Project Manager: Electrical Engineering - Tactical Space Systems

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: None

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.

We have an opening for a Project Manager: Electrical Engineering to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals in the Tactical Space organization. This position will be located in Dulles, VA OR Gilbert, AZ.

In this role you will:

• Oversee and manage the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management
• Review status of projects and budgets
• Manage schedules and prepare status reports
• Assess project issues and develop resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives
• Develop mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, and clients

Responsibilities:

• Engage and collaborate with program and functional organizations (from individual contributors to executive staff) to obtain, understand, and interpret program resource needs to effectively meet program milestones.
• Manage and maintain the day-to-day interfaces and communications between the Program Management Office (PMO), Engineering Directorate, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain (SCM). Resolve issues spanning across functional area.
• Generate Cost Estimates for proposed work
• Baseline, Manage, Control, and Close project(s) using a project management framework approach.  
• Coordinate control account cost and schedule performance through program life cycle
• Generate, assess, track scope, cost, and schedule risks and opportunities supported by quantitative and predictive analyses.  Mitigate Risk and Exploit opportunities.
• Facilitating internal meetings in a way to support design, production, and problem resolutions.
• Initiate and maintain program subcontracts as well as intra-company work orders in support of program financial and schedule performance.
• Utilize fundamental engineering principles to facilitate production and design changes within the project team that result in superior products within the program budget.

To be successful you should have:

• Experience leading a cost account to include conducting Earned Value (EVMS) cost -control
• Experience leading a multi-discipline team in design & development of a new product
• Experience managing and directing subcontracts
• Project Management experience in an engineering and/or manufacturing environment such as harness, electrical power, command and data handling, test engineering, ground support design & development, and/or RF engineering
• Proficiency in Microsoft Project

Basic Qualifications:

• 3 years of experience with a STEM or Business Management Bachelor’s degree (1+ years with a Masters.) 
• Proficient in MS Office applications including Excel, Word, Project, and Power Point

Preferred Qualifications:

• Dual Degree in business and engineering
• CAPM certification (current)
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance per business requirements (US citizenship required)

The Northrop Grumman Tactical Space Division is a strategic partner specializing in commercial and classified partnerships with the design, delivery, operation and sustainment of satellites and human spacecraft.  We support science and space exploration through our various partnerships, including NASA’s Artemis program with the goal to retu