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About the role
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.
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS) sector is seeking a leader to manage a design team within the Active Electronically Steered Array (AESA) Subsystems & Product Leadership Hardware department. Emphasis is placed on leading a team of engineers that support development and production programs, as well as new business pursuits to ensure quality engineering solutions. The candidate will demonstrate a broad skill set that is balanced between interpersonal, business, and technical capabilities. The candidate will have a track record as an effective communicator and problem solver who is able to develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, as well as operate in a team environment and collaborate across the sector business areas as required to accomplish the team goals. The candidate will demonstrate a commitment to ethics and integrity, and the capability to innovate while challenging traditional ways of doing business.
The leader will manage a team of RF and Electromechanical engineers in the Installed Performance section of the Active Electronically Steered Array (AESA) Subsystems & Product Leadership Hardware department. The teams within this section specialize in computational electromagnetics, RF antenna modeling in an installed environment, subsystem design and analysis, specialized mechanical design and analysis, as well as material evaluation. Our engineering work supports full life-cycle programs including system design, system integration, hardware design, hardware integration and hands-on build and test.
Roles and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• General team supervision, performance management, career development, staffing, merit planning, team engagement, employee rewards and recognition, and resolving personnel issues
• Project planning and technical oversight for design activities performed by the group
• Strategic hiring and employee skills development, labor forecasting and execution through close collaboration with program management, and balancing employee needs with business goals
• Manpower and resource assignment
• Technical risk assessment and mitigation
• Facilitate knowledge sharing and mentoring
• Analysis of design tools, processes, and technologies needed to support strategic product plans
• Maintain and ensure application of design processes and guidelines used by the department
• Collaborate with peer managers to ensure consistency across multiple work groups
• Develop proposal inputs and review proposal content for both internal and external customers
• Lead or support department initiatives, technology roadmap creation, cross-campus/sector involvement, and IRAD project leadership
This position is dual role, encompassing both people and project/technical leadership. Direct report
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