Manager Engineering Technical Support - Level 1

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret TRAVEL: No 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. Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector is seeking a Manager Engineering Technical Support – Level 1 to join our team in Dulles, VA.       This position takes the form of an additional functional management role overlaying a candidate’s current technical role. It offers approximately 15-20% coverage for performing functional management duties. For the remaining coverage, the candidate will continue performing his/her current direct program role. Candidate must be able to retain his/her current program role upon assumption of this management position. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate sustainable top performance, a commitment to ethics and integrity, skill with people and communications, and the ability to innovate. The ideal candidate will possess the ability to balance programmatic needs to deliver results within cost, schedule, and quality constraints while encouraging and rewarding high performance, innovative behavior, and adherence to Northrop Grumman values through all levels of the organization. Demonstrated abilities to build effective teams with high levels of engagement, including mentoring and coaching, are a must. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required. This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off.   In this job, you will: • Providing the people, processes and tools to meet the current and future needs of the programs and technologies within the portfolio • Supervising, mentoring, overseeing assignments, and supporting career development of employees in the Engineering Technician role • Providing functional oversight across multiple supported programs, including bid and proposal inputs for future work, independent technical reviews of major programs and R&D projects as well as organizational budget management • Establishing and maintaining discipline-specific processes and tools • Facilitating process improvement initiatives including the implementation and monitoring of metrics and best practices. • Candidate must currently have and be able to maintain a full-time technical program role in addition to the management duties of this position. Basic Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of professional experience – OR – Master’s degree with 3 years of professional experience. Will consider an additional 4+ years of experience in lieu of degree. • Requires an active Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance at time of application  • Proven experience in people- and technical-leadership roles in either program or functional environments • Working knowledge of engineering staffing, metrics, training, resources, processes, and tools • Strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills (verbally and written) with the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of management and indi