Director Engineering 1

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.

At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We’re looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we’ll support yours of expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field, or an industry thought leader. At Northrop Grumman, you’ll have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career.

We are looking for you to join our team as a Director Engineering 1 based out of Rolling Meadows, Illinois.

The Manufacturing Engineering team is comprised of the following Manufacturing Engineering functions:  Industrial Engineering, Process Engineering, Test Engineering, Manufacturing System Engineering, Software Engineering, Test Equipment Hardware Design, Factory equipment maintenance, Tool Design, Material Evaluation Lab, Automation Development and Business Process Tool Development. 

The successful candidate will have demonstrated successful experience with the following:

• Being a strong communicator, both written and verbal.  Comfortable presenting to executive leaders, peers and other functions as well as all levels throughout their own organization.
• Recruiting, retaining, coaching, and empowering leaders to develop a high performing and collaborative team. 
• Interfacing with staff and all levels of the organization to drive for a highly engaged team.
• Collaborating with all functions within Manufacturing as well as Quality, Supply Chain, Engineering, Program Office and Business Management to meet common goals.
• Establishing and promoting an environment that supports early collaboration on designs with Engineering counterparts.  Driving for optimal producibility and testability of all designs.
• Developing and maintaining a Continuous Improvement culture.  Demonstrating a commitment to improvement across products and processes.  Emphasizing the importance of the DMAIC process and data driven decision making to achieve optimal outcomes.
• Setting a standard of excellence with respect to process discipline.  Ensuring all employees are trained and understand the importance of following all established processes.
• Understanding key financial metrics, what impacts them and how to drive an organization to meet these metrics in a constantly evolving environment.
• Working with programs, analysts and business managers to understand the business forecast.  Translate that into a staffing plan and ensure staffing is optimal to meet program and business needs.
• Understanding organizational, product and program needs to develop investment strategies that drive successful outcomes.
• Always learning new technologies and having the curiosity to do so.  Supporting the team in understanding technical issues and driving to quick resolutions.  Staying on top of new technologies that drive our products and manufacturing.

Basic Qualifications for the Director Manufacturing Engineering 1:

• A bachelor’s degree in engineering, Science or related technical field with a minimum of 15 years of experience.
• A minimum of 8 years of progressive direct people leadership experience in manufacturing/production, operations, program management, testing, or related area
• Experience developing strategic roadmaps and investment priorities
• Experience working across multiple disciplines (design, manufacturing and test engineering) with a focus on product development and producibility.
• Experience with financial management including project & process control, bu