Mgr Electronics Engineering - Ground Systems Intern Development Manager

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
No

CLEARANCE TYPE:
None

TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time

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, Space Systems, Ground Systems Development & Products Department in Manhattan Beach, CA is seeking an intern section manager responsible for the Intern Development Section.

This position will be in Manhattan Beach, CA. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work.

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing functional leadership and direction to section members, ensuring members have sufficient statement of work, managing member performance (including engagement strategies for higher performers and corrective actions for lower performers), coordinating with programs to ensure appropriate staffing/destaffing actions are developed and executed relative to their section, and ensuring their members are familiar with and use required engineering processes and tools.

Responsibilities also include college recruiting, hiring decisions, employment offer coordination, onboarding, day-to-day operation of the functional organization including decisions regarding awards, performance evaluations, salary review process, employee development and mentoring, ensuring proper charging practices are followed, staffing inputs to the Department Manager, and interpreting higher level guidance for implementation within the organization.

In addition to the people management responsibilities described above, which are expected to account for an average of 5-10% of the candidate’s time as described below, the selected candidate will still perform most of his/her currently assigned project responsibilities. Tasking to be reassigned, if any, must be coordinated with candidate’s current project lead.

Section personnel are in Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach, California.

• Recruiting, on-boarding, mentoring, and performance management for 8-12 department interns
• Attend recruiting events, represent the department at intern staffing meetings and provide inputs to internal staffing tools including WorkForce1 and Work Day.
• Collaborate with the existing department functional management team as well as Talent Acquisition, Human Resources, Recruiters, Project Managers and of course the interns themselves.

• Bachelor of Science Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math discipline plus 5 years of engineering experience OR Masters of Science Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math discipline plus 3 years of engineering experience
• Ground Systems Engineering Experience
• Familiarity with Ground Systems Products
• Experience collaborating with other Engineering and Production disciplines across the Sector, as well as Talent Acquisition, Human Resources, or Project/Program Management
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications

• Active Top Secret clearance/ SCI access…