Sentinel Launch Systems: Launch Silo IPT Systems Engineering Manager 3- 18547

Responsibilities

• Strategic & Program Leadership
• Define and communicate a clear technical vision for the Launch Silo IPT, aligning all SEIT functions to cost, schedule, and performance targets.
• Partner with program managers, finance, and acquisition teams to develop Earned Value Management (EVM) baselines and monitor variance.
• Conduct risk based assessments; lead mitigation and opportunity exploitation across the SEIT spectrum.
• Cross Functional Team Management
• Directly manage functional leads for Requirements, Architecture, Interface Control, Simulation, and Test.
• Champion model based engineering (MBE) practices-maintain a live Digital Twin of the launch silo and ensure traceability from requirement to test.
• Oversee EBOM/IBOM integrity, change control, and configuration management in collaboration with the Manufacturing Engineering community.
• Technical Execution
• Ensure rigorous requirements flow down, verification, and validation (V&V) across all sub systems.
• Approve Interface Control Models and installation drawings; resolve interface conflicts with external IPTs and the customer.
• Guide the Simulation & Analysis team in developing high fidelity models for structural, thermal, and fluid dynamics studies.
• Supervise test planning, hardware in the loop (HIL) simulations, and on site launch silo qualification tests.
• Stakeholder Communication
• Prepare and deliver concise, data driven briefings for senior leadership, program executives, key subcontractor partners, and DoD customers.
• Foster customer intimacy; act as the primary technical liaison for all launch silo related inquiries and status reports.
• Publish regular performance dashboards (schedule, cost, technical health) and participate in senior level program reviews.
• People Development
• Build a high performing, inclusive SEIT culture; mentor engineers, promote career growth, and drive continuous improvement.
• Conduct talent gap analyses, recruit critical skill sets, and lead workforce planning activities.
• Position Benefits:
• As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, 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
• 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. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.
• You'll Bring These Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 8 years of related experience or Master's degree and 6 years of related experience
• Must be a US Citizen with an active DoD Secret Clearance with an investigation date within the last 6 years
• Experienced in requirements engineering, system architecture, interface control, model based design, and test & verifi

Additional Information

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be availableCLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: YesCLEARANCE TYPE: SecretTRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description 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 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 Defense Systems is seeking to hire a Launch Silo IPT Systems Engineering Manager 3 in support of the Sentinel Program. This position will be located in Roy, UT or Huntsville, AL and may offer a competitive relocation package. What You'll Get To Do: As the Manager, Launch Silo Systems Engineering Integration & Test (SEIT) you will own the end to end delivery of the Launch Silo Integrated Product Team (IPT). You will lead four tightly coupled disciplines: Traditional Systems Engineering: Requirements capture, architecture development, interface requirements definition Integration: Interface Control Models, installation drawings, collector models, EBOM ownership Model Simulation & Analysis: Multi physics simulation, trade studies, design validation analysis Test & Verification: Test planning, execution, data analysis, readiness reporting You will be the strategic bridge between senior leadership, the customer, and the multi disciplinary engineering groups that design, build, and certify the launch silo.

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