Engineering Director 1

About the role

The Engineering Director will lead technical priorities within the Software discipline, aligning them with the sector's long-term strategy. They will also represent the discipline in sector-wide and enterprise-wide technical development efforts.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and define strategic vision for technical priorities within Software discipline, aligned to long-term sector strategy.
• Regularly interface with EI&E discipline leads to identify program needs and close gaps in engineering tools, processes, digital solutions, and technical training.
• Lead the development, deployment, and sustainment of sector-wide engineering tools, standardized processes, digital solutions, and technical training—ensuring they are relevant, scalable, and interoperable across programs.
• Oversee and allocate the discipline’s NCTA and indirect budgets to strengthen technical excellence; advance tools, processes, and workforce capabilities; and generate measurable impact on program performance and future competitiveness.
• Represent the discipline in sector-wide and enterprise-wide technical development efforts related to technical development, technical career pathing, technical training, and critical skills investment.
• Participate in sector-level talent reviews and succession planning to maintain discipline-wide visibility into talent strengths, gaps, and growth opportunities.
• Provide leadership, alignment, and support to NG Fellows within the discipline to advance sector- and enterprise-wide emerging technologies and future workforce capabilities.
• Contribute technical expertise and process leadership in major proposal reviews, program reviews, independent technical reviews, program stand-up reviews, NCTA and indirect activities, and other sector-wide improvement efforts.
• Act as a trusted advisor to help resolve technical performance shortfalls through root cause analysis, corrective action planning, long-term verification of improvement.
• Capture, share, and embed lessons learned and best practices across programs to continuously raise the bar for technical performance.

Requirements

• Must have a Bachelor’s of Science degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline AND 9 years of related professional/military experience within the Aerospace and Defense industry that includes a background in leadership positions, OR a Master’s of Science degree in a STEM discipline and 7 years of related professional/military experience within the Aerospace and Defense industry that includes a background in leadership positions.
• Minimum 6 years of Software leadership/management experience in an integrated product team environment leading agile development teams.
• Experience working across the total program lifecycle.
• Expertise in establishing engineering standards, tools, and processes at scale.
• Experience in defining and developing software processes and defining tools in alignment with the DOD Dev*Ops Reference architecture.
• Experience with or exposure to digital design initiatives and solutions.
• Knowledge of modern industry practices for developing software defined systems.
• Experience in Avionics, Vehicle, Systems Engineering, Global Supply Chain, and Test processes and tools where they overlap and/or are adjacent to Software processes and tools.
• (e.g. Software defined LRUs, Software Configuration Management, Software Integration and Test, Software procurement, auto-generated GNC Software).
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a government issued Secret clearance that is in scope or currently enrolled in continuous evaluation, with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI clearance as determined by business needs.
• Ability to attain and maintain Special Program Access (PAR) within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications: Must have a Bachelor’s of Science degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline AND 9 years of related professional/military experience within the Aerospace and Defense industry that includes a background in leadership positions, OR a Master’s of Science degree in a STEM discipline and 7 years of related professional/military experience within the Aerospace and Defense industry that includes a background in leadership positions.
• Minimum 6 years of Software leadership/management experience in an integrated product team environment leading agile development teams.
• Experience working across the total program lifecycle.
• Expertise in establishing engineering standards, tools, and processes at scale.
• Experience in defining and developing software processes and defining tools in alignment with the DOD Dev*Ops Reference architecture.
• Experience with or exposure to digital design initiatives and solutions.
• Knowledge of modern industry practices for developing software defined systems.
• Experience in Avionics, Vehicle, Systems Engineering, Global Supply Chain, and Test processes and tools where they overlap and/or are adjacent to Software processes and tools.
• (e.g. Software defined LRUs, Software Configuration Management, Software Integration and Test, Software procurement, auto-generated GNC Software).
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a government issued Secret clearance that is in scope or currently enrolled in continuous evaluation, with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI clearance as determined by business needs.
• Ability to attain and maintain Special Program Access (PAR) within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.

Skills

• Strategic, systems-level thinker who can build alignment across functional and program boundaries.
• Continuous improvement mindset with experience leading process optimization.
• Expertise in establishing engineering standards, tools, and processes at scale.
• Experience in defining and developing software processes and defining tools in alignment with the DOD Dev*Ops Reference architecture.
• Experience with or exposure to digital design initiatives and solutions.
• Knowledge of modern industry practices for developing software defined systems.
• Experience in Avionics, Vehicle, Systems Engineering, Global Supply Chain, and Test processes and tools where they overlap and/or are adjacent to Software processes and tools.
• (e.g. Software defined LRUs, Software Configuration Management, Software Integration and Test, Software procurement, auto-generated GNC Software).

Benefits

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity 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 and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO.

Pay

$176,100.00 - $305,900.00

Schedule

Full-time, with occasional travel up to 25% of the time.