Sentinel System Engineering Thread Manager 3- 14393

What You Will Get To Do:
The Sentinel program has an exciting opportunity for a System Thread (ST) Manager 3 on the Sentinel Systems Engineering team to provide leadership for the System Threads (STs) organization. The ST Manager has programmatic and technical leadership responsibility to ensure the integration of all STs governed by the Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP). STs are defined by a subset of top-level Weapons System Specification requirements and each individual ST Lead is the technical authority for their subject area to Sentinel technical leadership.
STs are of two types: Integrated Product Team (IPT) aligned and Cross IPT aligned. IPT aligned STs have a distinct program team alignment with a defined scope, budget, and staff to execute the thread for the program. IPT aligned STs require careful partnership with the ST Manager to ensure coherent and synchronized development of their threads in line with program ST governance, quality, and rigor.
Cross IPT threads do not have distinct program team alignment, and the personnel that support these STs are federated across various program IPTs with their own scope, budget, and staff. These threads require the associated ST Lead to establish an effective partnership with key stakeholders across all IPTs germane to the thread to ensure proper development and integration of the thread. These stakeholders essentially function as an internal working group to foster the cross-team linkage required for a successfully developed thread. Cross IPT Thread Lead scope, budget, and staff are under direct control and management of the ST Manager.
Specific duties include, but are not limited to the following:
• Technical and program management / leader of the System Thread (ST) team
o Establish and maintain programmatic governance and processes to enable effective ST operations
o IPT Aligned threads: collaborate on budget and scope responsibility where aligned to a distinct IPT and not under the accountability of the ST Manager
o Cross IPT aligned threads: direct leadership and management of ST Leads
• Earned Value Management: Serve as the work package lead (WPL) for the Control Account (CA) covering ST work
• Partner with the program's Systems Engineering Integration Team (SEIT) leadership and Office of Chief Engineering (OCE) to ensure effective ST integration and working relationships with technical leadership
• Brief program leadership, customers, and stakeholders on the ST at all internal and external technical reviews
• Establish an effective system of working group / coordination sessions with stakeholders across the development community to ensure effective horizontal and vertical thread integration
• Develop and maintain strong relationships across Sentinel IPTs, support functions, segments, customers, and stakeholder communities
• Engage in formal and informal mentoring to support knowledge transfer and talent development
• Provide oversight of all systems engineering products related to the STs, including but not limited to:
o Trade studies
o Architecture and interface definitions
o Functional flows and CONOPS scenarios
o Integration and test planning and procedure development
o Technical Performance Measure (TPM) reporting and management
o Performance / allocation budgets, analysis, and margin management
o Risk and opportunity identification and associated execution planning
o Requirements definition and allocation, with cognizance down to the lowest level
o Solution definition / design artifacts to produce a compliant realization of the thread capability
o Verification and validation execution, including authorship of requirement verification reports and customer coordination
o Verification planning, including coordination of required and expected verification products down to the lowest applicable level
Position Benefits
As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:
- Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
- 401k
- Educational Assistance
- Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
- Paid Time Off
- Health & Wellness Resources
- Employee Discounts
This positions standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.
You'll Bring These Qualifications:
• Bachelor's Degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) with 8 years of related experience.
• Minimum of three (3) years formal management experience
• Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope with an investigation date within the last 6 years, with an ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need
These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:*
• Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with an ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need
• Earned Value Management experience
• Current Special Access Program (SAP) approval
• 3+ years' experience with ICBM (MMIII and/or Sentinel) weapon systems
• 2+ years' functional management experience / experience as a team lead or product lead
• Experience with Confluence, JIRA, DOORS, Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE / Cameo), Siemens NX, with implementation of systems engineering practices and methods.
• Large scale / complex system development experience across multiple phases of a development program: preliminary design, detailed design, integration and test, verification and sell off, transition to production.
Salary Range: $161,500.00 - $242,300.00The 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 an Equal Opportunity 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 and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.