Sentinel - Material Process Engineering Manager 2 - 18821 with Security Clearance

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription 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 Defense Systems is seeking a Material Process Engineering Manager 2. This position is located in Roy, UT and supports the Sentinel program. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package. What You'll Get To Do: Candidate will be responsible to manage a motivated team of PM&P engineers within a matrixed functional organization, ensuring integration and collaboration across design and manufacturing teams under an overarching Systems Engineering framework. Candidate will demonstrate ability to communicate effectively across engineering disciplines and design teams. Must be able to work both independently and collaboratively to resolve issues, determine priorities, and implement solutions. Candidate experience with industry and military standards and specifications is preferred. As a section manager you will manage a team of individual contributors within PM&P, these individuals may support one or more programs within SDS. * Provide performance feedback, training, mentoring and coaching to your employees.
* Support workforce planning and maintain sufficient depth and breadth of skillsets within your teams core discipline to meet program needs.
* Responsible for employee performance reviews and supporting employee career development.
* Excellent communication, mentoring, interpersonal skills, and the ability to collaborate with senior management, peers, and employees.
* Support development and refinement of processes and tools that support business areas and programs in achieving their missions.
* Support proposal work, independent technical reviews, program standup and audits, and special assignments on an as needed basis.
* Support employee engagement, hiring, development, training, attraction, and retention of top talent.
* Serve as the systems-engineering liaison for Sentinel Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) on all COTS activities. Technical: * Serve as the systems-engineering liaison for Sentinel Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) on all COTS activities.
* Identify, assess, and document COTS part candidates that satisfy SEMP requirements, functional/operational needs, mission criticality, and Open System Architecture compatibility; store evidence in CPLM/BTP repositories.
* Deliver the COTS Management Plan and all associated CDRLs, ensuring timely, compliant delivery per the Statement of Work and Integrated Management Schedule.
* Provide selection option analyses for required COTS parts, presenting trade-offs and risk assessments to the Engineering Review Board.
* Evaluate supplier capabilities-inventory control, production capacity, logistics compliance, and SCRM posture-and coordinate SCMP guidance with the Subcontract Management Team and vendors.
* Develop and track mitigation strategies (alternate COTS, modifications, tailoring, procedural changes, redesigns, deviations, waivers) and verify implementation.
* Coordinate DMSMS (Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Materials Shortages) activities, ensuring long-term part availability and lifecycle support.
* Manage GIDEPS alerts, assess impact on COTS selections, and execute corrective actions.
* Generate and verify CDR-related CDRLs, confirming compliance with exit criteria, SOW, and schedule milestones.
* Maintain disciplined documentation, traceability, and cross-functional communication to flag risks early and drive proactive resolution.
* Understand and align with the Team's Statement of Work across multiple disciplines, integrating requirements from reliability, accelerated life testing, nuclear hardness/surety, cyber security, environmental constraints, system safety, EMEE, materials/processes, human factors, and system security engineering.
* Serve as the Design Point-of-Contact (POC) for plug-in interfaces, ensuring seamless integration of COTS components into the overall Sentinel architecture. The ideal candidate is capable of creating and managing high performing teams while providing technical, administrative and management exper