Test Engineering Manager

Requisition : R

• Category: Engineering

• Location: Corinne, Utah, United States of America

• Clearance Type: None

• Telecommute: No - Teleworking not available for this position

• Shift: Days (United States of America)

• Travel Required: No

• Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available

• Positions Available: 1

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, Propulsion Systems, is currently seeking a Test Engineering Manager 3 to provide leadership to our team at our Promontory, UT facility for the TRO Value Stream.

In this position, the manager would lead a team of managers and engineers to perform safe, quality test and research operations.

Role Description & Responsibilities:

Under the direction of the Test and Research Operations Director, this Sr. Engineering Manager position is responsible for ensuring test efforts are completed in a way that emphasizes safety and quality while meeting multiple programmatic requirements, goals and schedules. Functional management involves, but is not limited to, organizational administrative activities and helping employees’ performance and career development through guidance and training.

The Engineering Sr. Manager will also help solve technical problems, manage schedules and workloads, and aid in project management, as necessary.

Works closely with the functional organizations (e.g. design, S&MA, process engineering, supply chain and operations) and other areas of TRO (test systems engineering, tooling, quality, safety, test operations) to manage workloads, workflows, and perform testing. Hires, onboards, and trains new engineers. Continuously improves processes, procedures, and leads cultural initiatives. Prioritizes safety and quality while meeting programmatic goals. Manages resources and people to balance workloads between Small & Medium Motor Test Engineering and Large Motor/Hydrotest Engineering.

The Senior Test Engineering Manager’s responsibilities include:

• Safety of personnel, facilities and product through all testing efforts

• Developing, communicating and implementing strategic vision, strategy, goals and metrics to achieve business objectives for safety, quality, customer satisfaction, schedule, cost, and continuous improvement.

• Represent and communicate TRO technical capabilities and technologies to internal and external customers.

• Owning functional and technical leadership for a team of ~40 Engineers, VSET Leads, and Managers, including a team of ~15 direct reports

• Owning Test Engineer and VSET Lead hiring, onboarding, training, performance management, and development

• Ensuring strong and open relationships with senior leadership, employees, and other technical organizations including other groups in Process Engineering, Operations, Tooling & Facilities, S&MA, Science and Engineering, and Program Management.

• Providing technical leadership to the team and ensuring proper engineering processes and procedures are followed.

• Ensuring leadership and key subject matter expert succession plans are in place and being proactive by coaching and mentoring key talent to assume increased responsibilities

• Communicating with internal and external customers and other functional support groups, evaluating and acting on escalations in a timely manner

• Evaluating and adjusting workloads across three facilities:
  Promontory, Clearfield, Copper Crossing, creating and maintaining staffing plans

• Leading Cause and Corrective Action…