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 rsquo;ll 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.

Northrop Grumman, Strategic Space Systems Division, has an opening for a Manager Engineering Technical Support 2 ndash; Payload Test Operations Manager to join our team of highly qualified and diverse individuals. This position will be located in Redondo Beach, California.

The Electrical Engineering, Test amp; Operations Department (EET amp;O) within Materials, Manufacturing, Integration, Test and Launch (M2IT amp;L) has a need for a Payload Test Operations Manager to be a functional homeroom manager, leading a team of individual contributors, and contribute directly to programs and other department activities. These are highly dynamic, interactive positions. You will interact with numerous stakeholders including program management, test engineering, flight hardware design engineers and systems engineers. Outstanding organizational and leadership skills are required to succeed in these roles.

FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

* Staffing support to all space systems and space programs
Conducting periodic performance evaluations, including mid-year and annual reviews
* Providing technical leadership and guidance to the staff
* Managing indirect and capital needs
* Professional development and mentoring of direct reports
* Supporting Functional Homeroom initiatives and projects which include process improvement, Event Response Teams, Corrective, and Preventive Action implementation

PROGRAM RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

* Leading a team of Payload Test Conductors and Technicians
* Develop payload integration and test execution plans to meet program schedules
* Coordinating integration tasks between all disciplines
* Providing payload integration and test execution status to upper management and the customer

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Qualification

Basic Qualifications:

* High School Diploma or General Education Diploma (G.E.D) required.
* Minimum 9 years of combined experience supporting one or more of the following: integration, test or assembly of electrical hardware.
* Experience leading a team and/or projects.
* Experience within the Aerospace and Defense industry.
* Candidate must have, and be able to maintain, at least ONE of the following active U.S. Government security clearances: Department of Defense Top Secret level with a background investigation date within 6 years OR SCI Access with a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) completed within 5 years OR Department of Energy Q clearance with a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) completed within 5 years.

Preferred Qualifications:

* Active DoD Top Secret Clearance or SCI Access.
* Bachelors of science degree within a technical field.
* Experience providing technical product support to a customer or a business.
* Experience establishing goal driven deadlines.
* Experience supporting hardware work packages.
* Skilled at providing presentation briefings to all levels of the business.