Principal/Sr Principal Technical Services Project Manager (VSET)

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. Northrop Grumman, Propulsion Systems, is currently seeking a Principal/Sr Principal Technical Services Project Management to function as a Value Stream Element Team Leader (VSET) to provide leadership to our team at our Promontory, UT facility for multiple programs. In this position, the engineer would lead testing and research activities for programs in various phases of the program life cycle.

Responsibilities

• Lead all activities associated with a product family within the value stream.
• Deliver a product family through overall ownership and accountability of that product’s value stream element.
• Manage and ensure effective concurrent engineering through the oversight and integration of all engineering and processing disciplines.
• Request, acquire and manage resources within a matrix organization as necessary to accomplish the goals of the value stream.
• Ensure total team performance and work closely with the program office and plant functional organizations.
• Focus on the design, manufacture and testing of a defect free, highest value product that satisfies every customer requirement.
• Manage financial performance of the value stream and its functional organizations.
• Initiate and lead value enhancement and waste elimination efforts for all aspects of the component value stream utilizing lean principles for continuous improvement.
• Work closely with other VSET leaders to ensure strong communication and collaboration is maintained.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (aerospace, chemical, electrical, mechanical, material sciences engineering, or physics) required.
• An advanced degree in engineering is preferred.
• BS with 5 years’ experience or MS with 3 years’ experience.
• Position may be filled at a higher level requiring BS with 8 years’ experience or MS with 6 years’ experience.
• Experience in engineering, program management, production, safety and/or mission assurance roles.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company paid holidays
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business