Job Description

Description

Embark on a career putting innovative, reliable, and agile products and ideas into orbit, and beyond. Northrop Grumman has opportunities waiting for you that play a vital role in human space exploration, national defense, and scientific discovery, supporting multiple programs across the universe. With us, you will discover a culture of curiosity and collaboration that will have you Defining Possible from the day you start. Our space systems connect and protect millions of people on earth every day, now and for the future. Explore your future and launch your career today.

Strategic Space Systems Division (SSSD) is an industry-leading provider for launch systems capabilities serving national security, military, civil and commercial customers. We are built on a heritage of providing innovative, affordable and reliable aerospace and defense products that our customers rely on to achieve mission success. Join the Space revolution and make the impossible, possible.
The Mission Engineering and Operations Organization in SSSD has an immediate need for a deputy IPT lead in support of a restricted Operation and Management (O amp;M) contract. The deputy will assist managing a roughly 20 person team, working closely with other IPTs and the Program Office within the program. The candidate must possess excellent leadership, interpersonal communication, and presentation skills.

Duties include:

- Collaborating with team on tasking to ensure efficient operations
- Coordinating tasking priorities between customer and OPS product line lead
- Coordination and interfacing with other program IPTs
- Communicating with Program Office on priorities, resources and activities
- IPT level risk management
- Off hours support will be required periodically
- Possibility of travel to support offsite meetings (Not mandatory)
Available positions require that the candidate have a strong understanding of one or more of the skills described. Project roles span all phases from new business acquisition, and IRAD/ technology development to established programs.
Northrop Grumman offers a competitive and robust benefits program. As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for:

- Medical, Dental amp; Vision coverage
- 401k
- Educational Assistance
- Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Programs amp; - Work/Life Solutions
- Paid Time Off
- Health amp; Wellness Resources
- Employee Discounts
- Flexible Schedules: For example the ability to work a 9/80 work schedule, which allows an employee to work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday and take every other Friday off of work

For more details, please view Northrop Grumman Benefits.

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Qualification

Basic Qualifications:

- Bachelors Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 14+ years of engineering experience OR Masters Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 12+ years of engineering experience OR PhD in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 9+ years of engineering experience

- Active DoD Top Secret/SSBI and/or active SCI

- Minimum of 3+ year experience as an Assignment Manager

- Minimum of 3+ years experience leading a team of at least 10+ employees

Preferred Qualifications:

- Previous experience briefing customers
- Master's Degree in Engineering

- Experience working on aircraft or spacecraft systems

- Strong people and technical leadership skills

- Experience in subsystem, payload, or system integration

- Experience using DOORS, Cameo

- Experience in system architecture, CONOPs, or model based system engineering