification, deployment, and sustainment of decision support systems and AI; data processing and storage; and specialized interface development and implementation supporting executive-level customers. Day to Day program management of the DSS portfolio. Customer relationship management to ensure products meet program needs at the correct time.

DS&A Portfolio Lead

The DS&A Portfolio Lead will: Ensure DS&A products deliver and present data to system/tool end users in a useful manner that accelerate and improve accuracy in decision making. Oversee a team of engineers developing and sustaining multiple products designed to accelerate performance of the program. Guide the team in adherence to program systems engineering and development plans. Execute to product development plans tracking performance metrics such as earned value, Agile execution, risk and opportunity, and product team performance. Mentor junior engineers and project managers. Collaborate internally with other portfolio managers and externally with peer managers across the program. Drive excellence in engineering product design, delivery, and sustainment. Assist teams with functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.

Successful Candidate

The successful candidate will: Be responsible for monitoring and correcting portfolio programmatic activities Serve as the primary focal point for Decision Support Systems and AI-driven tools. Review, understand, and explain product execution metrics with DSP Leadership Provide advice on staffing, skill set management, and operations Interact directly with all team members, facilitate collaboration, and drive excellence in engineering and delivery Ensure products align with DSP Strategic Objectives and advise the Director, DSP on changes to strategy. Develop and administer budgets and performance standards for the DS&A Portfolio Refine operating procedures for DS&A product development and sustainment in line with DSP strategy.

Schedule and Relocation

This positions standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree with 8 years related software or systems experience or MS with 6 years of related experience or and additional 4 years of relevant experience in lieu of degree
• Experience in program management: planning, risk management, and project performance addressing cost, schedule, and technical quality for related Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) elements on a large system development-type contract
• Understanding of technical baseline development and management. Active U.S. Government Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with the ability to obtain a U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance
• 5+ years leading and managing cross-disciplinary technical teams Experienced in engineering leadership process and tailoring. High proficiency in technical problem-solving, including root cause analysis and solution development. MS in STEM with related system development programs. Experience building, deploying, and operating complex data processing, intelligence or space ground systems, or large scale AI products. Experience in software architecture, software systems engineering, AI, data science or engineering, security systems engineering, or systems integration. Experience eliciting needs from customers and translating those needs into development requirements

Salary

Primary Level Salary Range: $166,700.00 - $250,100.00 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.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
• 401k
• Educational Assistance
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
• Paid Time Off
• Health & Wellness Resources
• Employee Discounts
• health insurance coverage
• life and disability insurance
• savings plan
• Company paid holidays
• paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

Application Period

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.

Eligibility

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

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.

Diversity and Inclusion

We are a pioneering company. With careers across all areas: air, cyber, land, sea and space – our 90,000 employees work as one to defend and define the future. Northrop Grumman careers and internships are as varied as your interests, with a lifetime of potential that will give you every opportunity to do your best work. Working together with people from many backgrounds, personal passions and disciplines, we share a drive to push the boundaries of science, technology and engineering to meet the ever evolving needs of our customers worldwide.