Manager Structural Engineering 2

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 landing on the moon.  Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, technical innovation, and working together to define the possible.  We are committed to a culture of integrity, ethics and respect. 

This position is for a Functional Manager of Structural Analysts, supporting the Mission Systems Sector, in the Mechanical Analysis Section of the Hardware Synergy department (at Baltimore, MD, located near BWI).  The manager will be responsible for both functional management and technical supervision of a Structural Analysis team usually consisting of about 12 Structural Analysts.  The manager also ensures that the people, processes, and tools are in place to maintain program cost and schedule performance, while meeting program customer structural design requirements.

This is a dual role manager position, involving technical responsibilities as well.  These include oversight of the structural analysis activities for large structures, in varying environments, including airborne, space, maritime and land based.  Technical areas of proficiency include leading a structural analysis team (“stress lead”), knowledge of load paths, and structural analysis (static, fatigue, vibration).  The manager will also be responsible for attending internal technical reviews and customer reviews, analysis/test report approval, and structural trade studies.

The manager is also responsible for staffing plans, staff performance evaluation, goal planning, process improvement, roadmap development, and hiring to manage analysis demand and skill attrition.  The manager will be able to lead through positive changes, as a champion for improvement and innovation.  Employee engagement and development will be maintained through a combination of training, employee career coaching, mentoring, identification of stretch assignments, and engagement action planning.  The manager will be able to meet performance goals with consideration for work/life balance of the staff.  The candidate should have strong communications skills, and an ability to build and maintain relationships with direct staff, customers, and cross organization partners.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) discipline with 8 years of professional experience; OR a master's degree in a STEM discipline with 6 years of professional experience OR a PHD and four years of experience
• US Citizenship, with the ability to receive DoD Secret clearance (or higher)
• Experience in technical leadership, program, project, or functional/people management
• Experience with classical and Finite Element analyses

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated success leading high performing teams (technical, Integrated Product Team Lead, Agile, or functional management)
• Expertise with SimCenter 3D (NX.CAE), ANSYS, or Patran/NASTRAN
• Expertise with Siemens NX
• Expertise with classical structural analysis methods
• Experience with vibration testing
• Experience leading process improvement, or introduction of new tools projects

This positions standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off. 

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including: 

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
• 401k
• Educational Assistance
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
• Paid Time Off
• Health & Wellness Resources
• Employee Discounts 

Link to Benefits: https://totalrewards.northropgrumman.com/

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA 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.