2025 Associate Project Manager / Project Manager (Electrical Engineering) - Dulles VA

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: None

TRAVEL: No

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.

We have an opening for an Associate Project Manager: Electrical Engineering / Project Manager: Electrical Engineering to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals in the Tactical Space organization. This position will be located in Dulles, VA.

In this role you will:

• Oversee and manage the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management
• Review status of projects and budgets
• Manage schedules and prepare status reports
• Assess project issues and develop resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives
• Develop mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, and clients

Responsibilities:

• Engage and collaborate with program and functional organizations (from individual contributors to executive staff) to obtain, understand, and interpret program resource needs to effectively meet program milestones.
• Manage and maintain the day-to-day interfaces and communications between the Program Management Office (PMO), Engineering Directorate, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain (SCM). Resolve issues spanning across functional area.
• Generate Cost Estimates for proposed work
• Baseline, Manage, Control, and Close project(s) using a project management framework approach.  
• Coordinate control account cost and schedule performance through program life cycle
• Generate, assess, track scope, cost, and schedule risks and opportunities supported by quantitative and predictive analyses.  Mitigate Risk and Exploit opportunities.
• Facilitating internal meetings in a way to support design, production, and problem resolutions.
• Initiate and maintain program subcontracts as well as intra-company work orders in support of program financial and schedule performance.
• Utilize fundamental engineering principles to facilitate production and design changes within the project team that result in superior products within the program budget.

To be successful you should have:

• Experience leading a cost account to include conducting Earned Value (EVMS) cost -control
• Experience leading a multi-discipline team in design & development of a new product
• Experience managing and directing subcontracts
• Project Management experience in an engineering and/or manufacturing environment such as harness, electrical power, command and data handling, test engineering, ground support design & development, and/or RF engineering
• Proficiency in Microsoft Project

Basic Qualifications for Associate Project Manager:

• Be completing or has completed their Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution.
• Be majoring in or having majored in a STEM or Business.
• Be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite)

Basic Qualifications for Project Manager:

• Be completing or has completed their Master's Degree from an accredited institution.
• Be majoring in or having majored in a STEM or Business.
• Be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Dual Degree in business and engineering
• CAPM certification (current)
• Proficient in MS Office applications including Excel, Word, Project, and PowerPoint

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The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.