Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Systems Engineering Functional Section Manager 2 to be located in Colorado Springs, CO and work within the Aerospace Vehicle and Systems Integration (AVSI) directorate's Advanced Concepts, Enablers, & Integrated Functional Capability (ACE&IFC) department. The successful candidate will join the Sentinel Program's System Engineering Team in the management of the Master Supplier Statement of Work (MSSOW).
What you'll get to do:
The selected candidate will clearly demonstrate strong management skills and will have a track record as a motivated leader, an effective communicator, and problem solver who is able to develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders. The candidate will demonstrate a commitment to ethics and integrity, and the capability to innovate while challenging traditional ways of doing business. Demonstrated abilities to build diverse and inclusive teams with high levels of engagement, including mentoring and coaching, are a must. They will have an ability to operate in a team environment and collaborate across the directorate business areas as required to accomplish team and department goals.
This is a dual-role manager position, involving balancing both the overall functional oversight and management of a Systems Engineering group of up to 15 engineers as well as performance of productive work on programs. The selected candidate will spend ~20% of their time in support of the organization’s Functional Homeroom responsibilities and ~80% of their time on technical assignment on an SDS project or IPT (80% technical scope not a part of the requisition). The management side involves organizational administrative activities and helping their employees’ performance and career development through guidance and training. The direct program responsibilities may include system architecture development, requirements development/management, requirement verification planning, system design/analysis, modeling & simulation, model-based systems engineering, IPT/product owner leadership, specialty engineering, or other appropriate technical functions.
Position Benefits
As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Defense Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:
Medical, Dental & Vision coverage401kEducational AssistanceLife InsuranceEmployee Assistance Programs & Work/Life SolutionsPaid Time OffHealth & Wellness ResourcesEmployee DiscountsThis positions 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 of Science degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) with 6 years of related experience
- At least 1 year experience leading a project and/or driving performance against schedule
- Experienced in the Systems Engineering and Integration and Test processes on the Sentinel Program
- Must be a US Citizen with an active DoD Secret Clearance with an investigation date within the last 6 years
These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:
- 7+ years of experience in a multi-disciplined engineering environment
- Advanced degree in engineering
- Existing 80% SDS technical scope of work- Strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
- Active DOD Top Secret clearance, SAP, and/or SCI access
- Experience leading teams in a functional, programmatic, or technical capacity
- Experience with technical development programs (e.g. Pathways, FTL, SEA)