Sentinel MS&A Systems Engineering Manager 2 - 20464

Northrop Grumman; Roy (UT); On-site; USD 139,000 - 209,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

401k

Educational Assistance

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Employee Discounts

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems in Roy, UT seeks a Systems Engineering Manager 2 for Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis. The role spans ~20% Functional Homeroom mentorship and ~80% technical work within the AVE MS&A team, reporting to the SDS Systems Engineering Department Manager.

You will lead a section of 8–12 engineers, drive schedules, coordinate with internal and external stakeholders, and ensure high-quality missile flight models and simulations meet timelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in STEM with 8 years of related experience; 6 years with a master’s degree.
• US Citizen with active U.S. Government Secret security clearance at time of application.
• Ability to obtain and maintain SAP approval as required by the business.
• Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis experience.
• Experience with MATLAB, Python, C++, or similar languages.
• Technical writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide project and technical oversight for activities performed by the group.
• Own and direct the processes used by the group.
• Interact with senior internal and external personnel on significant technical matters.
• Horizontal integration of work across the organization and baselines.
• Maintain configuration management of environment and performance models for missile flight.
• Track progress towards major milestones and report status.

Skills

MATLAB

Python

C++

Modeling & Simulation

Technical writing

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in STEM

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% 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.

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Systems Engineering Manager 2 – Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis. This position is located in Roy, UT and supports the AVE Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis (AVE MS&A) Horizontal Integration team responsible for AVE performance and flight assessment. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

What You’ll Get To Do:

As a Section Manager you will be expected to spend roughly 20% of your effort on Functional Homeroom (FHR) responsibilities, with the other 80% of your efforts focused on your technical assignment within the AVE MS&A team. The selected candidate will be responsible for a Systems Engineering discipline Section within the SDS Systems Engineering organization and will report directly to an SDS Systems Engineering Department Manager. As part of the 20% FHR duties you will provide career mentorship and operational support to a Functional Home Room (FHR) team (Section) of between 8 and 12 Individual Contributors (ICs) based on Engineering goals, objectives, and company policy. Key FHR responsibilities will be personnel performance management, process familiarization and training for Section members, as well as staffing of roles on projects.

As an integral part of our AVE MS&A Horizontal Integration team, the 80% technical work will focus on driving operational and technical efforts and initiatives across the AVE MS&A team to ensure work products are of acceptable quality and meet expected timelines.

Responsibilities include:

• Provide project and technical oversight for activities performed by the group.
• Provide ownership of and direction to the processes used by the group.
• Interact with senior internal and external personnel on significant technical matters requiring coordination between organizations to ensure successful task completion and customer satisfaction.
• Horizontal integration of work efforts across the organization; maintaining cognizance over technical activities; and ensuring execution of project statement of work and baselines.
• Maintaining configuration management of environment and performance models relevant to missile flight
• Tracking and reporting progress towards major milestone events
• Develop, maintain, and logically sequence schedule within the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS)
• Actively reach out to functional leads, engineers, and sub-contractors to gather inputs, align schedules, and resolve issues
• Estimate personnel resources required to execute program scope
• Track and report cost and schedule status

Position Benefits:

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

You’ll Bring These Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) with 8 years of related experience; 6 years of related experience with a master’s degree.
• Must be a US Citizen with an active U.S. Government Secret security clearance at time of application with an investigation completed within the last 6 years
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need
• Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis experience
• Experience with MATLAB, Python, C++, or similar programming languages
• Technical writing skills

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:

• Previous experience in project management and/or control account management
• Active Earned Value Management qualification/certification
• Active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance at time of application with an investigation completed within the last 6 years.
• Experience leading junior engineers to achieve technical objectives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a customer focused mindset.
• Experience with missile modeling and trajectory simulation
• Broad technical experiences in mechanical/aerospace engineering of missiles/launch vehicles
• Experience with Modeling & Simulation (M&S) verification and validation (MIL-STD 3022)
• Experience with physical testing, instrumentation, Design of Experiments

Primary Level Salary Range: $139,100.00 - $208,700.00

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.