Engineering Manager 1- Mechanical
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.Engineering Manager 1 is responsible for providing functional leadership and direction to approximately 5 to 10 engineers covering various areas of Mechanical Engineering. This department is the focal point of production support activities in the area of power generation equipment for Nuclear Navy. Their expertise includes product development and production support for large rotating mechanical systems. They produce work products such as engineering drawings, technical reports and nonconformance resolution.
As an engineering manager, the candidate will work to ensure all staffing needs are met, drives talent development, and instill a culture of technical ownership amongst the engineering team. The responsibilities include managing the planning, preparation, execution, associated with machinery production, machinery tests, maintaining the development of the necessary resources, tools and capabilities to support the execute these actions. Further responsibilities include managing the resolution of critical issues occurring during production, test, and in service. The hardware is in Sunnyvale and at field sites.
The candidate will lead a diverse and distributed team comprised of multiple skill-sets and experience levels. The candidate must be able to effectively communicate on technical issues and solutions with functional, program, and customer leadership. A successful track record of program performance, interpersonal team building skills, and management experience is a requirement.
Responsibilities also include:
- Manage day-to-day activities for engineering, including resource planning, procedure review, critical skills management and development, continuous improvement in both process and product, along with critical problem resolution.
- Manage the design, construction, and assembly of production hardware and ensure proper maintenance of applicable procedures.
- Manage the resolution of emergent issues in a timely manner while keeping upper management informed of the progress including participating in root cause and correction action investigations.
- Manage non-conformance resolutions in the areas of generators, magnetic bearings, complex weldment structures, and turbines.
- Track critical skills within your team’s domain to ensure knowledge is retained
- Implement formal mentoring and training programs for personnel towards improving their skills, performance and technical knowledge.
- Develop and maintain up-to-date knowledge transfer plans, succession plans and employee career-path plans.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) discipline with 5 years of relevant engineering experience; OR a Master's Degree in a STEM discipline with 3 years of relevant engineering experience
- US Citizenship with the ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance.
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams.
- Proven ability to perform problem analysis and resolution including Root Cause Investigations using lean and continuous improvement tools.
- Experience with design, integration, and testing of mechanical systems
- Ability to organize and manage multiple products/programs with the focus on delivering within cost and on schedule.
- Excellent communication, mentoring, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all involved employees.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) discipline (preferred Electrical Engineering or Controls).
- Experience as a Technical Lead, Project Manager, or other demonstrated leadership role related to program execution.
- Experience with large scale rotating machinery, especially in naval applications.
- Experience with turbine design.
- Experience with design and integration of complex electro-mechanical systems.
- Understanding and knowledge of Agile (SCRUM) techniques and activities.
- Experience with proposals development and Earned Value Management Systems.
- Knowledge of Systems Engineering processes, procedures and work instructions required to support both management and engineering tasks.