Sentinel Systems Engineering Section Manager ; METL

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available. CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret. TRAVEL:
Yes, 25% of the Time

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Systems Engineering Section Manager 2 to lead the Thread Lead Staff Support team within the Milestone Event & Thread Lead (METL) department of the Aerospace Vehicle and Systems Integration (AVSI) directorate. This position will be located in Roy, Utah and may offer a competitive relocation package.

The selected candidate will clearly demonstrate strong leadership skills and will have a good track record as a motivated leader, an effective communicator, and problem solver who is able to develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders. The candidate will demonstrate a commitment to ethics and integrity, and the capability to innovate while challenging traditional ways of doing business.

Demonstrated abilities to build diverse and inclusive teams with high levels of engagement, including mentoring and coaching, are a must. The candidate will have an ability to operate in a team environment and collaborate across the directorate business areas as required to accomplish team and department goals.

This is a functional home room (FHR) manager position, involving both the overall functional oversight and management of a Systems Engineering group of up to 12 engineers, while maintaining a technical baseline of performance on program work. The candidate will spend ~20% of their time on functional/organizational support and ~80% of their time on a mix of technical program work from current/existing tasking, or potential future tasking.

Functional management involves, but is not limited to, organizational administrative activities and helping employees’ performance and career development through guidance and training. Program responsibilities will be dependent upon programmatic technical work and may vary by individual, existing assignment; the candidate will bring technical / program work from existing assignment(s), and may support one or more teams within METL and/or AVSI or outside the directorate.

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 positions 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 a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 8 years related experience or Masters Degree in STEM and 6 years of related experience

• Managing people preferred

• Existing 80% SDS technical scope of work

• Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with an ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need.

• Bachelor’s Degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) from an accredited university with 6 years of experience, or 4 years of experience with a Master’s degree.

• 3+ years of leadership experience in a multi-disciplined environment.

• Strong verbal, written communication, and interpersonal skills.

• Solid understanding of the Systems Engineering and Integration and Test processes on the Sentinel Program.

• 7+ years of leadership experience in a multi-disciplined environment.

• 2+ years experience leading teams in a functional, programmatic or technical capacity.

• Active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance, current and within scope, with an ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need.

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