Mechanical Engineering Manager 2

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Baltimore, MD +1 · Mechanical

Mechanical Engineering Manager 2 at Northrop Grumman, responsible for managing a team of 10-15 mechanical engineers, including performance management, career development, and collaboration with project leads. Requires a Bachelor's degree with 8 years of experience and an active DoD Secret clearance.

What you'd actually do

  1. Managing a functional group comprised of approximately 10-15 mechanical engineers of varying experience levels, including performance management, merit planning, job assignment management/prioritization, career development, new employee onboarding and coaching.
  2. Engaging the functional team with timely flow-down of information and fostering robust collaboration within the team.
  3. Collaborating with project team leads, to support project planning and execution activities, labor and material cost estimation, staffing, design process execution, etc.
  4. Maintaining awareness of each group member’s project responsibilities and performance, providing guidance, and helping them to identify resources needed to overcome obstacles and meet project objectives.
  5. Developing and maintaining a working knowledge of applicable design processes, guidelines, policies, and best practices, and ensuring that all functional team members are aware of and are compliant with these items.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's Degree with 8 years of experience, master’s degree with 6 years of experience, Ph.D. with 4 years of experience in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics or related technical fields
  • U.S Citizenship
  • active DoD Secret clearance
  • Ability to work onsite full-time at the BWI facility
  • Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in an engineering and/or technical leadership role
  • 6 years or more of demonstrated success leading, collaborating, and building teams on complex technical projects
  • Familiarity with the processes, roles, tools and facilities related to engineering development & documentation
  • 8 years of experience in the different phases of the hardware engineering lifecycle: requirement, architecture, concepts, critical design, drawing development, test, vendor/build follow and production support

Nice to have

  • Demonstrated success in functional management, project management, or similar technical leadership role
  • Experience with Earned Value Management (EVM) & Control Account Management (CAM) techniques, and responsibilities
  • Experience with the design and development of ruggedized electronic hardware, in particular antennas, microelectronic packages, and circuit card assemblies
  • Experience with Microsoft Project, MPLM, Siemens Teamcenter, NX

What the JD emphasized

  • active DoD Secret clearance