Mod/Sim Engineering Manager 2: Strategic Programs (Secret) Chandler

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes 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. Build the Future of Strategic Defense Expand your horizons, advance your career, and contribute to a secure future for generations. Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector invites you to bring your pioneering spirit to collaborative teams supporting strategic defense missions. As a Modeling and Simulation Manager 2 in Chandler, AZ , you will lead an engineering organization that advances modeling-and-simulation capability for critical missile-defense programs. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work. Position Summary Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Modeling and Simulation Manager 2 to support the Weapons Prime Strategic initiative, initially serving the SBI and GPI mission areas. This technical leader will guide a team spanning modeling and simulation, GNC, software, and AI disciplines while remaining closely engaged in hands-on technical execution. The role will help shape an AI-native modeling-and-simulation development plan and deliver a minimum viable product for an efficiency initiative that supports SBI and GPI. The successful candidate combines professional modeling-and-simulation delivery experience with technical leadership, clear communication, program execution discipline, and a genuine commitment to coaching and developing people. This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off. Your Role and Impact • Lead and develop a team of approximately 22–26 engineers across modeling and simulation, GNC, software, and AI disciplines; align staffing, assignments, recruiting, retention, and development with program execution and strategic growth needs. • Provide performance management, coaching, mentoring, feedback, and development planning in alignment with the enterprise review cycle; build an inclusive, accountable, and high-performing engineering environment. • Own and deliver high-fidelity modeling-and-simulation products that support systems requirements development, decomposition, analysis, technical decisions, and program-relevant outcomes. • Lead hands-on technical execution and review of modeling-and-simulation work, including high-fidelity simulations, analysis environments, complex data analysis, trade studies, and technically sound conclusions for leadership and customers. • Drive standardization and execution of modeling-and-simulation efficiency initiatives, including automation, advanced analytics, surrogate modeling, and large Monte Carlo campaigns; establish a practical AI-native development plan and early MVP. • Develop, maintain, and apply verification-and-validation procedures, scripts, automation, and regression assessment for mission-critical models and analysis products. • Partner with chief engineers, program leaders, and multidisciplinary teams across systems, propulsion, structures, avionics, software,