RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available
CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes
CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret
TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description
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At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We’re looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we’ll support you by expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field, or an industry thought leader. At Northrop Grumman, you’ll have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career.
We are looking for you to join our team as a Design for Manufacturing and Product Integrity Manager 2 based out of Linthicum, MD.
As a Design for Manufacturing and Product Integrity Manager 2 within the Materials Analysis Organization you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation. This team is responsible for understanding the material performance requirements of the hardware design community to identify opportunities for the development of proprietary materials. The team will support hardware RCCA investigations by participating in test plan development and consulting on how the material properties, manufacturability, and mechanical hardware incorporates into the system. This team will also support Engineering for Quality through RCCA engagement, industry engagement, and contributing to industry specification development.
The Design for Manufacturing and Product Integrity Manager will build team capability, champion tools such as DFM software to improve efficiency, and develop engineers’ understanding of how design choices impact manufacturability, cost, and schedule, while supporting the development and testing of advanced materials and participation in relevant industry standards bodies.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Managing a functional group comprised of approximately 5-8 electromechanical engineers of varying experience levels, including performance management, merit planning, job assignment management/prioritization, career development, new employee onboarding and coaching.
Engaging the functional team with timely flow-down of information and fostering robust collaboration within the team.
Identify opportunities for material development to support novel and emerging hardware system designs.
Develop proposals for internal material development, plan and manage schedule and budget, and oversee development of proprietary materials.
Developing and maintaining a working knowledge of applicable internal and industry processes, guidelines, policies, and best practices, and ensuring that all functional team members are aware of and are compliant with these items.
Supporting and leading department initiatives, which could include process improvement, workforce engagement, talent recruiting and interviewing, training material development, technology roadmap…