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RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be availableCLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: YesCLEARANCE TYPE: Top SecretTRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the TimeDescriptionAt 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 stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Navigation, Intelligence and Connectivity Division, Engineering and Sciences is seeking a Cyber Systems Engineering Director 1. This leadership role is the Engineering Program Manager (EPM) and Systems Engineering and Integration Test (SEIT) Lead for the Sentinel Cyber team in the Cyber & Intelligence Solutions (C&IS) Business Unit, reporting to the Senior Director of the C&IS Engineering organization. As the EPM/SEIT, this director will be responsible for ensuring successful cyber engineering execution as well as continual alignment with larger strategic objectives on the Sentinel Cyber Team.

This role requires extensive experience in large scale systems engineering leadership, engineering technical management, and complex integration efforts across multiple large segment teams and geographic locations.

This is a leadership position with executive interactions internally and externally, and thesuccessfulcandidate must display consistent sound judgment and embody Northrop Grumman Values and Leadership behaviors.Thesuccessfulcandidate should thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations and collaborative/team settings across all levels of customer and executive leadership and should be able to lead geographically dispersed teams.

This is a full-time, onsite position located at our Roy, UT facility, requiring travel to other Northrop Grumman, US Government, and supplier facilities as needed.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Technical Leadership: Lead the design maturation of all cyber technical baselines (weapon system, segments, subsystems, and below). Partner with the SDS Program Office, Chief Engineers, Architects, SEIT leaders, US Government leaders, SETAs, NG Fellows, and other Segment & functional partners to integrate cyber engineering efforts to achieve program milestones and overall mission objectives.

• Engineering Program Execution: Lead team towards successful program milestones through resource management, prioritization, continual customer engagement and team support across program lifecycle phases. Providing continual balancing of tactical and strategic goals - both technical and financial, integrating across both vertical teams and horizontal functions. Oversee engineering CAMs/Page and Line/CEAC/C101 reviews.

• Stakeholder Engagement: Represent Cyber at executive-level internal engagements. Provide recurring situational & status reports, metrics, and technical insights to stakeholders.

• Team Leadership & Talent Development: Lead integrated team of ~80 cyber engineers to deliver cyber capabilities through systems engineering, including model-based systems engineering (MBSE) digital engineering, integration & test, verification & validation, accreditation, earned value and baseline management. Build culture around company values and leadership behaviors that attracts, retains, and enables a high performing team, sharing lessons learned and best practices.

• Functional Partner Interface: engineering interface to Program Manager and other functional organizations (Operations, GSC, MQA, etc.). Primary interface to MDT/SEIT and functional homeroom.

• Risk & Opportunity: Address program uncertainty through an organized and analytical forward-looking approach that identifies risks and opportunities, determines appropriate handling plans, and manages, controls, and communicates risks and opportunities throughout the lifecycle of the program.

• Technical Performance: Establish and apply a technical performance baseline to monitor and compare key program technical performance measures, metrics, assess program and product status, and take appropriate action to maintain conformance with the baseline, and governance of baseline.

• Resources:workload planning to identify, estimate, cost, acquire, schedule, and retire resources needed to satisfy program requirements within organizational constraints.

• Program Growth:Develops and executes strategies to ensure success of both the program and the OU/BU's larger objectives. Contributes to investment and strategic planning and business decisions.

• Issue & Problem Resolution:Identify and quickly address program impacts through a systematic, proactive, approach to issue and problem resolution that identifies, communicates, monitors, and promptly resolves conflicts across all levels of the program.

Basic Qualifications Cyber Systems Engineering Director 1:

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics or related technical fields with 12 years of experience; Master's degree with 10 years of experience; PhD with 8 years of experience

• Demonstrated leadership experience of teams or departments

• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills

• Demonstrated systems engineering and engineering management experience on $50M+ development programs

• Demonstrated understanding of EVMS and risk & opportunity management

• Demonstrated expertise in customer and stakeholder management

• Experience with DoD, large subcontracts and/or vendor management

• A current/active U.S. Government Top Secret clearance

• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government TS/SCI clearance is required

• The ability to obtain and maintain program special access(s)

Preferred Qualifications Cyber Systems Engineering Director 1:

• Advanced degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or related technical fields

• 16 years of STEM-focused experience

• Active DoD Top Secret/SCI Clearance or higher

• Currently accessed to Sentinel program

• Familiar with cybersecurity standards and guidance, including but not limited to: CNSSI 1253, DoD 8410/8570, DoD 8510, AFI 17-101

• Experience with NIST SP 800-160

• Experience with DoD Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) weapon systems or complex systems of systems experience

• Experience with High Assurance engineering

• Experience with Cybersecurity accreditation processes and procedures

• Prior experience interfacing with prime contractor site leads and USAF leadership personnel

Primary Level Salary Range: $193,800.00 - $290,600.00The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity 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 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.