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 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.  Come be a part of our mission!

We are looking for you to join our team as a Hardware Engineering Manager 1 based out of Woodland Hills, CA. Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly and continuously drive innovation.  The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment & shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation. This is a fully onsite position located in Woodland Hills, CA working a 9/80 schedule.  This is an 80/20 role where 80% of the time is spent on program activities and 20% of the time spent on staff management and development.

What You’ll get to Do:

• Manage/Oversee the engineering design, development, and transition to production of PCB (printed circuit board), parts library, and layout as well as component engineering of inertial navigation systems

• Develop and implement strong processes with emphasis on quantitative management and continuous improvement

• Provide management guidance to achieve outstanding cost, schedule and technical performance

• Responsible for technical guidance and oversight in developing technical and cost proposals

• Interface with business focused discipline leads to coordinate staffing requirements and ensure proper skill mix to support program activities

• Mentor and challenge team members to develop skills and provide career planning/development paths

• Responsible for all manager related activities to include, but not limited to: conduct performance and salary reviews, approve timecards, performance management, and work closely with HR on elevated employee matters

• Other duties as assigned

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) or related discipline with 5 years of relevant experience; Master's degree with 3 years of relevant experience. PhD with 1 year of relevant experience.

• Printed Circuit Board Design or Fabrication experience

• Experience leading a team on a technical development effort or technical production support

• Understanding of the engineering processes and tools used in PCB layout and/or components engineering

• Experience with CCA design, fabrication, and/or test and verification

• Experienced with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) tools and processes used for hardware designs

• Experience with generating and/or reviewing cost estimates/basis of estimates (BOEs)

• U.S. Citizenship required

• Ability to obtain a U.S. Government Secret clearance.

• Must be willing and able to effectively manage a geographically dispersed team

• Must be able to work full-time onsite

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in a technical field

• Experience in the development and implementation of processes to ensure product development efficiency and accuracy

• A proven track record of leading a team of engineers and of establishing strong relationships with other functional organizations and Program Offices

• Experienced with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) tools, such as Siemens Teamcenter Enterprise or Teamcenter Unified Architecture (UA) or Tc AW - Active Workspace used for hardware designs.

• Experienced with failure analysis techniques and methods (RCCAs)

• Technical project management with budget/EVMS experience

• Experience with technical proposals

• Knowledge of engineering planning, scheduling, metrics, earned value systems, and workload forecasting