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Section Manager IPT Lead
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation · 🇺🇸 United States-California-Woodland Hills
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About the role
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history. The Engineering and Sciences (E&S) organization pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills and innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission! As Section Manager and Cost Account Manager (CAM) / Integrated Product Team (IPT) lead, the candidate will be responsible for: Managing a staff of engineers and leading the execution of a specific domain of a larger program. Providing guidance to employees in various engineering functional roles focused on executing a defined engineering product development effort. Setting and operating to objectives including cost, schedule, and technical performance of products. Candidates must be able to work collaboratively with other engineering and operations departments at the Woodland Hills campus. Additionally, the candidates must collaborate with program management, mission assurance, and supply chain to resolve complex issues in a timely and efficient manner to meet program commitments. The product is an inertial measurement and navigation system. This role is on-site in Woodland Hills, CA. The selected candidate will be responsible for CAM/IPT leadership of a team of technical individuals whose mission is to develop advanced inertial navigation systems. The CAM/IPT lead will be responsible for: • Overseeing and managing the engineering design, development, test and integration of hardware and software products/subsystems. • Responsible for tracking and reporting cost and schedule performance (CAM duties) of the Systems Engineering Integration and Test for electrical mechanical design teams. • Owning the overall technical quality and performance for the engineering content of the assigned scope of work. • Ensuring that the engineering team is adhering to sound engineering processes in the development, production, test, and sustainment in accordance with company policies, procedures, and quality standards. • Serving as the interface to the Program Manager, SEIT Lead, Chief Engineer, and other IPT leads to coordinate IPT technical and programmatic status and issues. • Serving as the interface to the Engineering Discipline/Department Managers to coordinate staffing requirements and ensure proper skill mix to support IPT activities. • Project planning utilizing a resource loaded IMS and aligning to overall program milestones. • Meeting cost account budget, schedule, and technical performance for scope of work as assigned. Coordinating with cost account manager and understanding of EVMS. • Coordinates and prepares cost and schedule configuration control board (CCB) packages for baseline chan