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 a SDS Office of the Chief Engineer Department Manager 3.  This position is located in Roy, UT.  This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

What You’ll Get To Do:

Dedicated Office of Chief Engineer (OCE) support to Integrated Functional Capability (IFC) strategy, including technical development, advisement, and trade study resolution as required.

As the Department Manager you will be responsible for managing risk, project performance, schedule, technical quality, and addressing technical or operational problems when necessary. The selected candidate will assist engineers and program staff to develop and maintain talent within the organization. Additionally, they will have frequent contact with equivalent-level managers and program leaders to enhance the health and performance of the programs' SDS portfolio.

Lead a team of engineers ranging across multiple engineering disciplines. Driving technical execution and solving complex problems

Excellent communication, mentoring, interpersonal skills, and the ability to collaborate with senior management, peers, and employees

Provides ownership for the people, processes, and tools that support business areas and programs in achieving their mission

Set operating objectives and mentor chief engineers supporting the Sentinel program based on Engineering goals, objectives, and company policy

Develop technical talent and foster the development of strong teams

Reviews and analyzes released engineering change data and coordinates changes with engineering, quality, support, and manufacturing

Additional responsibilities may include:

Periodically individually meet with members of the OCE to build rapport and comradery. This will help identify areas of opportunity to support upcoming challenges that are not currently being elevated.

Identify and mentor high-potential technical leaders and OCE bench candidates.

Provide advisement to all IPT Leads (as required) and embedded Chief Engineers.

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. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

Job Qualifications:

You’ll Bring These Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics) with at least 8 years of related experience.

Must have an active DoD Secret Clearance with an investigation date within the last 6 years.

Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.

Minimum of 3 years in a formal management position

Ability to travel up to 10% of the time

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:

Experience with Project Life-cycle Management, manufacturing, sustainment and sustainment are a plus.

Experience and proficiency with Agile principles, processes and tools, Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE), DOORS requirements management, Cameo EA, and the like.

Demonstrated experience in program adoption of digital engineering concepts, methods, and processes

Proficiency with cloud-based environments, high performance computing, and virtualized environments

Experience in developing requirements and verification plans, and negotiations with customer and user communities.

Demonstrated success as a CAM in planning and delivering technical capability while managing to cost and schedule.  Ability to perform cost and schedule analyses.

Top Secret clearance

Salary Range: $146,800.00 - $220,200.00

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.

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 http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.