Director Electrical Engineering

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. 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. Northrop Grumman Space System’s Engineering group is seeking a Director of Electrical Engineering at our Chandler, AZ location. The role serves as the business-facing lead for all functions required to execute the day-to-day activities for the Operating Units, programs, and product lines. The Director is accountable for Engineering cost, schedule, and technical performance. The Director is responsible for approximately 200 engineers that primarily support programs or product lines within the programs. The role requires a focus on performance, people leadership, and business growth. The position requires a broad skill set that is balanced between technical, interpersonal, and business capabilities. The selected candidate will need to operate independently based on strategic objectives, work in a team environment, and collaborate across the sector and corporation as required to accomplish the team goals. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Engineering Execution: Accountable for Engineering cost, schedule, and technical performance through oversight of Engineering Reviews, Root Cause and Corrective Actions (RCCAs), Engineering metrics, audits, and general program execution. Business Development: Functional oversight of bid and proposal inputs for future work, independent technical reviews of major programs and Research and Development (R&D) projects. Hiring and Staffing: Support hiring goals through network events, interviewing, and intern/Pathway placements. Understanding workforce management tool to make certain programs are staffed as effectively and efficiently as possible. Be creative in solutions such as engaging remote site and using contract labor. Talent Management: Identify skills mix based on business needs and forecast needs for experienced hires, college graduates and interns. Build and execute strategy for full life-cycle talent management; hire, retain, deploy and develop diverse teams. Budget Management: Manage indirect spending to meet overhead ratio and utilization goals. Workforce Engagement and Knowledge Building: Build diverse and inclusive teams with high levels of engagement through knowledge sharing, mentoring and coaching. Encourage pervasive knowledge base building that supports new hire acclimation and succession needs. Digital Transformation: Initiate and implement initiatives to improve processes and performance using new tools and best practices. Applying leadership characteristics: Achieve sustainable top performance, a commitment to ethics and integrity, and the capability to innovate while challenging traditional ways of doing business. Ability to balance programmatic needs: Deliver results within cost, schedule, and quality parameters while encouraging and rewarding innovative behaviors through all levels of the organization. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required. Influencing the direction of technology discriminators: Identifying and championing change within the organization, to achieve competitive advantage for the business. Basic Qualifications: Bachelor's degree with10 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree with 8 years of related engineering experience, or a PhD with 6 years of related engineering experience. Ability to obtain a DoD Secret security clearance. Experience must include a high proficiency in technical problem solving to include decomposition, root cause analysis, solution development, implementation and monitoring, as well as experience in multiple program phases. Minimum of 5 years demonstrated success managing people, and technical leadership roles effectively leading large diverse technical teams. Demonstrated knowledge of hiring, staffing, engineering metrics, training resources, processes, and tools. Proven technical management experience preferably in either program profit and loss or integrated product team. Preferred Qualifications: Advanced degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics or related technical fields. Active DoD Top Secret security clearance. Program management experience with profit and loss accountability. Experience leading large functional teams across multiple locations. Experience with product line management and product line engineering. Proven success in creating and executing affordability initiatives.