Engineering Manager Job Oxnard area,California USA,Engineering

Position: Engineering Manager 3

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE:
None

TRAVEL:
Yes, 50% 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 (MEP), the Deployables Operating Unit (DOU) is a leading designer and producer of deployable structural systems and mechanisms, solar arrays, and deployable antennas/reflectors. Our products are on virtually every U.S. satellite built in the last 20 years.

We are seeking an Engineering Manager 3 to support our Deployables Operating Unit (DOU) and may be located in either Goleta, or Oxnard, CA.

Overview

Reporting to the DOU Director of Engineering, the Engineering Manager 3 will lead several engineering functions for the Deployables Operating Unit, including ground equipment and tooling design, structural and thermal analysis, test processes, materials and process engineering, and CM/DM. As a key strategic member of the Northrop Grumman MEP-Deployables leadership team, they are responsible for the planning, standardizing, implementing and enhancing methods that support the value stream organization (VSO) and its objectives.

Through collaboration with Engineering product team leads and other functional managers, the Engineering Manager is responsible for resource management and prioritization to provide prompt response and situational resolutions to meet all VSO goals and objectives.

Role and Responsibilities:

Accountable to the Director of Engineering, Deployables Operating Unit, for meeting the Engineering safety, quality, delivery and cost expectations of internal and external customers within product value streams and engineering disciplines. Ensures plans are developed and executed to meet internal and external customer requirements.

Maintain staffing forecasts and engineering resources necessary to meet customer demands. Balance program priorities and negotiate conflicts. Recruit, hire, and evaluate potential talent. Define critical skill gaps and take actions to fill them.

Provide Engineering leadership and own employee development, training, goal setting, performance evaluation, and mentoring.

Identify, develop, and implement improved engineering processes, including analysis checklists, model reviews, and gate reviews. Support Digital Transformation efforts including PLM and CAD transitions to Teamcenter/NX, CM policy and process commonality, BOM management tools, and DOORS usage.

In coordination with the Engineering Director, the Engineering Manager will lead and review proposal and new business efforts that involve the delegated Engineering disciplines, including task definition, basis-of-estimates (BoE), schedule development, and risk assessment.

Establish and maintain metrics that provide real-time visibility to measure, monitor, and control process performance, including key inputs, outputs, and early warning event triggers.

Assist Engineering Director on integration of the Goleta and Oxnard sites and improving overall engineering execution. Lead the delegated Engineering disciplines in design for manufacturability, process adherence, and production builds.

Collaborate and coordinate with Operations, Program Management, and Business Support Functions to achieve product and site goals via sharing of resources, tools, equipment, processes, etc.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in…


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