Manager Engineering 2 - Guidance Navigation & Control
Northrop GrummanAbout the role
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 has an opening for a Manager Engineering 2 - Guidance, Navigation, & Control. This position is for a Functional Homeroom manager for a GNC section at the Rancho Bernardo, San Diego, CA site.
The selected candidate will provide functional homeroom management as part of a team of GNC engineers on restricted programs. The functional homeroom manager duties typically account for 20% of the workload.
Essential Functions of the GNC Section Manager (20%):
Lead team of 10-12 engineers, including college and high school interns
Provide personnel with career development, employee engagement, mentoring, and coaching
Coordinate with programs for staffing, recruiting, training, preparing and delivering performance evaluations to employees, evaluating/recommending employees for promotions, evaluating salaries and coordinating with Human Resources on potential adjustments, assisting employees in preparing performance goals, providing career guidance to employees, and counseling employees on their performance as necessary
Develop and improve personnel and organizational technical skills
Work with Human Resources to mediate and resolve personnel issues
Ensure process alignment through the work of direct reports, support program milestone reviews and deep dives, and assist in development and implementation of division objectives
Work closely with managers of other engineering disciplines, program managers, and IPT leads
Champion change within the organization, to achieve competitive advantage for the division and sector
You should demonstrate a commitment to ethics and integrity, and the capability to innovate while challenging traditional ways of doing business.
Demonstrate abilities to build diverse and inclusive teams with high levels of engagement, including mentoring and coaching.
Excellent verbal and written interpersonal skills are required.
This position reports directly to the Vehicle Engineering and Survivability Department Manager in the Engineering Integration & Execution organization.
As a leader, you always act with integrity, and the highest ethical standards characterize everything you do. You enable your team to achieve predictable and balanced results, while satisfying the needs of internal and external partners. You treat all people with respect, and you model personal growth and continuous development. You know how to build an environment that attracts, retains, inspires, and engages the team. You develop trusted and valued customer relationships and communicate effectively, so that people throughout the organization feel engaged and connected to their work. You deliver excellence, strive for continuous improvement, and respond vigorously to change.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 9 years of related experience OR a Master’s Degree with 7 years of related experience
Active DoD Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the program to meet business needs
Ability to obtain Special Program Access. This Special Program Access must be obtained within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the program to me
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