Staff Technical Project Manager (Communications)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top 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 is looking to add a Staff Technical Project Manager (Communications) specializing in avionics communications technologies. The candidate should be a self-starter and will be working both within an Integrated Product Team construct, while resolving high visibility technical and programmatic issues. This position will be in our Avionics Integration Organization and will be located at Palmdale, CA or Rancho Bernardo, CA, depending upon the selected candidate’s preference.

This candidate will be responsible for the overseeing the technical, cost and schedule performance for complex avionics communication technical projects for a wide range of systems and technologies and will serve as the interface between program/business management and technical teams.

Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Drive the development of technical solutions, lead the effort with Responsible Engineers (REs) to prepare the change request packages, and lead the effort from approval to completion.
• Ensure all change requests meet technical requirements to progress through the change management lifecycle to include presentations at Enterprise Technical Change Boards.
• Lead a multi-disciplinary team to:
  • Develop new projects for approval, including development of the statement of work (SOW) and schedule.
  • Coordinate gathering of impacts and estimates for the proposal.
  • Develop and adhere to the budget baseline using the Earn Value Management (EVM) process, including development of discrete work packages, providing weekly status of IMS tasks, and providing input to monthly Estimate at Complete (EAC) updates.
• Manage execution of projects and technical tasks to completion and provide regular status updates to leadership.
• Assess, track, and mitigate technical, cost, and schedule risk.
• Represent the Systems organization in Integrated Master Schedule working group meetings and meeting or beating Communication Systems milestones
• Attend Operating Unit meetings and present all technical and programmatic Communication systems pertinent information.
• Identify and manage Communication System risks, issues, and opportunities, including representing Communication Systems in Risk Board meetings
• Communicate prioritization from program leadership to technical execution teams

The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility.  There is no remote / hybrid / telework available for this position. This position requires the ability to travel up to 10% of the time.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 12 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 10 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline and 8 years of related engineering experience.
• Familiarization with the Technical Change Management Process
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary technical teams.
• Hands on experience in electronics engineering, systems engineering, and/or aerospace engineering
• Experience and knowledge of Project/Program Management processes to include Control Account Management (CAM) Earned Value Management (EVM), Risks – Issues - Opportunities (RIO) processes, project planning and scheduling, staffing, coordination, and oversight of technical work effort
• Experience in communication technologies to include but not limited to: RF and digital system design & analysis, Wideband and Narrowband integration and testing, and Antenna theory and operation
• Microsoft Office skills (Power Point, Word, Excel)
• Active in-Scope, DoD Top Secret clearance.
• Ability to obtain and maintain initial Special Program