SEIT Lead Systems Engineer Manager 3

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Polygraph

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 Microelectronics Center (NGMC) is seeking SEIT Lead Systems Engineer Manager 3.

What You’ll Get to Do: 

IPT-Level role, Leader of SEIT Team. Will be the IPT Lead's partner in technical planning and in areas including workforce planning and staffing. Similarly, will spearhead and direct - in partnership with other technical leads - the technical and engineering planning and execution of IPT activities by all SEIT staff.

The SEIT Lead Systems Engineer will support writing technical specifications, Statements of Work (SOWs), design reviews (e.g. SRR, SFR, SDR, PDR, CDR, SVR, TRR) and will serve as the cost account manager for the systems engineering (and potentially multiple other organizations) responsibilities, and will report TPMs.

This is a dual-role manager/SEIT Lead Systems Engineer. Management duties include supporting, developing, and tasking engineering staff; developing engineering process; and providing resources to meet program needs. The manager will also perform technical work on programs. The split between technical and functional management duties will be approximately 80% technical /20% functional, on average.

This position will serve on-site in the greater Baltimore, MD area OR Redondo Beach, CA. 

This position is contingent upon acquiring and maintaining the necessary US Government security clearance per customers’ requirements.

Basic Qualifications for SEIT Lead Systems Engineer Manager 3: 

• Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 12 years of experience with Bachelor's degree, 10 years of experience with Master's degree, 8 years of experience with PhD

• Proven ability to lead and motivate engineering teams, providing guidance and support to achieve project goals
• Demonstrated experience defining and managing requirements of large-scale systems, including decomposition and allocation to various system segments

• Familiarity with EVMS with experience managing budget and schedule as a Cost Account Manager (CAM)

• Risk and Opportunity Management experience

• Experience in systems development, integration, and test

• Demonstrated Multi-Disciplinary Engineering exposure (Software, Hardware, Electrical) and strong ability to communicate cross-functionally.

• This position requires the applicant to be a U.S. citizen

• Current active DoD Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI w. Polygraph prior to start

Preferred Qualifications for SEIT Lead Systems Engineer Manager 3: 

• Current active DoD TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance

• Master's Degree or higher in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics), preferably an Engineering degree.

• Proven performance as an Engineering Leader in all phases of acquisition, design, integration, and execution. Candidate will require ability to rapidly assess and lend guidance to projects assigned to the organizational group as well as demonstrated mentoring and guidance to engineers

• Working knowledge and/or experience across engineering disciplines

• Experience working across the systems engineering lifecycle

• Experience developing system requirements, verification plans, and reports

• Experience with MBSE and Requirements management tools, such as Cameo and DOORS

• Familiarity with Project & Task Management tools: Jira or Confluence

• Familiarity with some subset of specialty engineering tools, such as: MATLAB or COMSOL (MODSIM); Docker, Kubernetes, Visual Studio, Python (SW Engineering); Elasticsea