Description

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security.  Our Engineering and Sciences (E&S) organization pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered to provide the skills, 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!

What you get to Do:

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS) seeks to fill a Director of Engineering 1 position based in either Charlottesville, VA or Sykesville, MD. In this role, the selected candidate will report to the Naval and Oceanic Systems Senior Director of Engineering and Sciences and will be responsible for the overall direction, leadership, and management of the Naval engineering organization; a team comprised of approximately 250 managers, engineers, and scientists of varying levels of experience and growth across 3 sites: Charlottesville VA, Sykesville MD, and Ocean Springs MS.  The organization comprises Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, and Integration & Logistics.  

The selected candidate must be able to work collaboratively with other E&S and business leaders, as well as other enabling functions to meet our commitments and address/resolve challenges in a timely manner. 

This leadership role is pivotal in the development of hardware, software and systems solutions as well as production support and shipboard integration and test for Navy and USCG surface and subsurface fleet.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, lead, and execute engineering strategy aligned with business and program objectives for Naval systems programs. 

• Provide functional leadership to include goal setting, performance management, employee development, and managing budgets required to perform their statements of work. 

• Manage multiple sites’ workload forecast for engineering while meeting utilization goals 

• Drive innovation and engineering rigor across complex programs in all phases: concept development, design, integration, verification, deployment, and sustainment. 

• Enhance the personnel, processes, and tools to meet the current and future needs of the programs and technologies. 

• Provide oversight and leadership across all engineering disciplines, ensuring technical excellence, cost-effective execution, and alignment with customer needs.  

• Proactively push information and issues to business and functional leadership 

• Serve as the engineering authority for Naval systems programs, engaging regularly with internal stakeholders, senior leadership, government customers, and prime contractors. 

• Lead the development, design, implementation, application, training, costing, and product support for state-of-the-art solutions in support of captures, programs, and research & development. 

• Foster a high-performance culture that promotes technical depth, continuous learning, operational discipline, and talent development across departments. 

• Ensure compliance with engineering policies, quality standards, and risk management practices. 

• Support business growth through technical solutioning, proposal development, and customer engagement. 

• Support the sites’ Program Management teams in the successful execution of programs while meeting cost, schedule and customer performance requirements 

• Provide technical oversight to program risk and opportunity management boards 

This position will be on-site at either Charlottesville, VA or Sykesville, MD locations

There will be up to 50% travel for this position to other Northrop Grumman locations.  

Basic QualificationsDirector 1 position:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (e.g., Electrical, Mechanical, Software, Systems) or a related technical field with 12+ years of professional relevant experience; or a Master’s degree in engineering (e.g., Electrical, Mechanical, Software, Systems) or a related technical field with 10+ years of professional relevant experience. 

• Experience delivering complex hardware and software integrated systems within cost, schedule, and performance objectives. 

• Demonstrated ability to drive engineering performance, process discipline, and staff development in a matrixed organization. 

• Proficiency in technical problem solving to include decomposition, root cause analysis, and corrective actions development, implementation, and progress checks. 

• Previous experience in Functional People Management including staffing, metrics, training resources, processes, and tools 

• Experience briefing high level management, executives, and customers 

• Active Secret clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret security clearance
• U.S. citizenship required

Preferred Qualificationsfor Director 1 position:

• Master’s degree in engineering, Engineering Management, Systems Engineering, or related technical discipline. 

• 12+ years of experience in Aerospace & Defense in maritime domain  

• Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), Agile software development, and digital engineering practices. 

• Experience with Product Lifecycle Management processes and tools 

• Familiarity with Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition lifecycle and the Systems Engineering lifecycle milestone reviews, e.g., System Requirements Review, Critical Design Review). 

• Experience as a Control Account Manager (CAM) including certification.