Requisition ID: R
Category: Engineering
Location: Annapolis, Maryland, United States of America
Clearance Type: Secret
Telecommute: No - Teleworking not available for this position
Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)
Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time
Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available
Positions Available: 1
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. 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.
What You'll get to Do:
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS) seeks to fill a Manager of Hardware Engineering 3 position based in Annapolis, MD. In this manager of managers and technical leader role, the selected candidate will report to the Oceanic Director of Engineering & Sciences and will be responsible for the overall direction, leadership, and management of the Mechanical engineering organization; a team comprised of approximately 80 engineers and scientists of varying levels of experience and growth.
Specific responsibilities include:
Providing the personnel, processes, and tools to meet the current and future needs of the programs and technologies.
Leadership in the development, design, implementation, application, training, costing, and product support for state-of-the-art solutions in support of captures, programs, and research & development.
Functional leadership to include goal setting, performance management, employee development, annual reviews, and managing budgets required to perform their statements of work.
Additionally, the selected candidate must be able to support program tasks as an individual contributor and/or technical leader for 50% of their total work time.
The successful candidate must be able to leverage leadership abilities, established processes, and best practices to achieve sustainable top performance, a commitment to ethics and integrity, and the capability to innovate while challenging traditional ways of doing business. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Applied Physics, Math, or a closely related technical field with 8 years of professional relevant experience; Master's degree with 6 years of professional relevant experience; or a PhD with 4 years of professional relevant experience.
Must have 5+ years of Management or Leadership experience overseeing a team of people in an official capacity.
Proficiency in technical problem solving to include decomposition, root cause analysis, and corrective actions development, implementation, and progress checks.
Previous experience in Functional People Management, namely in an engineering environment.
Demonstrated experience in driving team success toward meeting cost, schedule, and technical performance for complex programs.
Working knowledge of functional management skills such as Staffing, Engineering Metrics, Training resources, Functional Processes, and Tools.
Experience briefing high level management, executives, and customers.
US Citizenship required.
Active Secret clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret clearance.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience growing and leading diverse technical teams.
Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Applied Physics, or a closely related STEM field.
15+ years of related undersea/maritime/aerospace domain and/or defense industry experience.
Demonstrated experience with one or more of the following: maritime surface/underwater vehicles, structures, sensors, payloads, or launch and recovery equipment.
Active Top Secret/SCI clearance.
Salary Range: $162,300 - $243,500
The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.
Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.
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