Staff Engineer Aeronautical – Triton Air Vehicle Production Manager

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 Aeronautics Systems MQ-4 Triton Program seeks a Staff Engineer Aeronautical – Triton Air Vehicle Production Manager to support the Air Vehicle IPT in Rancho Bernardo, CA.The Triton Air Vehicle Production Manager responsibilities include:

Acts as the primary program contact for the Air Vehicle Enterprise IPT lead directing all phases of Triton Air Vehicle Production program efforts from inception (proposal development) through completion (contract closeout)
Reports program performance and health metrics to the AV IPT lead and to program leadership.

Responsible for proposal development and strategy

Responsible for the cost, schedule and technical performance of the Triton Air Vehicle Production program efforts

Develops and adheres to Integrated Master Schedules (IMS)
Develops and adheres to budget baselines utilizing Earned Value Management (EVM) methodologies.

Lead Air Vehicle engineering change packages (ECP) that require incorporation into the production line or production retrofits

Lead engineering investigations into issues related Air Vehicle production efforts.

Manage Air Vehicle production related supplier efforts and support SMT leads including major suppliers Qarbon (wing), Heroux (landing gear) and Aurora (composite fuselage)
Manage Air Vehicle inputs to production retrofit efforts

Support production related DMS activities and cut-ins Attend and support program level change board activities.

Program assignments will be directly from the Triton Air Vehicle IPT Director. Responsibilities include taking direction from the Program Director and Chief Engineer to give both technical and managerial direction to the subordinate engineering and manufacturing staff. This will include addressing cost, schedule, technical performance, and quality of all production work packages.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) and at least 12 years of experience, a Master's Degree in STEM with 10 years of experience, or a PhD Degree with 7 years experience5+ years of leadership experience and managing engineers5+ years of experience leading the performance of tasks on schedule, at cost and achieving all requirements as either project lead, integrated program team or cost account manager3+ years providing technical leadership of an engineering team Minimum of 1 year of experience using Earned Value Management System (EVMS)
Must have an Active DoD Secret Clearance Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) or PAR/SCI clearance within a reasonable amount of time, as determined by business needs

Travel approximately 25% of the time

Preferred Qualifications:

MS Degree in Engineering or Management Active DOD Top Secret Clearance/SCIPrior experience with Northrop Grumman high altitude long…