Sentinel Systems Engineering Manager 3 - Electromagnetic Environmental Effects E3 8575-1

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Roy, UT +2 · Systems/Architecture/Test

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Systems Engineering Manager 3 for the Sentinel program, focusing on Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3). The role involves managing a team of 30-40 engineers responsible for EMI, EMC, ESD, Spectrum Management, and TEMPEST. Responsibilities include day-to-day program execution, EVM, status reporting, providing guidance on E3 sub-teams, developing best practices, managing resources, and overseeing schedules. Requires a STEM degree, 8 years of experience, and an active Secret security clearance, with the ability to obtain SAP and Top Secret clearances. Experience in managing cost, schedule, and performance of government technical statements of work, and EVMS is required.

What you'd actually do

  1. Managing the day-to-day program execution of the E3 Specialty Engineering Team.
  2. Providing EVM responsibilities (CAM for multiple Work Packages) as delegated by the Director of Specialty Engineering.
  3. Communicate effectively and report status and progress metrics to support Program Management reviews and customer engagements.
  4. Provide senior management guidance on program execution for E3 sub-teams to include EMI Test Support, E3 Design Support, and TEMPEST, to include both testing and design support.
  5. Develop and support consistent execution of standard and best practices, methods, software and tools across E3 team and sub-teams. Must utilize feedback and lessons learned to further develop these practices and methods and foster a community of continuous improvement.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline and 8 years of related experience, or a master’s degree and 6 years of experience.
  • Active U.S. Government Secret security clearance.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain SAP and DoD Top Secret clearance.
  • Experience managing cost, schedule and performance of large government technical statements of work.
  • Experience in Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) and experience as an EVMS Control Account Manager (CAM) or Work Package Lead (WPL).
  • Experience in milestone planning and execution to completion (e.g. Design Reviews, Test Readiness Reviews, etc.).

Nice to have

  • 10+ years of related experience.
  • 7 years of direct experience on technical teams working a complex system of systems.
  • Proven leader.
  • Problem solver.
  • Strong work ethic.
  • Excellent communications and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to manage customer relationships and build consensus with customer counterparts.
  • Minimum of 3 years in a formal management position leading a team of engineers, including performance reviews.

What the JD emphasized

  • Must be a U.S. Citizen with an active U.S. Government Secret security clearance at time of application with an investigation completed within the last 6 years, current and within scope.
  • Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) and DoD Top Secret clearance within a reasonable period, as determined by the company to meet its business needs.