SDS SMT Technical Lead

Supplier Management Team Technical Lead

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time

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.

Northrop Grumman's Defense Systems sector is looking for a Supplier Management Team Technical Lead over the automation controls subcontract, located in Roy, UT or Manhattan Beach, CA. What You'll Get To Do:
As the SMT Technical Lead, you will partner with the Program Element and Segment Executives, Global Supply Chain, Mission Assurance, Office of the Chief Engineer, and lead a cross-functional technical team of various systems engineering disciplines managing major supplier efforts focusing on technical excellence and technical rigor. Primary job responsibilities are leading the technical oversite for automation controls as the main engineering point of contact for the Program.

This includes aligning supplier technical activities with overall program technical baseline and verifying supplier technical deliverables are successfully integrated:

• Develop Statements of Work (SSOW) through collaboration with key technical and programmatic stakeholders.
• Assists Program and Supplier Management Team Lead (SMTL) in generating technical content for Request for Information (RFIs ) / Request for Proposals (RFPs) / etc.
• Responsible for subcontractor proposal technical evaluations and supports program and supplier management team lead (SMTL) in negotiations.
• Review and approve technical subcontractor deliverables (SDRLs) with guidance from applicable cross functional program Subject Matter Experts (SMEs).
• Partner with the SMTL to align technical objectives within program cost and schedule constraints.
• Establish and track technical goals and commitments for subcontractor to drive maturity and ensure high-quality execution.
• Manage and mitigate technical execution risks by monitoring technical performance against metrics and addressing identified capability gaps.
• Oversee and maintain the SMT technical action item tracker to facilitate communication and accountability with subcontractor

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Defense Systems, 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.

You'll Bring These

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 12 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master's degree in a STEM discipline and 10 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline with 8 years of related engineering experience.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in electronic hardware design and development, including Printed Wiring Board (PWB) design, schematic and layout collaboration and has personally reviewed and signed off on multi-layer PWB designs or drawings.
• Ability to perform and review worst case circuit analysis/tolerance analysis (WCCA).
• Active DoD Secret (or higher) clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation) with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret clearance.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (SAP/PAR).

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering and 12 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or and 10 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in Electrical Engineering with 8 years of related engineering experience.
• Familiarity with ASIC design lifecycle (requirements through tape-out and validation), including ASIC design and integration into system-level design.
• Proficiency with industry-standard design and simulation tools such as Altium Designer, Cadence Allegro/OrCAD, Mentor Graphics, SPICE, Hyper Lynx.
• Familiarity with hardware…