Manager Specialty Engineering 2

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!
The Navigation, IMU, and Specialty Engineering team is looking for you to join our team as a Specialty Engineering Manager 2 based out of Woodland Hills, CA.
The Specialty Engineering team supports all product areas across the Navigation and Cockpit Systems (NACS) business unit encompassing specialty engineering areas such as reliability, maintainability, logistics, and systems safety. This role will focus on management of functional subject matter expertise associated with programs ranging from early development through production. The functional department manager provides personnel management to the team including career development, goal setting, performance reviews, salary planning.
This position is 20% functional management and 80% direct program support. This is a 100% onsite role.
What You'll get to Do:

Assist in the development and implementation of department vision and strategies to drive employee engagement; improve hiring, development, training, and retention of top talent; balance process compliance against innovation; and reduce bureaucracy
* Staff resource planning
* Lead a team comprised of reliability, safety, logistics, maintainability, cybersecurity, and other specialty engineers supporting multiple programs
* Conduct performance and salary reviews
* Mentor and challenge team members to develop skills and provide career planning/development paths
* Develop and implement strong processes with emphasis on quantitative management and continuous improvement
* Ensure organizational compliance with corporate/sector/organizational policies/procedures
* Drive continuous process improvement and usage of common processes across programs, as appropriate
* Provide management guidance and earned value reporting to achieve outstanding cost, schedule and technical performance on programs supported
* Responsible for technical guidance and oversight in developing technical and cost proposals
* Manage personnel assignments in a highly dynamic and demanding engineering environment
Basic Qualifications:

Bachelors of Science in a STEM discipline and a minimum of 8 years of progressively increasing responsibility and engineering experience or a Masters of Science in a STEM and a minimum of 6 years of progressively increasing engineering experience
* Experience in one or more specialty engineering areas, including principles, analyses, and procedures
* A proven track record of leading a team of engineers and of establishing strong relationships with other functional organizations and Program Offices
* Experienced in cost estimating using prior actual costs to support engineering Basis of Estimates (BOEs)
* Proven written and oral communications skills
* US Citizenship
* Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the hiring manager

Ability to work onsite, full-time at the Woodland Hills, CA campus
Preferred Qualifications:

Master's degree in an Engineering discipline
* Demonstrated passion for improving employee engagement
* Prior experience with navigation or cockpit systems programs
* Experience in the development of military airborne electronics
* Knowledge of/experience with emerging (e.g., DO-178) development processes
* Working knowledge of Model-Based Systems Engineering methods and tools
* A current Secret Clearance
Salary Range: *$156,500 - $234,700
The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.
Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.