Systems Engineering Manager 2 - Annapolis MD

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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.

Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world's biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.

The Systems Engineering, Integration, Test & Logistics (SEIT&L) Department at Northrop Grumman Oceanic Systems in Annapolis, MD is seeking a Functional Manager (Manager 2, Systems Engineering), to lead a team focused on Performance Modeling, Simulation and Analysis (Performance MS&A) while also directly performing technical work on one or more programs. Broad experience in the application of Systems Engineering principles, including MS&A, and a keen interest in working in the maritime surface/subsurface domain are required.

Our campus supports complex and dynamic maritime programs of national strategic importance. This opportunity will allow you to contribute to the development of state-of-the-art systems while providing exposure to a wide range of advanced technologies. These include autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), acoustic and non-acoustic sensors, sensor processing, navigation, platform integration, subsea and maritime surface communication technologies, advanced algorithms, and more.

The successful candidate will manage a team of 10 to 15 highly skilled engineers. Upon joining our collaborative management team, you will support, advocate for, and help grow this dedicated and talented group of professionals as we accomplish phenomenal work together.

If selected for this position your responsibilities will include:

Perform technical systems engineering activities on one or more programs and/or proposals as stated in this requisition's Basic Qualifications

Assist in the development and implementation of the SEIT&L vision and strategies to drive employee engagement

Hire, train, and support development of talent while fostering a knowledge sharing environment in your team (including holding group meetings and active mentoring)

Foster innovation and ensure compliance with company policies while empowering team members through the identification and mitigation of obstacles to success

Conduct staff resource planning, forecasting and alignment to program opportunities

Conduct performance and salary reviews

Mentor, challenge, and identify opportunities for team member skill development to assist in their pursuit of personalized career objectives

Cultivate and foster a culture of unwavering commitment to the highest ethical baseline

Ensure consistent and efficient delivery of effective solutions

Assist in execution of continuous improvement and strategic initiatives

Support the expansion of best practices across the campus program portfolio

Provide Systems Engineering technical leadership to team members and programs

Provide guidance and oversight to the development of technical and cost proposals

Manage personnel assignments in our highly dynamic engineering environment

Effectively monitor and maintain budget performance, including productivity rate

Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in a STEM field with 8 years of experience, a Master's degree in a STEM field with 6 years of experience, or a PhD with 4 years of experience

Demonstrated experience in one or more of the following systems engineering job functions: system architecture development, program engineering leadership, Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), digital thread development and management, requirements development and management, Modeling, Simulation and Analysis (MS&A), integration planning, test design, test planning, test procedure development and execution, test report authorship, reliability engineering, system safety engineering, and implementation of systems engineering processes including risk and opportunity management.

Proven ability to effectively communicate with management and individual contributors.

Experience leading and motivating a team, establishing strong cross-organizational relationships, and managing stakeholder expectations.

Current US citizen with an active Secret clearance and the ability to obtain a TS/SSBI; willingness to undergo a polygraph examination.

Preferred Qualifications:

Candidates with one or more of the following Preferred Qualifications may be given preferential consideration:

Maritime / Subsea domain experience

Experience with underwater/naval systems such as submarines, sonar systems, sensors, torpedoes, towed vehicles, Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) / Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs), Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs), or acoustic communications systems.

Component, subsystem, or system performance modeling, simulation, or analysis experience, including use of associated toolsets (e.g. MATLAB/Simulink, LabVIEW, AFSIM, Python, etc.)

Proven ability to support successful program execution as a Chief Engineer, SEIT Lead, or System Architect, and a desire and willingness to mentor others in the growth of applicable skills

Experience in metrics-based cost estimating and/or the use of prior actual costs to support Basis of Estimates (BOEs) development

Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) experience including the use and application of Cameo, Rhapsody, or similar SysML modeling tool

Experience with establishment and/or management of a digital thread in a common or distributed computing environment

Experience with configuration management (CM) practices and tools

Experience with requirements development, hardware or software design, test strategy, plan, or procedure development, integration, qualification testing of hardware and/or software systems

Experience with integration and test of maritime surface / underwater platforms, structures, sensors, payloads, or launch and recovery equipment

Experience with DOORS for schema instantiation, requirements development, tracing, decomposition, allocation, verification, etc.

Experience with safety engineering and the application of safety engineering standards to development programs

Experience with reliability engineering including predictive assessments, FMEA/FMECA development, reliability centered design, use of Windchill, MADe, or other reliability modeling tools, or use of reliability engineering in a digital design environment

Experience with common NG tools such as NX/Teamcenter/ISE/Workday/Concur/SAP

A current Top Secret/SCI clearance and ability to obtain a TS/SSBI; willingness to undergo a polygraph examination.

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