Data Science and Engineering Manager 2

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.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. Our Engineering and Sciences (E&S) organization pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission!

We are looking for you to join our team as a Data Science and Engineering Manager 2 to support advanced technology development programs.

What You'll Get To Do:

This is a dual-role technical manager position including people management and direct program leadership contribution. The split between program and functional duties will be approximately 80% program and 20% functional, on average. The direct program work may include technical work in the form of data science and/or analysis, or any other appropriate technical contribution.

As a member of our team you will:

• Support a team of 10-15 technical staff in management role. Administrative management responsibilities include staffing, performance and compensation management, and career development.
• Lead data science and data engineering projects across the organization.
• Inform stakeholders and program managers for status updates, issue resolution, and overall engineering execution.
• Partner with program management office to ensure successful execution against cost and schedule targets.
• Provide technical leadership to the team and ensuring proper engineering processes and procedures are followed.
• Work with peers and training leads to identify critical skill shortfalls; develop appropriate technical training; and improve team performance.
• Develop analytical framework to conduct novel experiments on superconducting devices.
• Support existing analytical tools and support implementation of new capabilities.
• Support the current and future development of analysis platforms within function, cost and schedule constraints

This position requires full-time on-site work at our Advanced Technology Laboratory (ATL) in Linthicum, MD location or our Annapolis Junction, MD location.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics STEM related field with 8+ years of relevant experience; Master of Science degree in STEM related field with 6+ years of relevant experience; PhD in STEM related field with 4+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience designing large scale analytical platforms.
• Experience with various data storage methodologies such as Relational, NoSQL, Object Store, and Time Series.
• Experience with MLOps and the tools associated with it, like MLflow.
• Strong understanding of the fundamentals of Machine Leaning and Deep Learning.
• A strong ability to learn new topics quickly and independently solve problems in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience managing and prioritizing projects of a large scale.
• Experience and knowledge in the following programming languages: Python and Matlab.
• This position requires the applicant to be a U.S. Citizen.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance per customer requirements.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master of Science degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) with 6+ years within a related engineering field.