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Aerospace & Defense, Government Contracting, Technology

Manager Manufacturing Systems Engineering 2

Salt Lake City, UTOnsiteFull TimeManager / Head$139,100–$208,700 /yrPosted 1 month ago

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Required skills

  • Secret clearance
  • U.S. Citizenship
  • STEM discipline
  • engineering experience
  • manufacturing environment
  • database queries techniques
  • Microsoft Office
  • Word
  • Excel
  • PowerPoint

Nice to have

  • SAP
  • People Management
  • Automated test equipment design
  • test process implementation
  • high regulatory environment
  • DoD

Role summary

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems sector is seeking a Manager Manufacturing Systems Engineering 2 in Salt Lake City, UT. This role involves managing manufacturing Test Engineering support, developing and maintaining test procedures, and driving process improvements using data-driven metrics. The manager will interface with various organizations and potentially represent the company to program offices and external customers. Key responsibilities include supervising a team of engineers, conducting performance evaluations, setting goals, and developing a strategic vision. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong leadership, teamwork, communication, and project management skills, with experience in manufacturing environments and database querying.

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be availableCLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: NoCLEARANCE 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.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems sector is seeking a qualified candidate to join the engineering leadership team as a Manager Manufacturing Systems Engineering 2 located in Salt Lake City, UT. To be successful, the manager must demonstrate a highly engaging leadership style, have excellent teamwork and collaboration skills, and excellent written and verbal communication skills.


What you'll get to do:

  • Manage manufacturing Test Engineering support for the systems factory.
  • Test procedures development and maintenance over manufacturing test operations.
  • Continuing process improvement based on data driven metrics.
  • Interface with and build relationships across organizations in Salt Lake City, Woodland Hills and other NGC sites.
  • Organization representative to program office and external customer as needed.
  • Supervise a team of engineers including but not limited to performance evaluations, goal setting, and developing a strategic vision for the team.

The ideal candidate must have good presentation skills with the ability to communicate written and verbally, demonstrate the ability to lead technical projects, including project scope management, budget, schedule, and overall execution.


Basic qualifications for the Manager Systems Manufacturing Engineering 2:

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering or directly related STEM discipline with 8 years of engineering experience; or Master’s degree with 6 years of engineering experience.
  • Experience collaborating with teams and/project leadership.
  • 2 or more years of experience with leading individuals or projects.
  • Experience in a manufacturing environment.
  • Experience with database queries techniques.
  • Experience with standard Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
  • U.S. Citizenship required.
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • SAP experience.
  • People Management experience.
  • Automated test experience both in terms of equipment design and test process implementation
  • Experience in a high regulatory environment such DoD, FAA or FDA.
  • Experience using data for decision making.
  • Root Cause Corrective Actions experience.
  • Six Sigma experience.
  • Experience with electromechanical assembly.
Primary Level Salary Range: $139,100.00 - $208,700.00The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

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