Relocation assistance may be available. Clearance required for start: Yes. Clearance type: Secret. Travel: Yes, 10% of the time.
This position is located in Roy, UT or Colorado Springs, CO. The successful candidate will lead and manage a motivated team of senior design engineers within a matrixed functional organization, ensuring integration and collaboration across design teams. The Design and Analysis Configuration (DAC) team focuses on the management of the Sentinel EMD Weapon System product baseline and program-wide collaboration with Design, Manufacturing, Test, and Systems Engineering functions. The team develops and implements the Weapon System product effectivity scheme in Siemens Teamcenter across all development, test, qualification, and operational configurations. They also lead the development of novel Product Baseline management solutions in Siemens Teamcenter to enable the management and delivery of a complex Weapon System data product, serve as a lynchpin for program milestones, and manage the delivery of Technical Data Package Contract Data Requirement Lists (CDRLs).
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage a team of senior design engineers, providing performance feedback, training, mentoring, coaching, and career development.
- Ensure integration and collaboration across design teams and program milestones.
- Manage configuration maturation, product baseline processes, and the delivery of engineering data products.
- Provide technical experience and support for design authority and ingestion of supplier data products into the Sentinel Digital Environment.
- Manage technical data to meet program milestones, including risk and opportunity management.
- Provide mentoring and coaching on technical issues within areas of expertise.
- Perform risk analysis, trade studies, process improvement analysis, and cost estimates.
- Track completion of tasking and assignments, assist with workload balancing, collect metrics, and perform other project management functions.
- Collaborate with design process and governance teams and other engineering assignment managers/leads.
- Complete special projects from the Office of the Chief Engineering, SEIT Business Unit leadership, and Functional Homeroom Leadership.
- Support proposal work, technical reviews, program standup, audits, and special assignments.
- Support employee engagement, hiring, development, training, attraction, and retention of top talent.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university and 8 years of related experience, or Master’s Degree in a related discipline and 6 years of relevant experience.
- Active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with ability to obtain and maintain SAP approval.
- Experience in using ASME, SAE, EIA, and other engineering industry standards.
- Experience with mechanical and design engineering principles.
- Experience using 3D modeling (NX preferred).
- Experience with Product Lifecycle Management Tools (Teamcenter preferred).
- Experience in engineering baseline control, release process, and Build to Package development.
- Excellent interpersonal, written communication, and presentation skills.
- Able to work independently, function in a dynamic environment, and be flexible to changing direction.
- Experience supporting ICBM or other missile design and deployment programs or projects.
- Experience in an Agile environment and knowledge of JIRA.
- Experience leading performance of tasks on schedule, at cost, and achieving all requirements as either project lead, integrated program team or cost account manager.
- Experience interpreting and ensuring design compliance to industry and/or military standards and specifications.
- 2 years of experience in a people leadership role, or 4 years as a technical lead.
- Experience writing and defending technical position papers.
- Experience working with chief engineers and Integrated Product Teams.
- Demonstrated ability to delegate tasks and mentor junior engineers.
- Excellent 2-way communication skills (upward and downward).
- Ability to function in a dynamic and collaborative environment, and be flexible to changing direction.
Nice to Have
- Experience supporting Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) or other missile design and deployment programs.
- Experience in an Agile environment and knowledge/understanding of JIRA.
- Experience interpreting and ensuring design compliance to industry and/or military standards and specifications.
- Experience writing and defending technical position papers.
- Experience working with chief engineers and Integrated Product Teams.
Salary
Primary Level Salary Range: $115,000.00 - $181,600.00.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
- 401(k)
- Educational Assistance
- Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
- Paid Time Off
- Health & Wellness Resources
- Employee Discounts
This position’s 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.
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, visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO.
U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.