Manager 3 - Electrical Design & Technology - Linthicum

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description The Eastern Region Electronics & Payloads Space team is seeking a leader for the Electrical Design & Technology department to lead a functionally diverse engineering organization supporting Radio Frequency, Digital, and Power design products in Linthicum, MD. We are seeking a leader that understands the legacy space design processes but seeks ways to move faster to delivery for our customers while balancing risk and maintaining high-quality products. We have early success by prototyping and spiral development but we need to lean further forward toward early prototype demonstrations in space. The leader we seek is a dual threat technical and people leader. The successful candidate will clearly demonstrate strong leadership skills and will have a track record as an effective communicator and problem solver. He/she has a history of establishing and maintaining good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders. This candidate will demonstrate a broad skill set that is balanced between interpersonal, business, and technical capabilities. He / she will have the ability to operate independently based on strategic objectives, work in a team environment, and collaborate across the organization, Division, and Sectors as required to accomplish team goals. The role encompasses both people and project/technical leadership requiring strong program experience, design development experience, and ability to learn and adapt to changing situations. Roles and responsibilities include, but are not limited to: - Lead a functional group of 60+ engineers including performance management, career development, staffing, and strategic thrust implementation. - Provide project and technical oversight for activities performed by the department - Create, maintain and ensure application of processes and guidelines used in the department - Develop proposal inputs and review proposal content for both internal and external customers - Collaborate with peer managers to ensure consistency across multiple work groups - Support department initiatives, recruiting, hiring, technology roadmap creation, cross-campus/sector involvement, and internally funded projects Basic Qualifications: - Bachelor’s degree with 12 years of applicable experience or a Master’s degree with10 years of applicable experience. - Current, active Top Secret Security clearance with the ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance level. - Minimum of 3 years experience in a management role either in a functional or program management role - undefined - Must have strong organizational and interpersonal skills to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with all levels of management, individual contributors, and customers. - Demonstrated success in leading, collaborating, and developing cross functional teams of varying degrees of skillsets. - Experience as a technical lead role for product development - Prior board design experience and familiarity with design documentation and processes for at least one of the following: Digital board Design, RF board design, or power board designs. Preferred Qualifications: - Experience testing, debugging, and integrating hardware. - Experience with hardware configuration and impacts of changes to production hardware - Cost Account Management (CAM) certification/training - Active TS/SCI Security Clearance Why Join Us? You will play a critical role in shaping future space and defense technologies, while developing your leadership skills in a high‑growth, strategically important business. Bring your bold ideas, curiosity, and authenticity to a culture that values learning, diversity, and innovation. Curious about all the exciting developments with the Northrop Grumman Space Sector? Click the link below: https://www.northropgrumman.com/space Working at Northrop Grumman is more than just a paycheck. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards and benefits package designed to help you thrive at work and in life. For more information on our Total Rewards package, please visit our Total Rewards site. Northrop Grumman Total Rewards #SpaceEngJobs #BaltimoreSpace Primary Level Salary Range: $184,300.00 - $276,500.00 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. 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.