RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be availableCLEARANCE TYPE: SecretTRAVEL: Yes, 10 of the TimeDescriptionAt Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact peoples lives around the world today, and for generations to come.
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Sentinel AVSI Flight Systems Engineering Section Manager S02 - 6088-1
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 peoples 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 nations 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, theyre making history.

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking to hire an AVSI Flight Systems Engineering Section Manager 2 to direct a systems engineering team within the Flight Systems Department of the Aerospace Vehicle and Systems Integration (AVSI) directorate. This position requires the candidate to be 100 on-site in Roy, Utah. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

What You’ll Get To Do:

The selected candidate will clearly demonstrate strong management skills and will have a good track record as a motivated leader, an effective communicator, and problem solver who is able to develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders. The candidate will demonstrate a commitment to ethics and integrity, and the capability to innovate while challenging traditional ways of doing business. Demonstrated abilities to build diverse and inclusive teams with high levels of engagement, including mentoring and coaching, are a must. The candidate will have an ability to operate in a team environment and collaborate across the directorate business areas as required to accomplish team and department goals.

This is a functional home room (FHR) manager position, involving balancing both the overall functional oversight and management of a Systems Engineering group (typically 8-12 engineers) while maintaining a technical baseline of performance on program work. The candidate will spend ~20 of their time on functional/organizational support and ~80 of their time on a mix of technical program work from current or future tasking.

Functional Homeroom Duties

• Provide people leadership for a Systems Engineering organization, to include performance management (including performance reviews), career development, staffing, and merit planning as part of the Strategic Deterrent Systems business unit Functional Homeroom

• Support employee development; employee inclusion, engagement, mentoring and career development; employee training and identification and training of skills required to execute programs

• Provide ownership of and direction of processes used in the functional group

• Support staffing and workload forecast; Recruiting, sourcing, onboarding, and performance management

• Support the Department Manager in requested tasking

Assignment Duties

• Dependent on program needs

Position Benefits:

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

  • Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

  • 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. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

You’ll Bring These Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) with 8 years of related experience, or 6 years of related experience with a Masters degree in STEM.

• Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope

• Must have 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

• Minimum 3 years of direct Systems Engineering experience (requirements, integration, architecture, and/or verification)

• Existing technical scope of work within Systems Engineering on the Sentinel Program

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:

• Strong verbal, written communication, and interpersonal skills

• Minimum 1 year experience leading engineering project or driving performance against schedule

• Solid understanding of the Systems Engineering lifecycle and philosophy

• 3+ years experience leading teams in a functional, programmatic or technical capacity.

• Knowledge of mechanical/electrical design principles

• Knowledge of requirements derivation and verification processes

• Knowledge of modeling, simulation, and analysis processes

• Knowledge of systems integration methods and documentation

• Knowledge of systems architecture theory and models

• Experience with Cameo

• Experience with DOORs

• 3 years of experience with ICBM Weapon System

• Experience using Siemens NX CAD Tool

• Active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance

• Active Sentinel Program SAP

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 candidates experience, education, skills and current spanet 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.

Company Details
Northrop Grumman
2980 Fairview Park Drive
Falls Church, Virginia 20171 USA
www.northropgrumman.com/careers
1780 Open Jobs Available
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Job Info
Location
Roy, Utah, United States
Type
Permanent
Company Details
Northrop Grumman
2980 Fairview Park Drive
Falls Church, Virginia 20171 USA
www.northropgrumman.com/careers
1780 Open Jobs Available
Northrop Grumman is a leading global aerospace and defense technology company. Our pioneering solutions equip our customers with the capabilities they need to connect and protect the world and push the boundaries of human exploration across the universe....

Benefits:
We’re committed to supporting our employees in all aspects of life, both on and off the job. Our benefits extend to you and your family, offering comprehensive health coverage, flexible work options, back-up child and elder care programs and more. Explore Total Rewards

RECRUITMENT FRAUD AND SAFETY CONTENT

Recruitment Fraud and Safety

Recruitment fraud is an illegal scam that exploits job seekers into providing personal information or money for fraudulent ‘job opportunities’ on career websites. This kind of fraud is usually done through unsolicited emails and text messages, or through fake websites and social media accounts posing as a company. Northrop Grumman recruiters will never:

Request payment for applications or interviews.
Offer resume coaching or training for technical assessments.
Extend a job offer without conducting an interview.
Send communication from unofficial email domains (e.g. Yahoo, Gmail, etc.).

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