Systems Engineering Director 1 - Maryland, United States - Northrop Grumman Corp. (AU)

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 Mission Systems is seeking an Engineering Director to lead an Engineering & Sciences (E&S) organization that supports the Networked Information Systems (NIS) Division. This Director role is in the Cyber & Processing Engineering (C&PE) organization that largely supports the Sensing and Secure Solutions (S3) and Autonomous & Intelligence Solutions (A&IS) Operating Units within the Cyber & Information Solutions Business Unit. The team supporting S3 is located in Annapolis Junction, MD and San Antonio TX, and the team supporting A&IS is located in Fairfax/Chantilly, VA. The Director position can have an office in either the MD or VA locations. Regular travel between the MD and VA locations is expected. Occasional travel to the San Antonio site is expected.

In this role, the Engineering Director will be responsible for the following:

• Lead the development and implementation of technical roadmap strategies
• Ensure the business is appropriately staffed and enable resource sharing across multiple business areas
• Identify and implement strategies to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the business of Engineering in collaboration with peers
• Drive engineering strategy and practices pertinent to all of the E&S NIS portfolio, including but not limited to investments and talent strategy
• Growing the headcount with continued, strong focus on retention efforts, engagement initiatives, and diversity
• Drive key talent development and workforce planning efforts
• Elevate engineering rigor in key areas such as Systems Engineering and overall process compliance
• Develop and maintain critical skills plans and actions to support existing programs and AOP pursuits
• Prioritize engineering investments aligned with strategic imperatives
• Collaborate with peers across the Division and Sector to eliminate roadblocks and advance initiatives

Key attributes of the Engineering Director

• Proven experience as a team player and collaborator
• Previous experience in People and Technical Leadership roles
• Very strong engineering background in multiple program phases
• Solid understanding of engineering process with execution experience across the program lifecycle
• Demonstrate thought leadership on digital transformation
• Serve as the day-to-day E&S focal point for the respective Operating Unit Directors

Candidates must have exceptional leadership and teambuilding skills, strategic thinking, strong technical acumen, and the ability to lead multiple engineering disciplines across programs. The candidate will work with cross-discipline team members and therefore must have excellent communication skills, presentation experience and the ability to work seamlessly with a diverse community of engineers and managers to achieve the goals of the organization. The candidate must have the ability to build consensus and resolve conflict. The candidate must collaborate with business area leadership, and other functional partners to resolve complex issues in a timely manner to help meet program commitments. The candidate should be able to travel ~50% between the MD/VA area and ~25% of the time outside of the MD/VA area to collaborate with our teams .

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree with 12 years of experience, a Master's degree with 10 years of experience or a PhD with 8 years of experience in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics or related technical fields
• 8 years of professional experience in the defense or aerospace industries
• 5 years demonstrated success managing technical teams
• 5 years of experience working in a technical role
• Experience driving hardware, software and systems engineering processes for program performance and continuous improvement across the entire program lifecycle
• Active Secret Clearance required; US Citizenship is required in order to obtain and maintain security clearance
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret/SCI with Counter Intelligence (CI) Polygraph or Full Scope (FS) Polygraph

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics or related technical fields.
• Program management experience
• Success as leader of large, multi-discipline, geographically dispersed organization
• Experience managing large control accounts with accountability for scope, schedule, budget, and technical performance
• Experience with product line management and product line engineering
• Proven success in creating and executing affordability initiatives
• Active DoD Security Clearance Top Secret with SCI CI or FS Polygraph
• Cyber domain knowledge

Salary Range: $209,600 - $314,400

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.

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.

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 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.