Description

Our Leaders at Northrop Grumman live our values daily and encourage our teams to do the same. We do the right thing: upholding the highest ethical standards and facilitating a safe and respectful environment that attracts, retains, and inspires a diverse and engaged team. We do what we promise: holding yourself and others accountable to meet predictable and balanced results. We commit to shared success: operating as OneNG and removing barriers for our teams. Finally, We pioneer: setting a vision that shapes the future and inspires others.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems (NGAS) has an opening for a Test & Evaluation Manager 2 position. The selected candidate will be responsible for the functional management of the Test & Evaluation Lab Cognizant Engineers, Lab Designers, Cyber Engineers, Software Engineers and Technicians supporting RAD programs in Melbourne, FL. This is a dual role Section Manager (Functional Role) and Individual contributor (Program Role). 

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE FOLLOWING:

• Lead a section of Test & Evaluation engineers (10 -15 employees)
• Instruct, mentor and champion agile concepts and processes
• Be responsible for hiring, development, training, and retention of section talent.  Hiring will include university and experienced hiring.
• Provide leadership and direction to team members and manage employee performance (including engagement strategies for higher performers and corrective actions for lower performers)
• Responsible for day-to-day operation of the organization including employee movement, balancing of resources among programs, and resolving critical/urgent program/technical issues.
• Promote the professional development of the Systems Engineering team and foster a collaborative culture that sustains the momentum around employee engagement and inclusion, affordability, innovation, value growth, and continuous improvement.
• Provide clear assignments, helps employees connect their efforts to the bigger picture, creates an inclusive work environment characterized by mutual respect and the valuing of differences, and builds a culture that motivates employees to their highest levels of performance.

Our Leaders at Northrop Grumman live our values daily and encourage our teams to do the same. We do the right thing: upholding the highest ethical standards and facilitating a safe and respectful environment that attracts, retains, and inspires a diverse and engaged team. We do what we promise: holding yourself and others accountable to meet predictable and balanced results. We commit to shared success:operating as OneNG and removing barriers for our teams. Finally, We pioneer: setting a vision that shapes the future and inspires others.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 9 years of combined technical and management experience, or Master’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 7 years of combined technical and management experience.
• Must have experience with RF test equipment for system verification and validation.
• Must have experience generating test plans, procedures, test execution, lab testing, customer testing, formal qualification and reports for DoD programs.
• Must have experience performing system verifications and validations for DoD programs.
• Must have experience working in cloud-based, hybrid-cloud, on-premise, and virtualized environments.
• Experience leading an engineering team or project.
• Familiarity with AGILE/SCRUM Master, MBSE with CAMEO, DODAF 2.0 or similar.
• Must have a current DoD Secret clearance with a background investigation within the past 5 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation.
• Previous experience working in a SAP/SAR environment.
• Ability to obtain SAP access within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Excellent communication skills.
• Proven leadership skills.
• Prior Functional Management Experience.
• Engineering Management Experience.
• Agile project management (manage & prioritize workflow).
• Ability and desire to provide ongoing coaching and performance feedback to direct reports
• Active DoD Top Secret clearance with SSBI, or Active DoD Top Secret with SCI within 4 years of last investigation.
• Program access to all major NGAS programs.
• Experience in at least one of the following areas:
  • Operations Analysis
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Systems Analysis
  • System Architecture
  • Mission Integration
  • Model Based Systems Engineering
• Familiarity with AFSIM Modeling and SIM.