Electronics Engineering Manager 2 – Communications Responsible Engineer
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 is looking to add an Electronics Engineering Manager 2 – Communications Responsible Engineer to join our team in Rancho Bernando, CA. This position will be in our Avionics Integration Organization supporting Global Hawk program.
This role has both 80% program technical responsibilities and 20% functional responsibilities as a section manager leading a team of 10-15 engineers of various grade levels.
PROGRAM duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Primary Responsible Engineer for complex communications subsystem, supplier technical interface, and focal IPT representative for integration support.
Lead, research, design, development, integration, and test of a variety of electronic equipment and systems, including RF datalinks, SATCOM and Communications Networks.
Maintaining complex RF communications architectures, systems; circuitry components; analog and digital computers.
Technical planning, architecture, design, integration, deployment, verification and validation, and system effectiveness analysis at all levels to include concept, design, configuration, test, installation, operation, and maintenance.
Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
Interface with Sub-IPTs for cost, schedule, and risks and opportunity.
Reporting comms status to Program Managers and IPT Management.
FUNCTIONAL HOMEROOM duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Lead a section of electronics, electrical and mechanical engineers (10-15 personnel)
Build an engineering culture that empowers employees, establishes personal and team accountability, motivates team performance, encourages development, and supports innovation
Partner with technical and functional management to develop an approach that satisfies the staffing needs between programs.
Timecard approval, employee performance evaluations, facilitating employee growth, and special assignments in support of the functional homeroom
Ensure personnel and hardware safety, driving compliance with policies and procedures including security, property management, training, configuration control, and test conduct
Instruct, mentor and champion agile concepts and processes
Special assignments in support of the functional homeroom
The selected candidate should be a self-starter and thrive working in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, engaged in assignments across multiple engineering disciplines, within a collaborative/team setting on all levels of the organization.
The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility. Once established in role, the position could potentially offer a hybrid work environment. Scheduled telework days are approved at manager's discretion. 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 9 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 7 years of related engineering experience
Experience leading an engineering team or project
Extensive experience in RF architectures and networking engineering
Must have an Active in-scope, DoD Secret clearance
Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret clearance once in position.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Active in-Scope, DoD Top Secret
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