CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10 of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact peoples 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 nations 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, theyre making history.

At Northrop Grumman Defense Systems we are seeking an experienced Electrical Engineering Manager 2 to support our Armament Systems Business Unit located in Plymouth, MN.

Position Summary and Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage a team of 10 to 15 engineers responsible for research, design, integration, and validation of electrical subsystems for programs spanning several business units and sectors. Management responsibilities include technology development, talent development, staffing, workload planning, process improvement, capital and expense budgets, software tool planning and management, and accountability for team performance.
• The Electrical Engineering Manager will utilize their emotional intelligence to lead, coach, motivates and direct a high performing engineering team to accomplish project deliverables and strategic objectives, drive timely decision making, and maintain development and succession plans for team members.
• The Electrical Engineering Manager interprets and executes policies and procedures that typically affect subordinate organizational units. Recommends modifications to operating policies.
• The Electrical Engineering Manager has full working knowledge of procedures and practices. Direct work involvement is required to oversee projects and tasks assigned to the organizational group.
• Initiate continuous improvement activities to create high quality and efficient processes. Improve planning, execution, and tracking methods to increase engineering process excellence. Increase the understanding and use of strategy deployment, kaizen, problem solving, and lessons learned.
• Lead recruiting efforts to build and maintain team capabilities. Ensure appropriate program technical staffing, hiring plans, and staff development are coordinated & aligned with Engineering and Program Management.
• Support technology growth through identification of potential innovations, technology roadmap modifications, and proposal preparation.
• Present deliverables at program technical reviews, proposal reviews, or other technical meetings.
• Advise stakeholders and team members on how to meet established schedules or resolve technical issues.
• Act as resource to the department staff by providing guidance, interpretation, training and key input regarding operating procedures and processes.

Basic Qualifications:

• BS degree in Physics, Electrical or Computer Engineering or equivalent required; MS preferred.
• 8+ years of experience or 6+ years experience with Masters in engineering.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in leading technical teams. Demonstrated experience in leading personnel, including high performance and experienced engineers.
• Experience estimating tasking as well as authoring and approving Basis of Estimates (BOEs) for Proposals.
• Multi-disciplinary engineering experience desired.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret level security clearance, US Citizenship required.
• Exceptional communication skills (verbal, written, presentation) across all levels of the organization. Proven partnership/collaboration skills and ability to partner with cross disciplines.
• Knowledge and Technical Skills Competence is required in a specialized or technological field.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• Experience in military product development, transition from Technology Development to EMD, EMD to Limited Rate Production and product life-cycle engineering. 
• Advanced level of understanding in a specialized electrical engineering field or general understanding of several diverse electrical engineering disciplines.
• Demonstrated history of technical progression leading to engineering leadership position.
• Experience in program leadership.
• Experience with the design and developing PWB layouts is a preferred.
• Experience with the design and operation of automated CCA test equipment for DVT and production is a plus.

Salary Range: $149,400.00 - $224,000.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidates experience, education, skills and current spanet conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity 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 and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.