Sentinel - Test Engineering Manager 2 - 20163

Northrop Grumman; Roy (UT); On-site; USD 127,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

401k

Educational Assistance

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Programs & Work/L

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems in Roy, UT is seeking a Test Engineering Manager 2 to lead a Functional Home Room of 6–12 engineers and to drive technical work on the Sentinel program. You will provide mentorship, performance management, staffing, and metric tracking while coordinating with program leadership to meet schedule, cost, and quality objectives.

Relocation assistance may be available; U.S. DoD Secret clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering with 8+ years of related experience, or Master's with 6+ years.
• Active U.S. Government DoD Secret clearance required, within scope.
• Experience supporting development of test networks.

Responsibilities

• Lead a diverse team of network engineers and system admins.
• Develop and deploy a flight test network.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to capture requirements and implement capabilities.
• Interface with internal and external customers and leadership.
• Manage staffing, performance, and merit planning; track team metrics.

Skills

Security clearance required

Project leadership

Network development

Testing networks

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Master's degree

Job description

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 Test Engineering Manager 2. This position is located in Roy, UT and supports the Sentinel Program.

This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

The selected candidate will be responsible for a Test Engineering discipline Section within the SDS Test Engineering organization and will report directly to an SDS Test Engineering Department Manager. You will provide career mentorship and operational support to a Functional Home Room (FHR) team (Section) of between 6 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 a Section Manager you will be expected to spend roughly 20% of your effort on Functional Homeroom responsibilities with 80% of your efforts focused on a technical assignment on an SDS project or IPT (80% technical scope not a part of the requisition)

What You’ll Get To Do:

• Grow, develop, and manage a diverse team of network engineers, system administrators
• Develop and deploy a flight test network
• Coordinate with key stakeholders to ensure that requirements and capabilities are captured and implemented
• Interface with internal and external customers
• People leadership for a diverse engineering organizations, to include performance management, career development, staffing, and merit planning
• Working with program leadership to assess issues and developing resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and program cost/schedule objectives as well as developing and maintaining metrics for monitoring the team's progress
• Managing cost accounts associated with assigned statement of work

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

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

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.

You’ll Bring These Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree with 8 years of related work experience: or Masters and 6 years of related experience. An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with an 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
• Experience support the development of test networks

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:

• Active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance at time of application with an investigation completed within the last 6 years.
• At least 1 year leading a project and/or driving performance against schedule
• 3+ years’ experience leading project/program teams/efforts
• Familiarity with network development/deployment
• Subcontract/IWO management experience
• Experience managing teams across multiple states/locations
• Demonstrated ability to lead/manage a project including task development, scheduling, tracking, reporting status
• Proven capable of being organized, efficient, and handling multiple tasks while paying attention to detail
• Excellent written and oral communication as candidate will be expected to prepare briefings for leadership

Primary Level Salary Range: $126,600.00 - $189,800.00

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.

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the Time