SDS GN&C Systems Engineering Section Manager

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret

TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time

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 have. 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 Defense Systems is seeking a Functional Homeroom Systems Engineering Manager 2. This position is located at either Huntsville, AL or Roy, Utah. Relocation assistance may be provided.

The selected candidate will be responsible for a Systems Engineering discipline Section within the SDS Systems Engineering organization and will report directly to the GN&C Department Manager. You will provide career mentorship and operational support to a Functional Home Room (FHR) team (Section) of between 8 and 12 Individual Contributors based on Engineering goals, objectives, and company policy. Key FHR responsibilities will be personnel performance management, process familiarization and training for Section members, as well as staffing of roles on projects.

As a Section Manager you will be expected to spend roughly 20% of your effort on Functional Homeroom responsibilities with 80% of your efforts focused on a technical assignment on an SDS project or IPT.

The successful candidate will be experienced in systems engineering and Guidance, Navigation, and Control with one or more of the following specific skills:

• Development and analysis of GN&C algorithms (guidance, navigation, control)
• Development, verification and/or validation of complex 6 degree of freedom vehicle models
• Modeling of key GN&C missile components such as inertial measurement units (IMU) or thrust vector control (TVC) systems
• Demonstrated proficiency MATLAB and Simulink
• Pre-flight performance assessment and post-flight verification analyses

This position is a dual-hat position requiring the candidate to perform functional management activities as well as the individual's current program responsibilities on program. It is expected that the Functional management role will comprise 20% of the candidate's time.

As a full‑time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
• 401k
• Educational Assistance
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
• Paid Time Off
• Health & Wellness Resources
• Employee Discounts

This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine‑hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) with at least 8 years of related experience
• Must be a US Citizen with ability to obtain and maintain an active DoD Secret Clearance
• Managing people preferred
• Experience with process improvement, and driving cadence of team's execution
• Strategic Deterrence System (SDS) Scope of Work (80% FTE)

• M.S. or equivalent advanced degree in applicable technical discipline
• 5+ years of experience in Guidance, Navigation, and Control engineering
• 3+ years of experience leading a project/team, including mentoring and coaching
• 3+ years of experience with a software version control system, such as Git
• 5+ years of experience with MATLAB/Simulink
• 3+ years of experience with Object‑Oriented Programming
• Proficiency in technical writing and documentation

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