Engineering Manager - California, United States - Northrop Grumman

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 currently seeking an

Engineering Manager - Systems

to join Advanced Weapons to develop complex, next generation, state of the art weapon systems.

The Engineering Manager serves as the lead for all engineering support assigned to a program, providing communications to/from program management, manufacturing, operations, customers, and all engineering Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) that belong to that project.

Role Description & Responsibilities:
The Engineering Manager will support the program manager (PM) as follows:

Be responsible, working with the Chief Engineer, for program technical quality and performance.

Working with IPT leads to make sure program cost and schedule are on track.

Coordinating with PM to help develop the program work breakdown structure, integrated master plan, and integrated master schedule.

Be responsible for providing organization and guidance towards:

engineering resources assigned to the program.

the engineering environment, as specified by the needs of the engineering teams, to meet

program objectives - labs, tools, resources (e.g. workstations)

the Technical Review Plan (all engineering work products required on a program, typically

captured in a SEMP or SWDP)

Providing Configuration Management oversight.

Providing product/subsystems design oversight.

Managing the preparations, timeliness, and completion of subsystem and lower technical reviews prior to (internal or customer) PDR and CDR.

Be the interface to subcontracts management.

Collecting and providing required data for Sector program review reporting on engineering performance including metrics.

Supporting the transition of the system to the Manufacturing Operations

Working with engineering functional management to ensure that standardized tools and processes are utilized and applied, as applicable to contract scope.

Tracking and managing program resources to ensure required engineering support is properly maintained, in accordance with program plans and WBS implementation, in conjunction with the PM team or any other sector requirements, to meet program needs.

Ensuring that change management and scope management is controlled, communicated, and is consistent with contractual requirements.


Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) with 14 years of related engineering experience; or a Master's degree in STEM with 12 years of related engineering experience, or a PhD in STEM with 9 years of related engineering experience.

Must have an active DoD Secret or higher clearance.


Preferred Qualifications:
Familiarity with the AARGM, SW2 and GP Redesign programs.

Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills.


Salary Range:
$165,000 - $247,600

Employees may be eligible for 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.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit . U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.

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