Northrop Grumman Australia · 1 month ago
Major Program Event (MPE) Campaigns Systems Engineering Section Manager 2- 13015-1
Northrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense company, seeking a Systems Engineering Section Manager 2 to oversee a team of engineers in their Aerospace Vehicle and Systems Integration directorate. The role involves both management responsibilities and technical assignments, focusing on systems engineering tasks such as system architecture development and requirements management while fostering employee development and team collaboration.
Defense & Space
Responsibilities
Balancing both the overall functional oversight and management of a Systems Engineering group of up to 15 engineers
Spend ~20% of their time in support of the organization’s Functional Homeroom responsibilities
Spend ~80% of their time on technical assignment on an SDS project or IPT
Involves organizational administrative activities and helping their employees’ performance and career development through guidance and training
Bring with them existing direct program scope as a systems engineer
Responsibilities may include system architecture development, requirements development/management, requirement verification planning, system design/analysis, modeling & simulation, model-based systems engineering, IPT/product owner leadership, specialty engineering, or other appropriate technical functions
Demonstrate strong management skills and will have a track record as a motivated leader, an effective communicator, and problem solver
Develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
Demonstrate a commitment to ethics and integrity, and the capability to innovate while challenging traditional ways of doing business
Build diverse and inclusive teams with high levels of engagement, including mentoring and coaching
Operate in a team environment and collaborate across the directorate business areas as required to accomplish team and department goals
Lead personnel whose technical assignment include developing design review procedures, developing tools for tracking action items, refining metrics to verify spec readiness prior to MPEs, and incorporating lessons learned to help our teams become more successful as they go through their design process
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 8 years related experience
Managing people preferred
Must be a US Citizen with an active DoD Secret Clearance with an investigation date within the last 6 years
Existing 80% SDS technical scope of work
2 years of experience executing developed processes in Engineering and Manufacturing Development Phase
Preferred
Strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
7+ years of experience in a multi-disciplined engineering environment
Advanced engineering degree
Active DOD Top Secret clearance, SAP, and/or SCI access
Experience leading teams in a functional, programmatic, or technical capacity
Experience conducting design reviews and other major milestone events
Model Based Systems Engineering experience
Experience with requirements management tools such as DOORS
ICBM experience (or similar military or industry experience)
Experience developing in an Agile environment
Experience with technical development programs (e.g. Pathways, FTL, SEA)
Benefits
Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
401k
Educational Assistance
Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
Paid Time Off
Health & Wellness Resources
Employee Discounts
Company
Northrop Grumman Australia
Northrop Grumman Australia is the Australia-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation and committed to generating long-term prosperity, investing in advanced Research & Development, sovereign and exportable Intellectual Property, high-quality jobs and long-term technology leadership across the Commonwealth.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase