Systems Engineering Manager 3

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking an Engineering Manager, supporting the Maritime Systems, Integration & Enabling Support areas and Engineering Site Lead for our Charlottesville campus. The lead will be aligned to programs in the Operating Units’ portfolios. The Engineering Manager will be responsible for leading a distributed geographical, highly dynamic, multi-discipline engineering team performing engineering development and support to production to deliver to our customers’ mission needs. In this role, the Engineering Manager will be responsible for the following: Lead the development and implementation of the program(s) technical roadmap strategy. Ensure the business is appropriately staffed and enable resource sharing across multiple business areas. Lead strategic actions to improve the business of engineering. Drive engineering strategy and practices pertinent to the Naval Systems E&S organization, including but not limited to investments and talent strategy. Achieving headcount with continued, strong focus on retention efforts, engagement initiatives, and diversity. Drive key talent development and workforce planning efforts. Elevate engineering rigor. Drive predictable financial and program results. Prioritize engineering investments aligned with strategic imperatives. Demonstrate thought leadership on digital transformation. Position may require travel up to 25% of the time to support distributed team. Candidate must have exceptional leadership and teambuilding skills, strategic thinking, strong technical acumen, and the ability to lead multiple engineering disciplines across programs. The candidate will work with cross-discipline team members and therefore must have excellent written and verbal communication skills, presentation experience and the demonstrated ability to work seamlessly with a diverse community of engineers and managers to achieve the goals of the organization. The candidate must have the ability to build consensus and resolve conflict. The candidate must collaborate with business area leadership, and other functional partners to resolve complex issues in a timely manner to help meet program commitments. Basic Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics with 8 years of experience, a Master’s degree with 6 years of experience or a PhD with 4 years of experience. Must be a U.S. Citizen. Candidate must currently have and be able to maintain an Active DoD Secret Clearance. 3 years of professional experience in the defense or aerospace industries. 2 years demonstrated success managing technical teams. 2 years of experience working in a technical role. Proven experience as a team player and collaborator. Very strong engineering background with demonstrated experience managing through requirements, design and production. Solid understanding of engineering process with execution experience. Preferred Qualifications: Program management experience. Success as a leader of large functional organization. Experience managing large control accounts with accountability for scope, schedule, budget, and technical performance. Experience with product line management and product line engineering. Demonstrated success in creating and executing affordability initiatives.