Design Engineering Manager 1 - Goleta, United States - Northrop Grumman

Description

We are looking for a Design Engineering Manager 1 to support our Northrop Grumman facilities in Oxnard/Goleta CA. (% allocation varying throughout year based on site project goals/needs).The Northrop Grumman Space Systems, Payload and Ground Systems Division, Strategic Business Deployables Operating Unit specializes in deployable systems for spacecraft such as solar arrays, instrument booms, extendible support structures, and reflector boom antennas/deployable booms/masts.
As a key strategic member of the Northrop Grumman Space Components and Strategic Businesses-Deployables leadership team, the Design Engineering Manager 1 is responsible for leading tooling and ground support equipment design for manufacturing, shipping, and all test tooling (static, dynamic, thermal) at both Oxnard and Goleta sites. Engineering manager will also be responsible for the planning, standardizing, implementing and enhancing product design related to tooling, and processes and methods that support the value stream organization (VSO) and its objectives.
Through collaboration with Engineering product team leads and other functional managers, the Engineering Manager is responsible for resource management and prioritization to provide prompt response and situational resolutions to meet all VSO goals and objectives.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Accountable to the Space Components Director of Engineering Deployables operating unit for meeting the Engineering safety, quality, delivery and cost expectations of internal and external customers within entire product value streams. Ensures plans are developed and executed to meet internal and external customer requirements.
• Leads team focused on tooling and ground support equipment design for manufacturing, shipping, and all test tooling (static, dynamic, thermal)
• Subject matter expert on design tools, methods, and standards across value stream
• Deploy Tooling and Ground Support Equipment engineering resources to meet customer demands.
• Manage resources in collaboration with Engineering Manager
  • Owns Requisitions, Hiring, Recruiting, and Interaction with HR
  • Escalation, assignments
  • Reviews and employee development
  • Manage Direct Labor Yield (DLY)
  • Verification and validation of work completeness and accuracy (Quality & Consistency)
• Monitor program performance
  • SQDEC Daily Management
  • Escalation of technical, schedule, and financial issues
  • Lead and/or support peer reviews at product level
  • Track first pass yield and OTD
• Monitor Program execution and support of SDRL and SOW deliverables
  • Ensure PDR, CDR, TRR technical compliance
  • Drawing release plan
  • Approval and sign off of all drawings in product value stream
  • Tooling and GSE plan and coordination with tool design group, manufacturing engineer, and test engineers
  • Focus value stream lessons learned, best practices, and continuous improvement implementations
• Review and provide assessment for proposal Basis Of Estimates.
• Collaborates with Value Stream Owner (Site Operations Leader) for meeting the Engineering safety, quality, delivery and cost expectations of internal and external customers within entire product value streams. Ensures plans are developed and executed to meet internal and external customer requirements.
• Continuously improve Engineering Daily Management, process standards, tools and risk management. Create, maintain and improve standards for all engineering drawings, specifications and design for manufacturability.
• Ownership and accountability for effective hand-offs through all functional and process center areas.
• Collaborate and coordinate with Master Scheduling, Product Value Stream Managers and Business Support Functions (Program Managers, Finance, Contracts, HR, etc.), including proposal support, to achieve product and site goals via sharing of resources, tools, equipment, processes, etc.
• Provide Engineering leadership and owns employee development and mentoring.
• Establish and maintain metrics that provide real-time visibility to measure, monitor, and control process performance, including key inputs, outputs, and early warning event triggers.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree, with a minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience, or 3 years experience with a Master's Degree or years work experience in Aerospace.
• 3 years leadership experience in a management role or combined years as a technical design lead.
• Excellent communication skills - presentation, oral, written, and listening.
• Proven track record of managing direct reports of various disciplines and ability to lead multiple engineering disciplines to reach common goals and objectives.
• Ability to provide technical communication and coordination with senior leadership.
• Experience with budget and cost management. Ability to organize and manage multiple products/programs with the focus on delivering within cost and on schedule.
• Combination of industry knowledge, leadership skills, management expertise and in-depth knowledge of the design engineering process. Strong knowledge in engineering systems and processes such as CAD, PLM and GD&T.
• Detailed knowledge of mechanical design, structures, mechanisms, release and drive actuators, and material selection.
• Proven ability to perform problem solving and resolution using lean and continuous improvement tools and tactics to satisfy customer and business needs.
• Requires knowledge and experience with implementation and execution of process standards, systems, processes, and business tools focused on engineering and technical risk management identification and mitigation.
• Computer Aided Design Tools - Basic knowledge of computer aided design tools and systems (e.g., computer aided design/computer aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM), computer aided three dimensional interactive (NX), CREO, SolidWorks). Able to manipulate data sets, (e.g., compare NX to measurement data, create stereo lithography files).
• Ability to travel between the Oxnard, CA and Goleta, CA sites and travel to support customers.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance
• US Citizenship required

Preferred Qualifications:

• BS or MS in Engineering
• ASME GD&T Certification for ASME