Standards and Components Manager - R10218216

Standards and Components Manager 1 - R

Location: Rolling Meadows, IL

Relocation assistance: Available

Security Clearance: Secret

Travel: Yes, 10% of the Time

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full‑time

Job function: Project Management and Information Technology

Industry: Defense and Space Manufacturing

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 offers challenging career opportunities in Hardware Engineering within the Mission Systems Sector that play a key role in the mission to protect our military personnel. The Hardware Engineering organization is dedicated to consistently providing high quality product designs in support of multiple product areas. The Design Data and Product Integrity Engineering (DDPIE) organization provides engineering support services for all programs at the Rolling Meadows campus including Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) Design Layout Technology, Configuration Management, Data Management, Drafting, Standards and Components, Product Follow, and Product Integrity Engineering.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a Manager 1 - Standards and Components. This position is located in Rolling Meadows, IL and supports the Mission Systems Targeting & Surveillance Division. This position is a combination of hands‑on management of Parts, Materials, and Processes activities and technical program issues.

• Support workforce planning and maintain sufficient depth and breadth of skillsets within your team’s core discipline to meet program needs.
• Be responsible for employee performance, training, and supporting employee career development.
• Provide excellent communication, mentoring, interpersonal skills, and the ability to collaborate with senior management, peers, and employees.
• Support development and refinement of processes and tools that support business areas and programs in achieving their missions.
• Support proposal work, independent technical reviews, program stand‑up and audits, and special assignments on an as‑needed basis.
• Support employee engagement, hiring, development, training, attraction, and retention of top talent.
• Provide technical support to programs ensuring integration and effective collaboration with design teams to achieve program objectives, including but not limited to:
• Review and analyze released engineering change data and coordinate changes with Engineering, Quality, Support, Manufacturing, and Engineering Data control activities.
• Lead EEEE Parts, Materials, & Processes (PM&P) engineers in selection and application of Electrical, Electronics, Electro‑Mechanical, Electro‑Optical (EEEE) parts, including microcircuits, connectors, passive devices, and printed circuit boards.
• Oversee development of Component Specifications or Source Control Documents to meet program requirements.
• Oversee development and execution of qualifications of new EEEE components for use in new circuit card assembly designs.
• Work with Manufacturing Operations and component suppliers to resolve qualification, producibility, and test issues with parts and circuit card assemblies.
• Manage new part requests, part objects, and part attributes in a Product Lifecycle Management System.
• Interface with program offices on Contract Data Requirements Lists (CDRLs), requirement tailoring, and other PM&P issues.
• Oversee and adjudicate resolution of issues with interfacing disciplines/functions.
• Tailor and allocate EEEE part and circuit card…