RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: None

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.

An organization within Northrop Grumman’s Payload and Ground Systems (PGS) division, Mission Enabling Products is a leading designer, producer, and supplier of spacecraft components that power and enable satellites of all classes. Products include spacecraft panels, bus structures, precision optical structures, deployable structural systems and mechanisms, solar arrays, and antenna reflectors. Our products are on virtually every U.S. satellite built in the last 20 years. Our facility in Oxnard, CA is seeking a Systems Engineering Manager (IPT Lead) to support one of our major programs within the Deployables Operating Unit.

Learn more about Mission Enabling Products at: https://www.northropgrumman.com/space/spacecraft-components

Overview

The Systems Engineering Manager (IPT Lead) will be part of the Mission Enabling Products Business Unit Systems Engineering Organization and serve on the OneSat Program team.  Programmatically reporting to the OneSat Program Manager.  The Systems Engineering Manager 2 (IPT Lead) is responsible for overseeing the design, analysis, manufacturing and delivery of the Boom Assembly for the OneSat program. The successful individual will lead a cross-functional organization aligned to common program performance goals for the Boom Assembly product line and sub-assemblies to include in Boom Segments, Drive, Hinge, and Harnesses. 

The Systems Engineering Manager (IPT Lead) may also support other operating units with subsystems such as optics, thermal, structures, propulsion, power management and control, and lasers. Work is performed at all levels of total system product including concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, in-orbit deployment, and operation. The successful candidate will ensure the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints. The Systems Engineering Manager (IPT Lead) will also perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, detailed trade studies, requirements allocation, change management, and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware specifications along with reviewing and overseeing design tailoring to meet specification requirements. The successful candidate will be able to communicate the required inputs and resulting outputs along with the associated context to team members, individual contributors, program management senior leadership and the customer.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Provide technical leadership to a cross-functional Integrated Product Team (IPT) to meet program cost, schedule, and technical execution for the Boom Assembly build and delivery

Coordinate with Business Management for review of Earned Value metrics and Control Account Management

Coordinates work statements and specifications, operating budgets and financial terms/conditions of contract to meet contractual deliverables

Lead the development and execution of project budgets and schedules, including Earned Value Management System (EVMS), critical path management, and workload forecasts

Provide regular schedule execution inputs to Scheduling

Manage multidisciplinary teams in Systems Engineering, Design and Analysis during design, analysis, manufacturing, and delivery phases of products in development and production phases

Coordinate with Value Stream Leader for overall production efficiency and needs from Manufacturing Technicians

Interface with cross-functional teams to include Quality, Assembly and Test and monitor execution

Interpret statements of work assigned by program leadership

Interface with functional departments to secure team staffing

Work with Global Supply Chain for procurement status and suppliers to articulate project requirements

Assist the lead in briefing internal and customer leadership on progress of work assigned

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with 9 year’s related engineering experience; OR 7 year’s related experience with a Master’s degree

5+ years of Program or Project Management experience or similar (e.g. Lead IPT (Integrated Product Team), or Lead NPT (New Product Team)

Understanding of Control Account Management

Experience executing systems engineering tasks such as system requirements management, integration, test, and verification

Experience preparing and executing detailed program reviews

U.S Citizenship is required

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Experience in Earned Value Management Systems (EVMs)

Experience with deployable structures and mechanisms for moving mechanical assemblies such as solar arrays, booms, and other support structures and mechanisms for satellite subsystems

Salary Range: $156,500.00 - $234,700.00

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.