Manager Manufacturing Systems Engineering 2
- Locations:
- Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
- Security Clearance:
- Secret
About Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman solves the toughest problems in space, aeronautics, defense and cyberspace to meet the ever-evolving needs of our customers worldwide. Our 90,000 employees are Defining Possible every day using science, technology and engineering to create and deliver advanced systems, products and services. Northrop Grumman careers and internships are as varied as your interests, with a lifetime of potential that will allow you to work together with people from many backgrounds, personal passions and disciplines.
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.Northrop Grumman Mission Systems sector is seeking a qualified candidate to join the engineering leadership team as a Manager Manufacturing Systems Engineering 2 located in Salt Lake City, UT. To be successful, the manager must demonstrate a highly engaging leadership style, have excellent teamwork and collaboration skills, and excellent written and verbal communication skills.
What you'll get to do:
- Manage systems test operations support for the systems factory.
- Process development and maintenance over systems test operations.
- Develop new test procedures and equipment.
- Continues process improvement based on data driven metrics.
- Interface with and build relationships across organizations in Salt Lake City, Woodland Hills and other NGC sites.
- Organization representative to program office and external customer as needed.
- Supervise a team of engineers including but not limited to performance evaluations, goal setting, and developing a strategic vision for the team.
The ideal candidate must have good presentation skills with the ability to communicate written and verbally, demonstrate the ability to lead technical projects, including project scope management, budget, schedule, and overall execution.
Basic qualifications for the Manager Manufacturing Systems Engineering 2:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or directly related STEM discipline with 8 years of engineering experience; or Master’s degree with 6 years of engineering experience.
- Experience collaborating with teams and/project leadership.
- 2 or more years of experience with leading individuals or projects.
- Experience in a manufacturing environment.
- U.S. Citizenship required.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.
- Experience with standard Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook).
Preferred Qualifications:
- SAP experience.
- Experience with Fiber Optic Assembly Process.
- People Management experience.
- Experience with Missile Defense Agency Program.
- Experience using data for decision making.
- Root Cause Corrective Actions experience.
- Six Sigma experience.
- Experience with electromechanical assembly.