Manager Systems Engineering 2

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 (NGMS) located in Baltimore, MD is seeking a leader that will report to the Test Design & Strategy Section Manager of the Hardware Synergy Department.  This is a dual role as an individual contributor (80%) and a manager of a group technical professionals (20%).  As a Functional Manager, activities include performance management, employee engagement, career development, staffing, merit planning, and personnel issue resolution for a group of Test Design Architects.  The group’s responsibilities include technical support to multi-discipline engineering teams during the proposal, design and manufacture of test systems.  This will be done by working with programs and management in creating test roadmaps for programs and serve as the technical guide for the test design team through the execution of the effort.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, system engineering or related technical degree with at least 9 years of related experience, or 7 years of related experience with a Master's.
• Prior experience leading and performing engineering test of deliverable products
• Demonstrated technical leadership with a proven track record of leading projects to completion on-time, within scope and within budget
• Strong understanding of the Design, Manufacturing and Test Integration process
• Strong technical problem-solving and analytical skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication, and strong organizational skills
• Self-motivated, organized and detail oriented
• Proactive with a sense of urgency
• Experience working on Department of Defense contracts
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret (or higher) clearance

Preferred qualification:

• Master’s degree in electrical engineering, system engineering or related technical degree with at least 7 years of related experience
• Prior experience negotiating with customers to convert customer needs into testable requirements
• Experience as Technical lead or other demonstrated leadership role to a program office
• Demonstrated success in understanding or creating test plans that prove the product satisfies requirements
• Previous functional management experience
• Active Secret or Top Secret clearance

Salary Range: $141,100 USD - $211,700 USD

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 health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

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 most positions.