Manager Hardware Engineering 2

$119,300 - $178,900/Yr

Northrop Grumman - Apopka, FL

Full-time - Manager

Apopka, FL

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

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. This is a dual-role technical manager-of-managers position. The Manager Hardware Engineering 2 will have 10-15 direct reports and lead a team of approximately 45 engineers across electronic, mechanical, and configuration/data management disciplines, including process and resource coordination with functional homeroom management. The position will also have 75% of their time allocated to technical responsibilities. This candidate will demonstrate a broad skill set that is balanced between interpersonal, leadership, and technical capabilities. They must be a self-starter, able to efficiently operate in a team environment, and collaborate across the sector business areas as required to accomplish the team goals. The candidate will work closely with other developers and engineering disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical oversight for engineering activities performed by the team.
• Lead a team that implements many technologies and needs diverse engineering experiences.
• Act as a thought leader of systems thinking and hardware engineering for both their team and the organization.
• Perform as a senior hardware engineer to support programs and new business efforts, including hardware development plans, hardware requirements development, hardware design, and hardware integration and test strategies.
• Oversee assigned elements using Earned Value Management System (EVMS).
• Engage and collaborate with program and functional organizations to understand program resource needs to effectively meet program milestones.
• Manage and maintain the day-to-day interfaces and communications between Program Management, Engineering Functionals, Manufacturing, and Global Supply Chain.
• Assess, track, and mitigate cost and schedule risk supported by quantitative and predictive analyses.
• Facilitate internal meetings to support design, production, and problem resolution.
• Utilize fundamental engineering principles to facilitate production and design changes within the project team that result in superior products within the program budget.
• Lead the Hardware Engineering team that supports an exciting and diverse portfolio of programs.
• Provide technical oversight and mentorship to staff to ensure engineering projects in portfolio meet performance objectives.
• Responsible for direct management of staff and providing direction to the staff.
• Execute, update, and maintain department procedures.
• Support organizational engineering initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering (or related STEM Degree) and a minimum of 14 years related experience or a MS Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering (or related STEM Degree) and a minimum of 12 years of experience.
• Proficiency in one or more of the following: FPGA design, AC/DC circuit design, power design, mixed-signal design, circuit simulation and test, CCA design and analysis, and EMI/EMC design; OR Proficiency in mechanical design CAD tools such as Creo, NX and/or SolidWorks.
• Experience with engineering lifecycle such as: specifications, architecture, design, implementation, integration, debug and maintenance.
• Experience designing hardware for ruggedized military systems.
• Experience with version control and collaboration tools.
• Experience in systems thinking and systems engineering best practices to engineering development programs.
• Proven leadership skills as a people and technical leader, and ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment.
• U.S. Citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a minimum of a Department of Defense (DoD) Secret Security clearance.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience managing people.
• Experience as an engineering manager, hardware engineering lead, and/or chief engineer.
• Experience in design development of Optical, Rangefinder Receivers, Laser Diode Drivers, Electronic Warfare, Military, or Space Technologies.
• Experience with a wide range of embedded devices, such as Micro-controllers, FPGAs, and CPLDs.
• Experience with communication interfaces and protocols such as USB, Ethernet, TIA/EIA-232 / 422 / 485, I2c, SPI, UART, MIL-STD-1553 and/or SpaceWire.
• Experience in ANSYS Finite Element Analysis.
• Experience with TeamCenter Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) applications.
• Active Secret Clearance.

Benefits

• Relocation assistance may be available.