Manager Test Engineering 2/Air Vehicle Manager 2 (GH Japan)
Posted on: 6 Feb 2021
Palmdale, CA
Job Description
Description
Climb to new heights on your journey when you start Defining Possible with Northrop Grumman. Enjoy a purposeful career in aeronautics that is crucial to the way we connect and protect our world across land, sea, and air. Bring your experience and take advantage of this opportunity to discover how you can start to push past possible and achieve your goals today. Enjoy a diverse, collaborative environment with professionals across the nation ready to help launch your career.
The HALE Programs Production Test IPT has an opening in Palmdale, CA for an Air Vehicle Manager 2 (AVM) for Global Hawk Japan (JG). This is a new position designed to meet an ever increasing demand and need for focus and prioritization on the various HALE platforms. The AVM is responsible for ensuring the 3 Japan Global Hawk aircraft are expeditiously built and tested, supporting the customer rsquo;s delivery dates safely with the highest of quality.
The GH JG AVM will oversee all aspects contributing to aircraft progress to include but are not limited to, parts need dates and authorization to categorize parts as Critical 1, working with design engineering to expedite changes for any anomalies discovered during testing, communicating and coordinating test progress, challenges and needs. Schedule revisions will be reviewed and approved by the AVM before vetting outside of Operations or SIT amp;E, depending on what phase of production the aircraft is in.
The candidate must have excellent communication and critical thinking skills, understand the company rsquo;s production operations and test flow, and be capable of working in a matrix environment with multiple sources of management guidance. Candidates must be able to support extended shifts, weekends and holidays. Because all three air vehicles are already in production with two of them in production test, the candidate must be familiar with the Global Hawk air vehicle and its constituent systems.
Qualification
Basic Qualifications:
* 10 or more years of experience in aerospace with BS degree in STEM.
* Active in scope DoD secret clearance.
* Experience in managing aircraft from Industrial Engineering through project management.
* Extensive knowledge of the Global Hawk air vehicle and constituent systems.
* Must be able to support all shifts; including extended shifts, weekends and holidays.
Preferred Qualifications:
* Master of Science in Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, or Aerospace Engineering.
* Program Management experience with a complex system of systems.
* Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
Northrop Grumman
Falls Church, VA
Northrop Grumman Corporation, a security company, provides products in the areas of autonomous systems, cyber, space, strikes, and logistics and modernizations in the United States, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Aerospace Systems, Innovation Systems, Mission Systems, and Technology Services. The Aerospace Systems segment designs, develops, integrates, and produces manned aircrafts, autonomous systems, spacecraft systems, high-energy laser systems, microelectronics, and other systems and sub-systems for use in the areas of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, strike operations, communications, earth observations, and space science.
The Innovation Systems segment designs, develops, integrates, and produces flights, armaments, and space systems. It offers launch vehicles and related propulsion systems; missile products and defense electronics; precision weapons, armament systems, and ammunitions; satellites and associated space components and services; and advanced aerospace structures. The Mission Systems segment offers products and services that include C4ISR systems; radar, electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR), and acoustic sensors; electronic warfare systems; cyber solutions; space systems; intelligence processing systems; air and missile defense integration systems; navigation systems; and shipboard missiles and encapsulated payload launch systems.
The Technology Services segment provides logistic solutions that supports the full life cycle of platforms and systems. Its products and services include software and system sustainment; modernization of platform and associated subsystems; advanced training solutions; and integrated logistics support. Northrop Grumman Corporation was founded in 1939 and is based in Falls Church, Virginia.
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IndustryAerospace and Defense
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No. of Employees85,000
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Jobs Posted6018
