Staff Principal Electronics Engineer - Supplier Management Team Lead

Northrop Grumman is a pioneering company with opportunities to work on revolutionary systems. They are seeking a Staff Principal Electronics Engineer - Supplier Management Team Lead to coordinate supplier performance and manage diverse assignments within the Avionics Integration Organization.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinating the efforts of the SMT, including engineers, the subcontracts administrator, supplier quality assurance representatives, logistics engineers, the cost account manager, the scheduler, and the material planner
• Coordinating and managing the execution of all phases of supplier performance, including planning, proposals, new capability development, production, testing, deliveries, and sustainment
• Conducting or coordinating review of supplier documentation (e.g., technical evaluations of proposals, acceptance test procedures, cost and schedule reports, software version description documents)
• Reporting supplier status to Program Managers, GSC managers, and IPT Management
• The selected candidate should thrive working in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, engaged in significantly diverse assignments, within a collaborative/team setting across all levels of the organization
• The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility. Once established in role, the position could potentially offer a hybrid work environment. Scheduled telework days are approved at manager's discretion. This position requires the ability to travel up to 25% of the time

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 12 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master's degree in a STEM discipline and 10 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline with 7 years of related engineering experience
• Must have experience working with aerospace electronic systems, Comms systems, and/or payloads
• Must have Supplier Management Experience
• At minimum, an active U.S. Government Secret Clearance Secret level clearance is required to apply and to start the role, with the ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the Company to meet its business needs
• Active DoD Top Secret clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation)
• Experience working with aerospace electronic systems, Comms systems, and/or payloads
• Program Management experience / completion of Project Management Professional course
• Experience as a cost account manager (CAM) or similar
• Experience with managing suppliers as part of a government/DOD contract
• Earned Value Management (EVM)
• T&M, CPFF, FFP contract types
• Supplier statement of work (SSOW) generation
• Requirements development/flow down
• Contract negotiations
• Technical evaluations of proposals
• Product lifecycles and government acquisition process related to selling, development, LRIP/production, sustainment
• Repair management, DMSMS evaluations, MRP requirements