Department Manager Engineering 3 – Product Support, Technical Publications

Northrop Grumman

Department Manager leading the Technical Publications organization for Product Support at Northrop Grumman, overseeing logistics integration and technical documentation.

Posted 5/27/2026full-timePalmdale • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $175,400 - $263,200 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide leadership and oversight for the development, sustainment, and integration of logistics elements across a project, with primary expertise in Technical Data.
Ensure program objectives for Product Support are achieved by coordinating across engineering, operations, and sustainment disciplines, while providing functional oversight and governance of logistics requirements.
Partner closely with PS EI&E to monitor technical, cost, and schedule commitments through effective alignment of staffing, execution processes, and disciplined use of engineering tools.
Forecast staffing needs on a rolling 12-month cycle, ensure staffing requirements are entered into POST, and ensure talent is deployed, transitioned, and onboarded in sync with program demand.
Maintain visibility across the division and sector to enable proactive redeployment and optimize overall workforce utilization—ensuring programs remain cost-effective and aligned with affordability goals.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Must have a Bachelor’s degree and 9 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree and 7 years of related engineering experience.
Minimum 6 years of Product Support or DoD Logistics leadership/management experience in an integrated product team environment.
Familiarization and working knowledge of all twelve Product Support Technical Disciplines.
Must possess an active DoD Top Secret clearance that is in scope or currently enrolled in continuous evaluation, with the ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret/SCI and Special Access Program (SAP) access as determined by business needs
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.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

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Hard Skills & Tools

engineeringProduct SupportDoD Logisticsworkforce planningresource allocationstaffing forecastingengineering lifecycletechnical data integrationcost managementschedule management

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringinterpersonal communicationwritten communicationoral communicationstakeholder engagementteam developmentcross-functional collaborationorganizational skillsproblem-solving

Certifications

Bachelor's degreeMaster's degreeDoD Top Secret clearanceTop Secret/SCI accessSpecial Access Program (SAP) access