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Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Systems Engineering Manager - Specialty Engineering Manager 2 for the Strategic Deterrent Systems (SDS) division Engineering and Manufacturing team. This leadership role will be located in Roy, UT and will provide enabling support for all business areas within the SDS portfolio. Northrop Grumman supports the Air Force's sustainment, development, production and deployment of hardware and system modifications for Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Ground and Airborne Launch Control Systems, Launch Facilities, and associated infrastructure.
What You'll Get To Do:
The selected candidate will be responsible for a System Safety Engineering Discipline Section within the SDS Systems Engineering organization and will report directly to an SDS Systems Engineering Department Manager. You will provide career mentorship and operational support to a Functional Home Room (FHR) team (Section) of between 8 and 12 Individual Contributors (ICs) based on Engineering goals, objectives, and company policy. Key FHR responsibilities will be personnel performance management, process familiarization and training for Section members, as well as staffing of roles on projects.
As a Section Manager you will be expected to spend roughly 80% of your efforts focused on a technical assignment on an SDS project or IPT with 20% of your effort on Functional Homeroom responsibilities.
The Sentinel Safety Front Line Manager is part of a Management Team responsible for System Safety Engineering across the Sentinel Enterprise including Design Analysis, Functional Hazard Analysis, Hazard Risk Mitigations, Customer Interface, and Functional Management for System Safety Engineers on the Team.
The System Safety team provides the influence and guidance for the safety discipline for the design of our product systems, associated support equipment and facilities and operations. The safety team establishes safety requirements for systems.
The safety team responsibilities include:
Independently analyzing and recommending safety criteria in system design, equipment and procedures to control or eliminate hazards.
Evaluating the interrelationship of system safety requirements and other aspects of concept design and development requirements to ensure the most cost-effective program.
Accident investigations involving products or related facilities and assists in identification of causes and corrective actions.
The qualified candidate will have experience in the implementation and application of standards and safety responsibilities such as:
MIL-STD-882E, DoD Standard Practice Safety
Safety requirements for ballistic missile operational test and evaluation
Leading System Safety Working Groups with Customers and Integrated Product Teams
Preparing, Presenting and explaining technical packages at Technical Review Boards
Experience developing a System Safety Program Plan
Familiarity with OSHA Standards
Experience performing Preliminary Hazard Analysis
This position includes functional management.
As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Space Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:
Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
401k
Educational Assistance
Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
Paid Time Off
Health & Wellness Resources
Employee Discounts
This positions standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.
You'll Bring These Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) and 6 years of related experience or Masters degree in STEM and 4 years related experience
At least 1 year experience leading a project and/or driving performance against schedule
Active Secret clearance with investigation in the last 6 years.
These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:
Experience managing cost, schedule, and performance of large government technical statements of work.
Direct experience in leading system safety MIL-STD-882E (or similar) technical teams on large complex systems.
Experience with mentoring and development of personnel.
Strong written and verbal communication skills of the English language.
1+ years of experience in leading System Safety Working Groups (or equivalent) focused on Customer Review of Hazard Analysis.
Experience with generating data per MIL-STD-882E such as Hazard Analysis Reports.
Weapon System Experience (Minuteman III or similar military or industry experience).
Experience with C/C++, Java, object-oriented design, or similar experience.
Experience using DO-178C for design development.
Experience developing in an Agile environment.
Experience with launch systems, range testing, and/or AFSPCMAN 91-710.
Model Based Systems Engineering experience.
Active Top-Secret clearance with investigation in the last 6 years.
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Salary Range: $127,700 - $191,500
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.
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