Manager Cyber Systems Engineering 1

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes 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 Space Systems has an exciting career opportunity for a Cyber Systems Engineering Manager 1, located in Huntsville, AL. This position will support the Missile Defense Systems (MDS) Business Unit. We are excited for you to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals. Our domain provides rewarding work that contributes to the latest advancements being made in the missile defense industry.

Overview: The position is in Huntsville, AL and requires 100% on-site support. This is an Engineering Section Manager role on the MDS BU GWS program requiring an average of 20% of the successful candidate’s effort and will be coupled with 80% technical responsibilities on the program.  This is a dual-role manager position, involving balancing both the overall functional oversight and management of a technical group of 10-12 engineers and/or interns as well as performing direct work on a program(s) / proposal(s). The selected candidate will spend ~20% of their time on support of the engineering organization and ~80% of their time on technical direct work. The time split may fluctuate throughout the year, especially during surge recruiting and rotation months. The management indirect responsibilities involve organizational administrative activities and helping their employees’ performance and career development through guidance and training. The direct program responsibilities include mission and tactical engineering, system architecture development, requirements development/management, IT system design/analysis, IPT/product owner leadership, or other appropriate technical functions. Essential Functions: Oversight of product team staffing, employee development, and continual improvement of engineering practices. Support senior managers in executing the strategy to motivate and to ensure a highly performing engineering team. This includes the use of Development Plans, stretch assignments, 1:1 feedback, coaching, training and other tools. People leadership for an engineering IT organization, to include performance management, employee engagement and recognition. Manage the workload of the employees and balance employee needs with business goals. Maintains assigned Northrop Grumman engineering processes, Continues Improvement initiatives and drives technical excellence by ensuring team output meets technical standards. Apply sound engineering principles and ensure compliance with all command media processes and standards in our technical solutions. Provide proposal input and review proposal content for both internal and external customers. The selected candidate should thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, and collaborative/team settings across all levels.

Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 5 years of technical experience in any combination of Systems Engineering, or a related engineering field, or a