SDS Parts Materials And Processes (pm&p) Engineering Section Manager 2

Parts, Materials and Processes Engineering Section Manager 2

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.

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Parts, Materials and Processes (PM&P) Engineering Section Manager 2 for the Strategic Deterrent Systems (SDS) division Engineering and Manufacturing team. This leadership role will be located in Manhattan Beach, CA 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.

The selected candidate will be responsible for a PM&P Design discipline Section within the SDS Design Engineering organization and will report directly to an SDS PM&P Design Engineering Department Manager. You will provide career mentorship and operational support to a Functional Home Room (FHR) team (Section) of 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 manage a team of individual contributors within PM&P, these individuals may support one or more programs within SDS.

• Provide performance feedback, training, mentoring and coaching to your employees.
• Support workforce planning and maintain sufficient depth and breadth of skillsets within your teams core discipline to meet program needs.
• Responsible for employee performance reviews and supporting employee career development.
• Excellent communication, mentoring, interpersonal skills, and the ability to collaborate with senior management, peers, and employees.
• Support development and refinement of processes and tools that support business areas and programs in achieving their missions.
• Support proposal work, independent technical reviews, program standup and audits, and special assignments on an as needed basis.
• Support employee engagement, hiring, development, training, attraction, and retention of top talent.
• Provide technical support to Sentinel program ensuring integration and effective collaboration with design teams to achieve program objectives, including but not limited to:
• Reviews and analyzes released engineering change data and coordinates changes with engineering, quality, support, manufacturing, and engineering data control activities.
• Lead EEEE PM&P engineers in selection and application of Electrical, Electronics, Electro-Mechanical, Electro-Optical (EEEE) parts, including Microcircuits, Connectors, Passive Devices, and Printed Circuit Boards.
• Oversee development of Component Specifications or Source Control Documents to meet Program requirements.
• Oversee development and execution of qualifications of new EEEE components for use in new Circuit Card Assembly designs.
• Work with manufacturing and Component vendors to resolve qualification, producibility, and test issues with parts and Circuit Card Assemblies.
• Familiar with management of new part requests, part objects, and part attributes in a Product Lifecycle Management System.
• Interface with program office on CDRLs, requirement tailoring, and other PM&P issues.
• Oversee and adjudicate resolution of issues with interfacing disciplines/functions.
• Tailoring and allocating EEEE Part and Circuit Card Assembly requirements to System, Subsystem, and Unit Level Specifications.
• Oversee EEEE PM&P engineers in supporting Program Subcontractors with EEEE part requirements interpretation and review of Subcontractor Data Requirements Lists (SDRLs).
• Provide mentoring and coaching on technical issues within your area of expertise.
• Perform risk analysis, trade studies, process improvement analysis, cost estimates, as applicable.
• Tracking to completion tasking and assignments for the team, assisting with workload balancing across team members, collecting metrics, and performing other project management functions for the team as applicable.
• Ensure team members have the required tools and access to perform PM&P responsibilities.
• Collaborate with other engineering assignment managers/leads to align priorities and support overall execution of program objectives. Collaborate with other engineering assignment managers/leads to align priorities and support overall execution of program objectives.

This position is a dual-hat position requiring the candidate to perform functional management activities as well as program responsibilities. It is expected that the Functional management role will comprise up to 20% of the candidate’s time.

The candidate will have 80% technical responsibilities, supporting SDS programs as an engineer within their same function. Candidate will act across multiple organizations to drive execution. Best technical fit will be assessed as part of the interview process.

The ideal candidate is capable of creating and managing high performing teams while providing technical, administrative and management expertise in the day to day activities required to successfully execute complex engineering programs. Candidate will be self-motivated, work under general direction, and work well in teams. Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools is essential. Candidate must be able to obtain and sustain a Secret Security Clearance.

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, 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.

You’ll Bring These Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM degree from an accredited university and 8 years’ experience in DoD, aerospace, oil and gas, or nuclear regulated industries; Master’s Degree in a STEM degree from an accredited university and 6 years’ experience in DoD, aerospace, oil and gas, or nuclear regulated industries
• 2 years of experience in Parts, Materials and Processes (PM&P) or EEE/EEEE components engineering disciplines. PM&P or EEE/EEEE components type work experience can include: PM&P or electrical and electronic parts selection to meet program objectives and requirements, piece part analysis and qualification efforts, TeamCenter engineering design parts and materials planning/implementation, Electrical/Electronic Design on product development programs, PM&P Design for manufacturability, Nuclear Hardness parts qualification efforts, Production engineering support for critical EEE/EEEE parts, processes or materials, Design efforts that selected critical parts, materials or processes.
• Experience in military/space electronics design or manufacturing
• Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with an ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:

• Experience managing people preferred
• Bachelor’s Degree in Materials Science, Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Chemical Engineering.
• Special Program Access.
• Experience interpreting and ensuring design compliance to industry and/or military standards and specifications for parts and materials.
• Experience performing requirements tailoring, requirement allocation, requirement traceability, or requirement verification.
• Experience using Siemens Teamcenter, Siemens Xpedition or Siemens Capital software.
• Working knowledge of MIL-STD-1580 Destructive Physical Analysis for electronic, electromagnetic and electromechanical components.
• Working knowledge of various NASA & Military Performance documents required for the selection and screening of Space, Military, DSSC, Non-Standard, and Commercial-Off-The-Shelf components, including MIL-PRF-38534 (Hybrids), MIL-PRF-38535 (microcircuits), MIL-PRF-19500 (semiconductors), MIL-PRF-123 (capacitors), MIL-PRF-5