Systems Engineering Manager 2

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be availableCLEARANCE TYPE: SecretTRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's 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 nation's 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, they're making history.Our Defense Systems Sector is seeking a Systems Engineering Manager to join our growing team in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
You will become part of Northrop Grumman's Integrated Mission Solutions (IMS). IMS provides sustainment support for the US Air Force B-1, KC-135, and numerous other Government platforms. Our team members complete engineering, reverse engineering, and logistics solution efforts to solve complex obsolescence problems and ensure warfighter supportability.
This Systems Engineer Manager will lead a diverse team of electrical, mechanical, aerospace, and systems engineers to achieve organizational goals. They will provide engineering oversight for efforts within an Integrated Product Team (IPT), to include technical planning, requirements development and tracking, system integration, systems integrations lab (SIL), ground and flight testing, verification and validation, airworthiness, system safety, risk, reliability / maintainability, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems. Analyses are performed at all levels of total system product to include concept, requirements, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal. This person will lead project teams and be responsible for cost, schedule and performance
Responsibilities:

Direct supervision/management of the staff

Create project plans, including project schedules and budgets

Oversee and manage project execution and finances to the plan

Integrate requirements vertically and horizontally across the project to ensure successful execution

Brief Northrop Grumman management and customers on project status

Identify and mitigate risks

Communicate staffing and lab needs to ensure projects are adequately resourced

Work with multiple engineering teams and cross-functional departments

Lead business development and proposal activities for new projects

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university with 8 years of engineering leadership experience or master's degree with 6 years of engineering leadership experience

Some background in aircraft engineering or maintenance

Demonstrated expertise in system engineering processes and products throughout much of the program life cycle and providing technical leadership and guidance

Ability to develop, execute, and manage a complex WBS and IMS via MS Project

DoD Secret clearance required and the ability to gain program access

Experience in managing both internal and external personnel and teams to include subcontractors

Understanding and experience in formal risk and opportunity management

Preferred Qualifications:

General understanding of NGDS Engineering processes