Description

Job Description

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security.  Our organization is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. 

Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.

We are looking for you to join our team as a Digital Engineering Manager based out of San Diego, CA. 

What You'll Get to Do:

The digital engineering manager will lead a sub-department of approximately 12-15 digital/VHDL engineers and managers working within the San Diego Engineering and Sciences (E&S) Software and Digital Technologies (SWDT) department. The successful candidate will lead direct report employees based on organizational goals, program activity, and company policies. Specific responsibilities  include coordinating with programs for staffing, recruiting, training, preparing and delivering performance reviews to employees, evaluating/recommending employees for promotions, evaluating salaries and coordinating with Human Resources on potential adjustments, assisting employees in preparing performance goals, providing career guidance to employees and counseling employees on their performance as necessary as well as working to refine the system development process and tools utilized for program excellence and design assurance. Program Execution and Engineering Excellence are our driving forces.

The qualified candidate shall also be a technical performer, working approximately 80% directly on programs involving communications systems within our Fighter Networked Systems (FNS) and Advanced Comms & Networks (ACN) operating units (OU), representing our Engineering and Sciences organization.

This manager of managers will support and be accountable for goals including:

• Cultivate an inclusive and engaging workplace. Ensure employees’ work life balance is appropriate.
• Workforce: maintain staff adequate to execute to program plans, as well as for strategic growth. Plan assignments and fill program need to ensure success, but which also offer growth to the individuals performing the work.
• Performance management: on an ongoing basis engage with staff to identify growth opportunities, deficiencies, appropriate training, etc. Execute to the Enterprise review cycle. Manage compensation and career progression.
• Create, update, and maintain digital engineering processes.

Basic Qualifications:

• BS + 8 years of exp in related STEM field; MS + 6 years of exp.
• Significant direct experience in the field of digital and VHDL engineering.
• Must have an active Secret Clearance.
• Candidate must have excellent written and communication skills and be able to work independently and within groups
• Ability to facilitate/mediate in conflict resolution matters
• Previous experience as a functional manager or technical team leader
• Candidate must have knowledge of the engineering process, be proficient in process development as well as functional organization aspects
• Candidate must have working knowledge of the engineering development process, VHDL design and verification
• Candidate must have familiarity with the other engineering disciplines
• Candidate must be able to work on site at the Rancho Carmel facility.

Preferred Qualifications:

• MS in Electrical Engineering, or a related STEM field, with 10+ or more years of technical experience and direct management of engineers
• Previous experience managing managers.
• Experience with VHDL design or advanced verification for FPGAs
• Experience with AMD/Xilinx series including Zynq, Kintex, Ultrascale, Versal family of devices.
• Experience with Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools: Vivado, Quartus, QuestaSim
• Knowledgeable in FPGA physical constraints and achieving timing closure.
• Generation of Test benches and support of formal VHDL Verification.
• Experience with board RO system level debug using test equipment such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.
• Experience with translating systems requirements into programmable logic requirements, design documents, and test specifications.
• Candidate should have hands on experience with DoD communications systems
• Candidate should have direct supervisory experience and/or significant team leadership (IPT lead)
• Current direct program duties within the FNS or ACN Operating Units.
• Familiarity with EVMS Reporting and CAM responsibilities
• Familiarity with other organizational functions such as supply chain, procurement, logistics, and mission assurance
• DOD Top Secret and SAR highly preferred
• Knowledge of F-35 and F-22 communications systems and associated waveforms