Sentinel Systems Engineering Manager

Relocation assistance may be available.

Clearance required for start:
Yes. 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 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.

• Own both technical and programmatic leadership for a team of ~10 FTE performing systems engineering functions to define and develop support equipment or training devices.
• Serve as a Work Package Lead (WPL), owning cost, schedule, and earned value responsibilities for the work your team performs.
• Generate OPSCON documentation to identify and understand the activities and support equipment required to maintain the prime mission equipment within the weapon system.
• Perform System Architecture modeling activities (Internal Block Diagram, Block Definition Diagram, maintain branch integrity, perform model merge integration).
• Develop and mature interface products (Interface Requirements Specification, Interface Design Description, Interface Control Model).
• Perform requirements and verification approach definition for 200+ pieces of support equipment and/or training devices.
• Own all aspects of employee performance management, mentorship, training, and career development (functional homeroom).

• 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, allowing 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, or 6 years of related experience with a Master’s degree.
• 2+ years of experience with Systems Engineering Lifecycle in any of the following domains: requirements development, systems architecture, verification planning, and interface definition.
• Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with the ability to obtain a U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance.

• At least 3+ years experience leading a project and/or driving performance against schedule with proven results.
• Strong understanding of the SE process, including SE experience across multiple levels of integration. 3+ years of experience with Systems Engineering Lifecycle, including requirements development, systems architecture, verification planning, and interface definition experience.
• 3+ years of experience using IBM DOORS, Cameo, CPLM and/or NX.
• 2+ years of experience with Agile project management using Jira, Confluence, or equivalent tools.
• 1+ years of experience with Training Systems and Training Devices development, engineering and sustainment.
• 1+ years of experience with Support Equipment development, engineering and sustainment.

Primary Level Salary Range: $ - $. The above range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate’s experience, education, skills and current market conditions. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base…