Mechanical Engineering Manager

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Interim 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.

At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We’re looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we’ll support you by expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field, or an industry thought leader.

At Northrop Grumman, you’ll have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career.

We are looking for you to join our team as a Mechanical Engineering Manager 1 to support our MLSS Engineering organization, based out of Troy Hill, MD and Baltimore, MD.

What You’ll get to do:

This team is responsible for the design and development of Land and Maritime Radar hardware which includes electronic packaging, microelectronic packaging, prototyping, manufacturing process development, production support, and development of radar servicing & upgrade kits.

The functional lead’s roles and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Managing a functional group comprised of approximately 8 mechanical engineers of varying experience levels, including performance management, merit planning, job assignment management/prioritization, career development, new employee onboarding and coaching.

• Engaging the functional team with timely flow-down of information and fostering robust collaboration within the team.

• Collaborating with project team leads, to support project planning and execution activities, labor and material cost estimation, staffing, design process execution, etc.

• Maintaining awareness of each group member’s project responsibilities and performance, providing guidance, and helping them to identify resources needed to overcome obstacles and meet project objectives.

• Developing and maintaining a working knowledge of applicable design processes, guidelines, policies, and best practices, and ensuring that all functional team members are aware of and are compliant with these items.

• Supporting and leading department initiatives, which could include process improvement, workforce engagement, talent recruiting and interviewing, training material development, technology roadmap development, cross-organization collaboration, etc.

The various functional management tasks typically comprise approximately 20% of chargeable time, on average. The manager will be expected to maintain a technical or project leadership role that comprises the remaining 80%.

The technical or project leadership roles and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Support a technical program as mechanical design lead or production lead.

• Supporting the Control Account Management (CAM) of a technical project. Includes team management, Cost & Schedule planning, Earned Value Management, workload forecast planning, task prioritization, risk management, and generation of business reports.

• Supporting the Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead of a technical project. Includes:

• Provide technical leadership to team to meet program cost, schedule, and…