Northrop Grumman · 8 hours ago
Mission Modeling Systems Engineering Manager 3 - R10221050
Rolling Meadows, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$184K/yr - $276K/yr
10+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security, and they are seeking a Mission Modeling Manager to lead a diverse engineering organization. The role involves team leadership, technical performance oversight, and strategic planning to ensure the mission modeling department meets future business and technical demands.
AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Management of team assignments across programs and NCTA
Manage staffing assignments across programs and forecast future staffing needs
Execute functional management responsibilities including performance management, quarterly connections, career development, training, retention, and compensation planning
Manage department budget in support of utilization and affordability targets
Mentor and develop technical and management talent
Drive continuous process improvement and employee engagement
Program performance monitoring & support with emphasis on execution within scope, budget and schedule constraints
Ensuring and monitoring of quality work products
Engineering process maintenance and enforcement
Program task management & team leadership
Lead the evolution of model-based practices to ensure requirements, system behavior, and mission analysis are coherently linked and usable by all stakeholders
Drive early engagement in capture activities to help define and mature mission-aligned solutions through rapid analysis and mission-level insight
Responsible for the creation, review and approval of project bids for the organization
Define and maintain a mission modeling technology vision and roadmap that aligns capabilities, tools, and workforce development with evolving mission and business needs
Develop and define NCTA projects that align with the mission modeling technology roadmap and address capability gaps
Drive a mission-first approach that embeds mission-level analysis into technical decision-making across the lifecycle, from requirements development through verification and test
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree and 12 years of experience in relevant engineering or sciences field or MS Degree and 10 years of experience in relevant engineering or sciences field or PhD and 7 years of experience in relevant engineering or sciences field
Minimum 3 years of management experience in a functional engineering organization or program role with demonstrated success
Experience executing functional management responsibilities including recruiting, retention, training, goal setting, career guidance, quarterly connections, compensation planning, policy dissemination, employee engagement, staffing, workforce planning, and implementation of department vision and strategies
Demonstrated success in leading, collaborating and developing cross functional teams of varying experience relating to hardware or software development, system design, or modeling and simulation
Must possess strong organizational and interpersonal skills to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with all levels of management and individual contributors
Experience as a Cost Account Manager (CAM) in the Defense industry or equivalent commercial experience with Program Management/Project Management duties, including operating under cost and schedule constraints
Demonstrated success working with internal and external customers to generate business and funding for projects or initiatives
Experience supporting proposal development activities including SOW development, integrated master schedule (IMS), and Basis of Estimates (BOE)
Experience in Systems Engineering concepts of requirements generation and allocation, system design, system integration and validation, and system selloff
Experience in model-based systems engineering (MBSE) using languages (SysML) and tools (Rhapsody, Cameo, Capella) to manage requirements and develop analytical and descriptive models and use cases
Experience with Mission Modeling Tools including AFSIM, Ansys Systems Tool Kit (STK), MATLAB, Simulink
U.S. citizenship
Active Secret clearance
Preferred
Master's/PhD degree in a relevant technical area
Cost Account Management (CAM) certification
Proven record of collaboration across organizations and geographical locations
Prior experience allocating functionality across hardware, firmware, and software designs
Ability to use Mission Level Analysis to drive discriminating solutions into System Architecture trades of hardware and software
Active Top Secret security clearance
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.
10001+ employees
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
Leadership Team
Tom Wilson
Corporate Vice President, Enterprise Business Development
Jeffrey Worsham
Chief Product Owner - Advanced Technology Development
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