Requisition ID: R10153180
- Category: Engineering
- Location: Redondo Beach, California, United States of America | El Segundo, California, United States of America+ 1 more
- Citizenship required: United States Citizenship
- Clearance Type: Secret
- Telecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this position
- Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)
- Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time
- Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available
- Positions Available: 1
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems (NGAS) is seeking a Functional Homeroom Section Manager (Aeronautical Engineering Manager 2) to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals. The selected candidate will be supporting the functional homeroom in execution to their respective statement of work in the Vehicle Integration (VI) organization as part of the South Bay Vehicle Engineering Directorate. This leadership position is located onsite in either Redondo Beach or El Segundo, CA.
The focus of this section is the design and development of advanced mechanical systems and weapons integration for air vehicles. Approximately 20 percent of the section head’s time will be spent performing functional homeroom duties such as attending functional staff meetings, management of personnel (performance review, direction & coaching), and coordination of job assignments, staffing, recruiting and developing IRAD projects and process improvement.
- Providing leadership and direction to section members including day-to-day support for the operation of the functional organization
- Ensuring members have sufficient statement of work
- Managing employee performance (including engagement strategies for higher performers and corrective actions for lower performers)
- Coordinating with programs to ensure appropriate staffing actions are developed and executed relative to their section
- Ensuring their employees are familiar with and use required engineering processes and tools
- Resolving critical/urgent program/technical issues
The remaining balance of the Section Manager’s time will be spent support program statement of work.
Responsibilities and Duties:
- Provide mechanisms or weapons integration design support for advanced systems
- Responsible for creating layouts of system architecture, including integration of mechanical systems related to door drive systems, utility mechanisms, uplocks, weapons, etc.
- Developing hardware and installation systems to be compatible with related subsystems design integration. Hardware design, kinematic model development, and creation of 3D layouts using NX CAD software.
- Responsible for communicating and coordinating the design with other Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) across multiple disciplines supporting the design, development, and integration.
- Assisting in developing hardware specification requirements for suppliers, as well as meeting with suppliers to coordinate those requirements.
- Must be capable of working independently under minimal supervision and as part of a large multi-disciplined team.
- Responsible for performing system level evaluations to verify requirements and ensure airworthiness criteria are met.
- Participate in and attend internal program, customer and/or supplier technical exchange meetings and/or formal program milestone reviews to provide and/or obtain progress status updates.
The candidate must have excellent communication skills, project management skills, experience in creating teams, a firm understanding of the design and development process of advanced composite structures, global supply chain, manufacturing engineering, planning, quality engineering and configuration management.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) discipline and 9 years of relevant experience; OR Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 7 years of relevant experience
- Experience in aircraft mechanical design experience
- Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Security Clearance prior to start
- Ability to obtain and maintain special access program clearance (SAP)
Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced degree in engineering (Mechanical, Engineering, Aerospace) from an ABET accredited university
- Subject Matter Expert level knowledge of Mechanical Systems and/or Weapons Integration.
- Experience designing aircraft Mechanical Systems (ie. Landing Gear, Door Drives)
- Experience managing or leading teams of engineers
- Strong communication, project management, leadership and team building skills
- An active DoD Secret Clearance
Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.