Northrop Grumman · 1 day ago
Manager Mission Architect Engineering 2 - R10218973
Northrop Grumman is a leader in technological advancements and is seeking a Manager Mission Architect Engineering 2 to oversee a team focused on Mission Engineering. The role involves managing personnel, ensuring program staffing needs are met, and contributing to the development and sustainment of critical space missions.
AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity
Responsibilities
Managing technical personnel in our department, focusing on Mission Engineering, with a size of approximately 15 team members
Ensuring qualified and experienced personnel (and supporting design and analysis tools and other resources) are assigned to meet the staffing needs of programs, and track and execute peer reviews for major program events
All aspects of staff management, including recruiting, hiring, onboarding, training, coaching/mentoring, career development, performance management, compensation management, and separation of assigned employees
Approximately 20% functional management role and approximately 80% direct charge program role
Supporting the development, deployment and sustainment of missions
Developing space system architecture models using Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools and methodologies; deriving, allocating and maintaining system requirements and specifications; research into modeling & simulation systems and approaches for future system-of-system integration
Developing high-level CONOPS for system use cases and integration efforts
Developing, updating and maintaining design documentation
Working closely with orbital dynamics and guidance, navigation and control subject matter experts and will span the entire system lifecycle: concept, design, development, test, operations and sustainment
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree with 8 years of experience including people management experience – OR – Master's Degree with 6 years of professional experience including people management experience
Requires an active U.S. Government DoD Top-Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with the ability to obtain and maintain SCI approval/access
Experience in Systems Engineering for mission critical space applications
Proficiency in related engineering programs, Microsoft Office or equivalent document generation programs, Microsoft SharePoint or equivalent collaboration tool
Understanding of Systems Engineering principles and practices
Experience leading, supporting, and/or operating activities for space missions within National Security Space
Preferred
Active or current TS/SCI Clearance
Experience in RPO mission design, satellite ground software, distributed modeling & simulation and/or wargaming
Experience developing career development plans for staff at various experience levels
Experience with the complete space mission development life cycle
Multi-discipline space engineering experience interfacing with team members in any of the traditional Spacecraft subsystems
Experience in Cameo EA, including logical, physical and functional architecture
Experience in Python, STK, Matlab, AFSIM
Benefits
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Company
Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman is an aerospace, defense and security company that provides training and satellite ground network communications software.
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.7BKey Investors
U.S. Department of DefenseNASA
2025-05-27Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2024-01-29Post Ipo Debt· $2.5B
2023-12-20Grant· $72M
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