CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10 of the TimeDescription

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 is seeking a  Lab Operations Manager 2. This position will be located in Roy, Utah and will support the Sentinel program.

This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

The Lab Operations Manager is responsible for managing the design, development, and implementation of new lab capabilities, in addition to the planning, operations and maintenance of the Sentinel Command and Launch Systems Integration Lab (CSIL). This will include leading a team of Test Directors, System Administrators, and Technicians. The position requires technical knowledge of various systems, design, development, implementation, and testing with a strong foundation in laboratory integration and test.

The selected candidate must act with speed, guide others in producing quality work, be self-motivated, and have the ability to communicate complex technical issues and solutions. A successful track record of program performance, and test experience is required.

What You’ll Get To Do:

• Manage and oversee lab operations teams

• Manage the development, preparation and execution of lab stand-up and operations to support comprehensive tests and schedules for completing segment-level testing

• Synthesize customer contractual needs and requirements into lab architecture solutions that acknowledges technical, schedule and cost constraints

• Coordinate integration and testing activities working in a dynamic people-focused environment

• Responsible for development of lab schedules and lab operations budgets, lab process compliance and integration of hardware / software units

• Coordinate with support homerooms and provide timely resource forecasts to ensure proper staffing is in place to execute the SOW

• Manage cost, schedule, and technical performance of lab capital projects as well as providing inputs to yearly capital plans and long-range strategic planning

• Drive lab technical and process rigor, ensure compliance to meet program, division, company requirements

• Maintain accurate and comprehensive lab and lab network configurations

• Track leading indicator technical metrics to detect and prevent issues

• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure lab requirements are aligned with product / test team needs

• Ensure lab assets and tools are available to meet test requirements for formal testing

• Ensure and oversee lab access and cybersecurity compliance.

• Continually coordinate lab status and issues and solutions in collaboration with the CS Hardware IPT labs.

• Continually seek to improve lab integration & test engineering rigor and efficiency

• Ensure CRs are properly reviewed for Lab cost & schedule impacts

• Support proposal activities

As Functional Manager, duties include:

• Facilitate and execute the performance management cycle for your direct reports. This includes setting goals, mid- and end-of-year reviews as well as performance evaluations and compensation discussions.

• Promote the professional development of the test engineering homeroom workforce and foster a collaborative culture that sustains the momentum around employee engagement and inclusion, affordability, innovation, and continuous improvement.

• Ensure accurate time charging and timecard approvals.

• Conflict resolution, managing performance issues and improvement plans

Position Benefits

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, 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 and 8 years of related experience; Masters degree and 6 years of related experience or an additional 4 years of related experience 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

• Ability to obtain a DoD Top Secret security clearance

• Demonstrated experience in Systems Integration Lab design, development and operations to include lab network administration as well test planning & test execution

• Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 certification at IAT Level II or higher (Security+, GSEC, SCNP, SSCP, CISSP, CISA, GSE, SCNA)

• Experience leading a project or driving performance against a schedule

• Experience integrating hardware and software components in a lab / ground test environment

• Familiarity with lab electrical / network designs​

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:

• U.S. Citizenship with an active DoD Top Secret security clearance (investigated within the past 5 years)

• Prior management experience

• Demonstrated knowledge of systems engineering, test and lab operations principles and processes

• Posses DoD 8570 certification at IAT Level II or higher (Security+, GSEC, SCNP, SSCP, CISSP, CISA, GSE, SCNA)

• Demonstrated ability working with cross-functional teams and customers

• Experience executing in an AGILE environment

• Knowledge of Model Based System Engineering with an understanding of DODAF and SysML

• Experience in Test automation (development and execution)

• Demonstrated knowledge and use of instrumentation and data acquisition type systems

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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 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.