We are looking for you to join our team as a dual-role technical manager position based out of Buffalo, NY. At Northrop Grumman, you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation and where we focus on the development and production of state-of-the-art Simulation Systems solutions.
What You'll Get to Do
For this dual-role technical manager position your management duties will require tasking and coordination of approximately 6-10 engineers, and process and resource coordination with functional homeroom management. The position will also have 75% of his/her time allocated to technical responsibilities. This candidate will demonstrate a broad skill set that is balanced between interpersonal, leadership, and technical capabilities. He/she must be a self-starter, able to efficiently operate in a team environment, and collaborate across the sector business areas as required to accomplish the team goals. The candidate will work closely with other managers, and engineering disciplines. The manager will be required to communicate with internal customers as well as external customers and suppliers. He/she must be able to work as part of a multifunctional team working within schedule and budget constraints.
Roles & Responsibilities
Management and execution of employee performance review processes
Create and support department policies, procedures, and budgets
Provide flow-down and direction from upper management and the organization
Provide employee mentoring, career development, and training opportunities
Creating an inclusive and engaging environment that promotes employee retention
Support to hiring, staffing and workload forecasting including identification and training of skills required to execute on programs
Support/lead project execution over the whole product lifecycle, with foremost emphasis on meeting or exceeding customer and stakeholder requirements
Revises and manages both original and revised specification/interface definition document and expedites documents through signature approval process.
Identify risks, suggest mitigations, track defects, develop resolutions, and track and report status
Supports trade studies, system performance assessments, system design assessments, timelines and concept of operations development.
Supports system design, data analyses, interface verification, testing, failure/anomaly resolution and mission operations.
Supports the testing and/or evaluation/validation of one or more components of a system or subsystem analytical model or actual system implementation.
Provide technical contributions on assigned programs, including subject matter expert reviews for major milestone events (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, etc.).
Facilitate and maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
Oversight of cost, schedule, and technical quality for SEIT execution on supported programs
Technical lead for proposal (Formal and ROM) efforts including Basis of Estimate generation
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) and a minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience
Understanding with Electronic Warfare simulation of threat radar systems.
Knowledge of radar signal characteristics.
Experience performing functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.
Experience analyzing complex problems and developing solutions.
Experience with DOORS requirements management tool.
Experience with design reviews.
Excellent communication and presentation skills for technical audiences.
Ability and willingness to travel to domestic and foreign locations up to 15% based upon need.
U.S. citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense (DoD) Secret security clearance and ability to obtain special access programs.
Preferred Qualifications
Master's degree in a relevant technical or management specialty
Proven demonstrated leadership skills and the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
Demonstrated capability to make difficult decisions that impact team direction and team performance outcomes
Active Department of Defense (DoD) Secret security clearance with the eligibility to obtain a Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and special access programs.
Electronic Warfare (EW), or EW Threat experience
Experience with Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) concepts and tools (Cameo and Rhapsody).
Experience in an integration and test environment for complex electronic systems evaluation
Experience in development and earned value management of cost accounts and schedules as related to Systems Engineering tasks
Expertise using various types of RF test equipment, such as spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes and time-domain analyzers to measure and verify interpulse and intrapulse modulations, radar scan patterns.
Primary Level Salary Range: $121,000.00 - $181,400.00
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 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.
