Northrop Grumman Corporation

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 Defense Systems is seeking to hire a Systems Engineering Manager 2 to be located in Colorado Springs, CO.

What You Will Get To Do:

The selected candidate will demonstrate strong management skills and will have a 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. Key responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

• Own both technical and programmatic leadership for a team of ~10 FTE performing systems engineering functions to define and develop support equipment or training devices.
• Serve as a Work Package Lead (WPL), owning, cost, schedule, and earned value responsibilities for the work your team performs.
• Generate Operational Concept (OPSCON) documentation to identify and understand the activities and support equipment required to maintain the prime mission equipment within the weapon system
• Perform System Architecture modeling activities (Internal Block Diagram, Block Definition Diagram, maintain branch integrity, perform model merge integration)
• Develop and mature interface products (Interface Requirements Specification, Interface Design Description, Interface Control Model)
• Perform requirements and verification approach definition for 200+ pieces of support equipment
• Own all aspects of Employee performance management, mentorship, training, and career development (functional homeroom)

This leadership opening is in Colorado Springs, CO with up to 10% travel on occasion.

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 6+ years of related technical experience
• At least 1 year experience leading a project and/or driving performance against schedule
• 2+ years of experience with Systems Engineering Lifecycle, in any of the following systems engineering domains: requirements development, systems architecture, verification planning, and interface definition experience
• Must be a US Citizen with an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application with an investigation completed within the last 6 years
• Must have 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

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:

• Bachelor’s Degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) with 7+ years of related technical leadership experience or Master's Degree with 5+ years of related technical leadership experience
• At least 3+ years experience leading a project and/or driving performance against schedule with proven results
• Strong understanding of the SE process, including SE experience across multiple levels of integration. 3+ years of experience with Systems Engineering Lifecycle, including requirements development, systems architecture, verification planning, and interface definition experience
• 3+ years of experience using IBM DOORS, Cameo, CPLM and/or NX
• 1+ years of experience with Agile project management using Jira, Confluence, or equivalent tools

Additional experience with support equipment, sustainment activities, ICBM programs, and/or financial reporting using Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS).

Active DoD Top Secret Clearance with SAP, and/or SCI access

Salary Range: $142,200.00 - $213,400.00

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.