Staff Test Engineer – Lab Manager Lead

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Top 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 Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security.  Our Engineering and Sciences (E&S) organization pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter.  Come be a part of our mission! Northrop Grumman Mission Systems' Baltimore and Partnered Sites (BaPs) division is seeking a Staff Engineer Test – Lab Manager Lead to join the Tactical Fighters Business Unit. The Lab Manager Lead will provide technical and operational oversight of a team of lab managers supporting multiple integration and test laboratories, and will serve as a primary liaison between the program and the broader lab‑management community. The candidate should have strong knowledge in integration and test, troubleshooting, manufacturing, SAP, calibration, procurement, and laboratory operations. This position is responsible for coordinating with all engineering disciplines and operations teams to meet program integration test schedules and budget, while ensuring laboratories are configured, maintained, and operated safely and efficiently through effective leadership of the lab managers. The Lab Manager Lead will be accountable for consolidating lab status, risks, and action items across multiple labs and for tracking progress and issues using Jira and other Atlassian tools. The ideal candidate will have strong teambuilding skills and exhibit comprehensive verbal and written communication/presentation skills. This position is based in  Baltimore, MD , requires being onsite, and does not support remote or hybrid work. What You’ll get to Do: Provide leadership and day‑to‑day oversight for a team of lab managers, including setting priorities, aligning resources, mentoring staff, and promoting best practices for lab operations, safety, and configuration management. Lead the architecture, design, build‑out, and ongoing maintenance strategy for the laboratory infrastructure that enables both hardware and software engineering activities, ensuring scalability, reliability, and compliance with system‑level requirements. Direct and coordinate execution of these activities through the lab managers. Own the end‑to‑end engineering bench lifecycle sustainment across multiple labs at the program level, ensuring lab managers are effectively procuring, installing, qualifying, and retiring bench equipment while maintaining physical integrity, safety, and alignment with system architecture road‑maps. Provide oversight of documentation for test‑fixture setups, as‑built drawings, and configuration changes to workspaces, and ensure lab managers are properly tracking all program‑, corporate‑, and customer‑owned property through Property Management. Provide oversight of equipment calibrations