Hardware Engineering Manager

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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 Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. Our Engineering and Sciences (E&S) organization pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter.

Come be a part of our mission!

Northrop Grumman Rolling Meadows Hardware Engineering Organization (HWE) is seeking a qualified candidate to lead a functionally diverse engineering organization, supporting the Targeting Systems and Advanced EO-IR products under the Targeting Systems Operating Unit (TSOU) in Rolling Meadows, IL.

The Hardware Engineering Manager of the TSOU Business Area is a highly technical dual role, with 80% technical and 20% managerial. This role will focus on three separate areas of responsibility: team leadership and management, team technical performance, and planning for the future. This position will report to the Director of Hardware Engineering as part of the senior staff.

The work performed by the HWE TSOU organization supports the TSOU business areas represented across the NT&S division at the Rolling Meadows campus. Technical areas of expertise of this organization include mechanical engineering, electrical engineering (digital, analog, power) and optical engineering. The successful candidate will clearly demonstrate strong leadership skills and will have a track record as an effective communicator and problem solver.

He/she has a history of establishing and maintaining good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders. This candidate will demonstrate a broad skill set that is balanced between interpersonal, business, and technical capabilities. He / she will have the ability to operate independently based on strategic objectives, work in a team environment, and collaborate across the organization and Division as required to accomplish the team goals.

The candidate will work closely with the other Hardware Engineering managers, business area directors and program managers.

• Management of team assignments across programs and NCTA
• Maintenance of and reaction to future staffing projections
• Staff management & administration
• Department budget management in support of utilization targets
• Mentoring & career development, including training
• Continuous process improvement

• Program performance monitoring & support with emphasis on execution within scope, budget and schedule constraints
• Ensuring and monitoring of quality work products
• Engineering process maintenance and enforcement
• Program task management & team leadership
• Optimizing and expediting the smooth transfer of design data between functional organizations and database systems

• Support to new business capture
• Responsible for the creation, review and approval of project bids for the organization
• Technology vision/roadmap definition & maintenance
• Development of NCTA project definition
• Thought leadership toward business model innovations

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