Sentinel Systems Engineering Manager - Systems Architect Lead-- R10229831

Relocation assistance may be available.

Clearance required for start:
Yes.

Clearance type: SAP.

Travel:
Yes, 25% 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 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 Defense Systems is seeking to hire a Command Systems – Systems Engineering Architect Manager 2 in support of the Sentinel Program. This position will be located in Roy, Utah. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

As the Systems Engineering Architect Lead, you will be responsible for leading a team of approximately 15 systems engineers across multiple domains and disciplines. The successful candidate should be detail‑oriented, able to work collaboratively with multiple remote teams, and have shown success in driving execution in past roles.

Specific duties to include, but not limited to:

• Drive architecture design documentation, analyses, and trade studies to inform lower‑level system decomposition and design
• Lead a team of architects to prioritize risks/opportunities in the system architecture to design closure through documentation
• Coordinate and support architect support across multiple working groups and customer bases to ensure the Command System design is communicated and meets customer requirements
• Support the Operating Unit programmatic execution to include program integration within the Business Unit, Suppliers, Customers and other Stakeholders as necessary.
• Assemble and lead cross functional teams to develop value stream integration and process development, integrating across Business Units (Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Logistics, Test, Software).
• Ensure program schedules and plans are aligned and architecture decisions are established in support of development for major program milestones
• Requirements analysis, review and document source data for requirements, generate requirements verification, and develop system architecture
• Interface with subject matter experts, analysts, architects, designers, system engineers and specialty engineers to capture Sentinel Node structure and behavior across value stream artifacts
• Coordinate with sub‑contracted product teams to drive coherence with the prime baseline

The selected candidate will also be responsible for a Systems Engineering discipline Section within the SDS Systems Engineering organization and will report directly to an SDS Systems Engineering 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 (ICs) 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 as the Systems Engineering Value Stream Lead.

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

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
• 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…