Sentinel Systems Engineering Technical Manager

Description

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.

Relocation assistance may be available

Yes

Secret

Yes, 10% of the Time

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Systems Engineering Technical Manager
3. This position will be in Roy, UT, supporting the Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Program.

The SDS Systems Engineering (SE) team is seeking a new team member to join the Training team in Roy, UT. Our team is tasked with characterizing, developing, and delivering training to support 1,200+ systems engineers within the SDS division. The training team identifies and characterizes the needs of our SEs and engages with the domain Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to create training proposals.

Coordination with SDS Functional Home Room and the Business Unit leaders culminates with both SE and Program Management to obtain full program buy‑in and funding authorization to execute training. Lead the team who delivers the training and capture the Return On Investment for both immediate and long‑term reporting.

• Soliciting, consolidating and analyzing data about the SDS SE team needs.
• Collaborate with technical SME’s about training characteristics and activities / products to satisfy those needs.
• Assemble proposals to develop training.
• Coordinate with Technical and Program Management to refine and obtain proposal approvals.
• Develop approved training materials.
• Assemble and coordinate training cohorts (classes of trainees).
• Deliver approved training to cohorts.
• Collect Return On Investment (ROI) metrics for training events.
• Report training results to Technical and Program Management.

• 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 a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline with 8 years of related experience, 6 years with Masters
• Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with an investigation date within the last 6 years
• Must have Special Access Program (SAP) approval.
• Experience in Systems Engineering on large‑scale, complex systems.
• Experience as a Control Account Manager (CAM) or Work Package Lead (WPL) managing cost, schedule and performance of large government technical statements of work.
• Experience in milestone planning and execution to completion (e.g. Design Reviews, Test Readiness Reviews, etc.).

• U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance.
• Higher level SAP approval commensurate with security clearance.
• Master's or Doctorate Degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university with 10 years engineering or other related experience.
• 3+ years in a training position.
• 3+ years’ experience with ICBM (MMIII and/or Sentinel) weapon systems.
• 3+ years’ formal management experience leading a team of engineers (10+ personnel), with demonstrated leadership of large teams (30+).
• 2+ years’ experience as a team…