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Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact peoples 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 nations 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, theyre making history.

An organization within Northrop Grumman’s Payload and Ground Systems (PGS) division, Mission Enabling Products (MEP), the Deployables Operating Unit (OU) is a leading designer and producer of deployable structural systems and mechanisms, solar arrays, and deployable antennas/reflectors. Our products are on virtually every U.S. satellite built in the last 20 years.

We are seeking a Test Engineering Manager 2 to lead our testing operations in Oxnard, CA.

Learn more about Mission Enabling Products (MEP) at our website: https://www.northropgrumman.com/space/spacecraft-products

Overview

The Test Engineering Manager 2 will provide both program and technical leadership to test engineers and will have responsibility for cost, schedule, operational and technical execution. This position will combine functional and program support to include staffing, performance reviews and act as functional subject matter expert. 

Role and Responsibilities:

Program Test Engineering Manager Responsibilities

• Manage test engineers and engineering functions related to test planning, GSE requirement definition, procedure authoring, and test execution to cost and schedule goals of programs

• Provide technical oversight to assure quality of test engineering products

• Act as technical interface with test and systems engineering, design engineering, and other disciplines to address and resolve test related technical issues

Section Test Engineering Manager Responsibilities

• Define and implement staffing strategy for test engineering

• Provide Test Engineering leadership and own employee development, training, goal setting, performance evaluation, and mentoring.

• Enforce and improve Test Engineering processes

• Build a culture that empowers and motivates individual performance and establishes functional shared accountability with the program areas

• Support proposal activities and improvement initiatives as needed

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) discipline with 9 years of engineering experience; OR a Masters degree in a STEM related field with 7 years of engineering experience

• 2+ years managing direct reports

• Demonstrated success leading a team to achieve a common goal

• Experience in environmental (thermal cycling and vibration) and deployment testing

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• US Citizenship required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering

• In-depth knowledge of hardware testing, including static load testing, dynamic testing (sine, sine burst, random, acoustic, modal), thermal cycling/vacuum, and deployment testing

• Experience with space deployable systems

• Ability to perform problem analysis and resolution using RCCA and continuous improvement tools

Primary Level Salary Range: $142,200.00 - $213,400.00

The 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 candidates experience, education, skills and current spanet 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.