Manager Electronics Engineering

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.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems Sector is seeking a Manager 3, Operations Engineering for our Sykesville, Maryland campus. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong technical and leadership skills to achieve sustainable top performance.

The Operations Engineering Manager should have a track record as an effective communicator and problem solver who is able to develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders. This Manager will demonstrate a commitment to ethics and integrity; the capability to innovate; and the ability to build diverse and inclusive teams with high levels of engagement, including mentoring and coaching.

The Operations Engineering Manager will lead a functional team of Test Engineers, Engineering Technicians, Manufacturing Engineers, and Industrial Engineers who support a diverse portfolio of programs that include development, sustainment, production and IR&D for products that include Power and Control Systems for our naval customers.

• Provide technical oversight for Test, Manufacturing and Industrial engineering activities performed by the team
• Identify and implement process changes to improve manufacturing builds and production tests
• Direct site level continuous improvement effort and budget
• Support audits from both internal and customer groups related to manufacturing and test processes
• Drive early manufacturing engagement by ensuring appropriate guidance is provided to Design Engineering during drawing reviews regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques; and to identify any manufacturability challenges or changes required ahead of drawing release. Work with Design Engineering to ensure proper Bill of Material (BOM) structure and alignment of the Manufacturing and Test Instruction to the build for all programs
• Support development of tooling / fixtures to conduct the operations steps and to serve as manufacturing aids for personnel
• Investigate and initiate corrective action to ensure product quality; resolve quality issues that arise during the build process to ensure all parts conform to the design configuration
• Work with leadership and peers to identify site-wide objectives and to acquire funding to align capability development with business objectives and strategy

• Provide technical oversight and mentorship to staff to ensure engineering projects in your portfolio meet performance objectives
• Responsible for strategic direction and direct management of immediate staff
• Execute, update, and maintain department procedures, systems and standards
• Support organizational engineering initiatives
• Provide guidance to Test Engineering Manager and Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering Manager in support of the personnel on the factory floor

• Serve as a liaison for the site to executive leadership as necessary through written and verbal interactions
• Provide coaching and mentoring level opportunities for more junior level Mfg personnel
• Participate, lead and support site level engagement efforts

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or other STEM area with a minimum of 9 years of Test Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering or Industrial Engineering experience, or Master’s degree in Engineering or other STEM area with a minimum 7 years of…