Manager Programs 2 - Advanced Design and Producibility

Advanced Design And Producibility Manager 2

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 Aeronautics Systems is seeking an Advanced Design and Producibility Manager 2 to support Research & Advanced Design survivability programs by bringing manufacturing strategy, producibility, affordability, and business-case realism into early survivability technology development and system design.

This position will be located in our Redondo Beach, CA office and cannot be performed remotely.

The selected candidate will influence early design decisions, define manufacturing strategies, evaluate producibility and affordability trades, support proposal development, and ensure proposed designs are aligned with credible build, integration, test, cost, schedule, and production-transition approaches. This role requires a leader who can operate at the intersection of engineering execution and business strategy, with the ability to understand advanced technical concepts, challenge design assumptions, assess manufacturing feasibility, evaluate cost and rate drivers, and help shape proposals that are technically credible, producible, affordable, and executable.

The position is intended to ensure manufacturing is considered as a design variable rather than a downstream implementation activity, leveraging prior experience across aerospace system development, aircraft hardware design and analysis, survivability design integration, manufacturing strategy, production readiness, proposal support, business-case development, and cross-functional technical leadership. Serving as a technical bridge between concept development and program execution, the selected candidate will ensure that manufacturing capability, production strategy, affordability, and execution risk are considered alongside performance throughout the design process.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manages a diverse set of Survivability CRAD and IRAD development programs
• Will be responsible for the cost, schedule and technical performance of research programs, and management of engineering staff
• Will be the key interface to Engineering Organizations for staffing, employee growth and performance appraisals
• Responsible for all phases of Survivability Portfolio programs from inception through completion
• Defines, develops, integrates Survivability designs and systems for future and emerging vehicle systems. Establishes design concepts, criteria and engineering efforts for product research, development, integration and test
• Interfaces with NGAS Divisions to capture requirements and coordinate technology investments
• Develops and executes Research & Technology roadmaps, supporting internal NG customers and external customer objectives, for both internal and external investment
• Coordinates the preparation of proposals, business plans, proposal work statements and specifications, operating budgets and financial terms/conditions of contract
• Participates in the negotiation of contracts and contract changes
• Defines strategies for technology research, Customer and University/Lab engagement, identifying key areas of technology growth and projection into NG products
• Develop new business in this Survivability Field
• Will be the key interface with external Customers and National Experts in the field
• Develop new business or expand the product line with the customer, both external and internal

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline and 9 years of relevant experience; or a Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline and 7 years of relevant experience; or PhD with 4 years of relevant experience
• Active U.S. government Secret clearance
• Experience leading technical teams, IPTs, cross-functional teams, or matrixed engineering/manufacturing organizations
• Experience supporting air vehicle or missile with survivability requirements through design, integration, manufacturing planning, production readiness, proposal development, or transition to execution
• Demonstrated experience influencing system, subsystem, or assembly design decisions to improve producibility, affordability, manufacturability, assembly efficiency, testability, production scalability, or execution risk
• Experience working across engineering, manufacturing engineering, supply chain,…