SMC2 Manager Systems Engineering 3

Northrop Grumman; Bellevue (NE); On-site; USD 178,000 - 258,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Functional Engineering Department Manager to lead a dynamic team in the Command and Control & Weapons Integration Division. This role involves driving engineering excellence, managing multi-disciplinary teams, and ensuring successful program execution. The ideal candidate will have a robust background in technical oversight, budget management, and workforce development. Join a company renowned for its innovative spirit and commitment to excellence, where your contributions will not only shape the future of technology but also make a meaningful impact on society. If you are ready to take on a leadership role in a collaborative environment, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Paid Time Off

Company Paid Holidays

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of technical oversight for engineering teams.
• Experience in managing organizational budgets and large teams.

Responsibilities

• Oversee engineering execution on programs and initiatives.
• Conduct engineering reviews and manage staffing assignments.

Skills

Technical Oversight

Budget Management

Engineering Management

Risk Identification

Workforce Management

Education

BS in STEM

MS in Systems Engineering

Tools

WLF

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

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’s Command and Control & Weapons Integration (CWI) Division delivers innovative and advanced Command and Control (C2) capabilities, full life-cycle platform and mission systems modernization, to maximize weapon systems effectiveness through its Weapons Integration & Mission Solutions (WIMS) and Global Command and Control Solutions (GC2S) Business Unit (BU). Within the GC2S BU, the Strategic & Mobile C2 (SMC2) Operating Unit (OU) provides solutions for tactical mobile C2, global situational awareness, joint and offensive fires, and strategic nuclear C2 and C3 capabilities. Northrop Grumman is seeking a Functional Engineering Department Manager for the SMC2 OU.

The selected candidate will report direct to the GC2S Engineering Director and will be part of the GC2S Engineering Leadership team. This position will have functional responsibility to grow and develop the SMC2 engineering staff and collaborate with their SMC2 OU functional counterparts to drive and ensure successful program, IRAD, Capture and Proposal execution. The primary place(s) of performance for this position will be in Bellevue, NE, Huntsville, AL, Newport News, VA, and Space Park, CA.

Roles and Responsibilities:

1. Accountable for engineering execution on programs and NCTA-funded efforts, to include support for solving execution concerns, establishing engineering foundations and technical baseline management, and supporting engineering reviews, such as BOE, startup, proposal color team, SAARRs and independent reviews.
2. Supports the BU Engineering Director for implementing common processes, tools and predictive metrics aligned to sector, division and site-specific PrOP.
3. Accountable for engineering management oversight, to include implementation of common processes, tools and predictive metrics aligned to sector, division and site-specific PrOP.
4. Responsible for conducting OU-level engineering reviews, IAW C101, reviewing proposal BOEs requiring OU-level approval, SPW capture and DPW capture that originate from within the SMC2 OU.
5. Responsible for confirming technical solutions for all proposal originating from the SMC2 OU, to ensure the solution is architected IAW NG policies and guidance, uses enterprise solutions appropriately and conforms to applicable industry standards and best practices.
6. Advocates, champions and leads Engineering Focus Area Priorities and Initiatives across all disciplines of engineering, both within and across programs.
7. Accountable for assigning qualified engineer on programs and NCTA activities including proposals, RCCAs, RTG activities, startup reviews, color review teams, SAARR, and overall fulfillment of staffing demand as identified by program demand planning POCs.
8. Accountable for monitoring staffing assignment end dates with sufficient time to redeploy employees to their next assignment without gaps in direct charge coverage.
9. Accountable for ensuring Functional Managers on-board new hires and providing forecast demand for staffing needs and reporting progress towards targeted goals.
10. Responsible for assessing staff and determining focus areas to address monthly promo/equity/reclass cycles to synchronize with division.
11. Responsible for maintaining technical talent plan and succession plan for key roles and critical skills.
12. Responsible to develop staff to ensure quality program execution and prepare for future execution.
13. Responsible for executing performance management duties that, e.g., working with the employees to ensure their success, one-on-one engagement meetings, assisting with goal development, working, helping to ensure employees have engaging assignments, etc.
14. Responsible for managing indirect labor budgets and other indirect controllable costs to assigned targets.
15. Accountable for ensuring FMs and individual contributors’ compliance with time recording policy including daily time recording and approving by deadline.
16. Responsible for ensuring all functional managers work collectively to create the CWI culture that makes the division the employer of choice and reinforces the culture of belonging.
17. Accountable for proactively conducting discussions to gauge employee’s needs to retain within the company and acting on needs to retain employees and sharing with counterparts and upper management.

Basic Qualifications:

To be considered for this position, the applicant must minimally meet the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed below:

1. BS in a STEM degree or relevant technical experience.
2. 5-10 years’ experience providing technical oversight to multi-disciplinary engineering teams for successful Program, IRAD, Capture and/or Proposal execution.
3. 5-10 years’ experience forecasting, and managing organizational budgets.
4. 5-10 years’ experience functionally managing large organizations (i.e. >100).
5. 5-10 years’ experience implementing organization initiatives to achieve organizational objectives and priorities.
6. 5-10 years’ experience performing engineering reviews to identify technical risks and opportunities.
7. Position requires a current Secret Clearance and ability to maintain a Secret Clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

Candidates with these desired skills will be given preferential consideration:

1. MS in Systems Engineering and Systems Architecture.
2. 7-10 years’ experience with workforce management activities, to include utilizing tools, such as WLF, to track, forecast, monitor and redeploying staff.
3. 10-15 years’ experience with Engineering Management & Oversight, to include conducting engineering reviews, reviewing BOEs, and confirming technical solutions for proposals.
4. 5-10 years’ program execution experience identifying and mitigating technical risks and realizing opportunities.
5. 5-10 years’ performing as a technical lead on DPW or SPW pursuits/proposals.

Salary Range: $178,500.00 - $257,700.00

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.