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Manager Digital (FPGA) Engineering 1 full_time NEW

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret

TRAVEL: 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.

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.

The Payload and Ground Systems organization within the Northrop Grumman Space Systems pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking candidates for the position of Manager Digital Engineering 1. The selected candidate for this position will report to the Remote Sensing Programs Engineering Organization within the Payload and Ground Systems (PGS) Division in Rolling Meadows, IL.

This is a dual role position, involving direct management of a talented team of high performing digital (FPGA & ASIC) engineers as well as project engineering leadership for technically advanced development programs to produce cutting edge designs and algorithms.  The Manager Digital Engineering will require tasking and coordination of up to 10 engineers, and process and resource coordination with functional homeroom management. The position will also have 80% of his/her time allocated to technical responsibilities. This candidate will demonstrate a broad skill set that is balanced between interpersonal, leadership, and technical capabilities. He/she must be a self-starter, able to efficiently operate in a team environment, and collaborate across the sector business areas as required to accomplish the team goals. The candidate will work closely with other engineering disciplines.

Management Roles & Responsibilities:

  • Managing and guiding digital engineers

  • Setting objectives and then monitoring and reviewing yearly progress for your team

  • Being responsible and accountable for managing the workload of your direct reports

  • Recruiting, interviewing, and hiring top-ranked engineering talent

  • Providing timely, constructive support and feedback to your reports on a regular basis

  • Completing quarterlly performance assessments of your team members

  • Motivating your team members (engagement) and facilitating regular meetings with them

  • Providing mentoring and career development to each team member

  • Coordinating training for each team member

  • Providing appropriate tools and resources for your team’s development activities

  • Support/lead project execution over the whole product lifecycle, with foremost emphasis on meeting or exceeding customer and stakeholder requirements  

  • Facilitate and maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders

  • Manage a group of up to 10 direct reports

Technical Roles & Responsibilities:

  • Leadership of program technical execution in order to meet cost and schedule constraints

  • Program staffing for optimal execution

  • Technical direction, guidance, and mentoring of project team members

  • Working programs, proposals, or internally-funded activities in a technical or leadership role

  • Risk-mitigation planning and execution

  • Strategic problem solving

  • Earned value management

Basic Qualifications for a Manager Digital Engineering 1:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related STEM field and a minimum of 5 years of digital (FPGA and/or ASIC) development/engineering experience (3 years experience with a MS degree). 

  • Demonstrated leadership experience

  • Proficiency with design of Programmable Logic Devices (FPGA, ASICs, CPLDs)

  • Experience with electronics lifecycle such as: specifications, architecture, design, implementation, integration, debug and maintenance.

  • Ability to work independently and within a team environment

  • Experience with electronics integration

  • Proven communication and presentation skills

  • Experience with version control and collaboration tools

  • U.S. Citizenship

  • Must have an ACTIVE and Current DoD Top Secret clearance at time of application to be considered

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with full life cycle FPGA development

  • Experience with digital signal processing

  • Experience with SoC systems and SW/FPGA integration

  • Working knowledge of SDR architectures

  • Experience in digital design development for Optical, IR, RF, Military, or Space Technologies

  • Prior engineering functional management experience (executing performance appraisals, staffing allocations, design process leadership, and career goals development)

  • Experience as a technical lead, functional lead, and/or leadership in the military

  • Experience in multiple relevant technology areas

  • Experience in recruiting and developing top engineering talent

Salary Range: $124,000.00 – $186,000.00

The 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.

Employees may be eligible for 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 committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA 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.

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