Department Manager, Engineering – F-35 Product Support, Field Service Engineering
Northrop Grumman
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: California • Florida • United States
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Salary
💰 $151,500 - $263,200 per year
About the role
- Lead all aspects of personnel management, including workforce planning, hiring, retention, engagement, redeployment, and succession planning.
- Partner closely with program leadership, HR, and functional peers to align talent to current and future program needs.
- Support staffing for section manager and senior technical roles, including requisition development, interview facilitation, onboarding, and mentoring.
- Foster a culture of engagement, collaboration, accountability/ownership, and belonging by modeling Northrop Grumman leadership behaviors.
- Drive day-to-day execution of departmental activities in support of program objectives.
- Ensure consistent application of functional engineering processes, tools, and best practices in alignment with the Center of Technical Excellence.
- Provide engineering leadership oversight for technical execution activities, including Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) investigations, System Engineering Technical Reviews (SETRs).
Requirements
- Must have a Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 9 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 7 years of related engineering experience.
- Minimum 5 years of previous technical or functional management experience leading a team in Product Support Disciplines such as, but not limited to, Reliability & Maintainability (R&M), Support Equipment Engineering (SSE) and/or Serviceable Low Observables (SLO) , Aircraft Modifications, Training & Tech Data, Field Services Engineering Support (FSE), and Supply Hardware (SH).
- Experience in leading, mentoring, and developing multidisciplinary engineering teams to deliver complex technical solutions, within cost and schedule constraints, across the various phases of the engineering lifecycle.
- Demonstrated capability in workforce and resource planning, including allocating resources across programs, managing workloads and priorities, forecasting staffing needs, and executing end-to-end hiring decisions.
- Strong leadership, interpersonal, and written/oral communication skills, enabling effective engagement with cross-functional stakeholders and customers.
- Must possess an active DoD Secret Clearance with recent investigation (within 6 years) to start with ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (SAP) within a reasonable time to meet business needs.
- Relevant experience in logistics support elements such as Reliability Maintainability & Testability (RMT), Logistics Support Analysis (LSA) & Maintenance Planning, Modeling & Simulation (ModSim), Support Equipment Engineering (SEE), Prognostics & Health Management (PHM), Supportable Low Observables (SLO), Obsolescence Management, Training & Training Systems, Technical Data, Support Hardware, Fleet & Field Support, and Product Support Management.
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- Life and disability insurance
- Savings plan
- Company paid holidays
- Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
engineering managementworkforce planningresource planningtechnical leadershipRoot Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA)System Engineering Technical Reviews (SETRs)Reliability & Maintainability (R&M)Support Equipment Engineering (SSE)Field Services Engineering Support (FSE)Logistics Support Analysis (LSA)
Soft Skills
leadershipinterpersonal skillswritten communicationoral communicationmentoringcollaborationaccountabilityengagementteam developmentstakeholder engagement
Certifications
Bachelor of Science degree in STEMMaster’s degree in STEMDoD Secret ClearanceSpecial Program Access (SAP)