Aircraft Mechanical Design and Integration Manager

4 days ago


San Diego, California, United States Northrop Grumman Full time

Job Summary:

In this leadership role, you will oversee a team of engineers responsible for designing, integrating, and installing mechanical subsystems and mechanisms for multiple aircraft programs. The team will work in both unclassified and classified environments, with a focus on development, production, test, and sustainment.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide leadership and direction to the team members, including engagement and mentorship.
  • Plan and coordinate to ensure team members have sufficient statement of work, manage employee performance, and oversee section members' career development.
  • Provide support for training/resource needs, champion engineering discipline bench strength and cross-training opportunities, and provide recommendations to leadership for process or efficiency changes/improvements.
  • Manage employee performance, including engagement strategies for high performers and corrective actions for lower performers, and participate in salary review process working with program and functional leadership.
  • Coordinate with programs to ensure appropriate staffing/de-staffing actions are developed and executed.
  • Ensure the team is familiar with and uses required engineering processes and tools.
  • Act as the first point of contact for technical issues on programs involving section members and make decisions regarding required escalation and resources required for resolution.
  • Day-to-day operations, including employee movement and balancing of resources among programs, and resolving critical/urgent program/technical issues.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor of Science (BS) in a STEM discipline and 8 years of related professional/military experience; OR Master of Science (MS) in STEM discipline with 6 years of related professional/military experience.
  • Aircraft subsystems design and integration experience.
  • Must have an active DoD Secret (or higher) clearance.
  • Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) or PAR/SCI clearance within a reasonable amount of time, as determined by business needs.
  • Experience in leadership and managing engineers.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master's Degree in Aeronautical, Aerospace, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering from an accredited institution.
  • Prior management or engineering lead experience.
  • Current Secret clearance (or higher).
  • Experience with industry standard design tools such as CATIA V5, NX, and Teamcenter Enterprise/Unified.
  • Proficient knowledge of manufacturing processes.
  • Experience with Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T).
  • Experience with mechanical/mechanism design, analysis, production, test, and sustainment.
  • An excellent communicator who works well in a team environment.

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