Senior Staff Engineering Program Manager; EPM

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Top 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’s Space Sector is seeking a Sr. Staff Engineering Program Manager (EPM) Level 6 to join our team in Dulles, VA or McLean, VA. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work.

This role oversees technical execution, process improvement, guiding senior engineers and Integrated Product Team Leads, while ensuring projects meet requirements, schedules, and budgets. Responsible for engineering project execution, driving program performance, interfacing with Chief Engineers, Lead Systems Engineers, Program Management Office (PMO), Supply Chain, and Mission Assurance to deliver commitments.

This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off.

Your Role and Impact:

• Primary point of contact for engineering execution to the Program Management Office

• Lead IPT Leads and Subsystem Leads over various disciplines (Systems, Hardware, Software, Integration and Test, Production, etc) through all phases: proposal, design, build, delivery

• Oversee engineering challenges, risk mitigation, and process improvement across Spacecraft Development Programs

• Accountable for the development and management of project budgets, schedules, Earned Value Management System (EVMS), Estimates at Complete (EACs), Risk & Opportunity Management, Proposal quoting efforts, Resource Demands, and Work execution/forecasts according to the SOW

• Provide progress briefings to internal/external stakeholders

This position is contingent upon the candidate obtaining final clearances and program access(es) within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with 14 years of professional experience or Master’s degree with 12 years of professional experience or PhD with 10 years of professional experience

• Requires an active U.S. Government Top-Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope

• Experience in at least one spacecraft product development program

• 4+ years of leadership of multidisciplinary teams achieving technical, cost, schedule targets

• 8+ years of technical engineering development and integration

• Experience in the full lifecycle development of a product

• Experience managing budgets and complex technical programs

• Expert in EVMS and prior CAM experience managing tracked projects, Success in effective cost estimations

• Expertise in EVMS and prior CAM experience managing projects with demonstrated success in work estimation

• Demonstrated success in EAC management, proposals, IMS, Subcontract/supplier management

• Prior Experience as a Chief Engineer, System Engineering Integration and Test (SEIT Lead), Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead, Program Manager, Project Management, or EPM - in addition to CAM experience

Preferred
Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI or TS with SAP

• Advanced degree in STEM or…