Manager 2 Structural Engineering - Tactical Space Systems - Dulles

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: None

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

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.

The Tactical Space Systems Division is seeking a Manager 2 Structural Engineering to lead an experienced team of thermal engineers supporting Commercial, Civil and National Security Space spacecraft system design and manufacturing performing thermal engineering and analysis tasks.

Essential Functions:

• Leading, mentoring, coordinating a team of thermal engineers.
• Thermal system design and engineering, hardware design, analysis, and test
• Interfacing with systems, subsystems and integration and test groups
• Candidate must be comfortable with managing staff, meeting deadlines, working on multiple projects concurrently, and working with various engineering disciplines and customers as required.
• Candidate must have excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Basic Qualifications:

• 5 years of relevant mechanical/thermal engineering experience with a Bachelors Degree in STEM; or a Masters Degree with 3 years of relevant mechanical/thermal engineering experience.
• Minimum of 5-10 years of mechanical/thermal engineering experience.
• Experience with managing a team of 3-5 engineers.
• Experience with CAD tools.
• Experience with Engineering Design Principles.
• Experience with Thermal Desktop, SINDA/FLUINT, and other thermal simulation tools.
• Microsoft Suite of software, including SharePoint.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Manufacturing engineering experience.
• Mechanical Engineering Graduate Degree.
• Experience as Thermal lead on spacecraft, spacecraft level thermal analysis, thermal engineering and design of thermal hardware
• Experience in spacecraft integration and testing.
• Experience in CAD software (CREO, CREOView, AutoCAD).
• Proficiency in understanding and extracting information from specifications (NAS, SAE, MS, etc.)
• Proficiency with Matlab
• Ability to obtain a Top secret clearance

Salary Range: $156,500.00 - $234,700.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

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 an Equal Opportunity 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 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.