Sentinel Systems Engineering Manager
Listed on 2026-01-12
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Aerospace / Aviation / Avionics
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: 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.
Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking to hire a Systems Engineering Manager 2 to be located in Roy, UT
. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.
The Flight Analysis Manager will be responsible for the Flight Analysis Section within the SDS Systems Engineering organization and will report directly to the Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis (MS&A) Department Manager. You will provide career mentorship and operational support to a Functional Home Room (FHR) team (Section) of between 8 and 12 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 be expected to spend roughly 20% of your effort on Functional Homeroom responsibilities with 80% of your efforts focused on a technical assignment on the Aerospace Vehicle Equipment (AVE) MS&A team.
The Flight Analysis Manager technical assignment will be to perform as a member of the Sentinel Flight Analysis Team responsible for AVE performance and flight assessment. This includes executing trajectory simulation tools, both in 3 and 6 degrees of freedom (DOF), and analyzing the results of those simulations. Trajectory simulations include, but are not limited to, payload to range, post boost vehicle maneuverability, weapon system effectiveness, accuracy, vehicle environment characterization, and flight test predictions.
The Flight Analysis Manager will have key responsibility in supporting the evaluation of the missile’s effectiveness against threat systems. They will also analyze other missile performance metrics related to that analysis. The Flight Analysis Team also owns the program level, end to end, 6
DOF simulation. The team is responsible for development of this simulation, in collaboration with other teams, to ensure that the Weapon System meets requirements and stakeholder needs are met. Job responsibilities include software development of this simulation and other associated scripts and tools necessary to perform the above analyses.
- Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
- 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. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.
You’ll Bring These Qualifications- Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) with at least 8 Years of related experience or 6 Years with Masters in STEM.
- Must be a US Citizen with an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application with an investigation completed within the last 6 years.
- Must have the 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.
- Experience with missile modeling and trajectory simulation.
- Experience with 6
DOF trajectory simulation tools.
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