Manager Test Engineering 2
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We must not repeat job title as heading. So no heading for Manager Test Engineering 2.
We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings.
We must remove boilerplate: EEO, legal, navigation, cookie, scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Also remove the line about application period 20 days etc. That's boilerplate? It's not exactly EEO but it's about application period; could be considered administrative. The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. So we should remove the paragraph about application period and EEO statement. Also remove the line about U.S. Citizenship required? That's related to clearance; maybe keep as part of Requirements? It's a requirement for clearance. Might be considered substantive. But it's also a legal requirement. The instruction says remove EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. Citizenship requirement is not EEO; it's a clearance requirement. Might keep.
We also need to remove duplicated lines: there may be duplicate statements about travel etc. We'll keep unique.
Now craft sections.
About the role: combine the introductory paragraphs about Northrop Grumman, mission, B-21 Raider, and the position's context.
Let's draft:
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.
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems Sector is looking for a Manager Test Engineering 2. The Instrumentation team located in Palmdale, CA and Edwards AFB. This position supports the B-21 Raider, the world’s first sixth‑generation aircraft. When it comes to delivering America’s resolve, the Raider provides the Air Force with long range, high survivability, and mission payload flexibility. The B‑21 Raider will be capable of penetrating the toughest defenses to deliver precision strikes anywhere in the world. The B‑21 is the future of deterrence.
That seems good.
Responsibilities: list duties.
We need to capture:
- Leading a flight test instrumentation operations section within the classified portfolio of Aeronautics Sector.
- Responsible for the build-up, integration, checkout, and operations of a large scale flight test instrumentation system.
- Managing staff (15+ direct reports) and technical activities.
- Creating and managing schedules, spend plans, staffing plans.
- Developing proposals for future work.
- Preparing presentations/reports and routinely presenting status to senior leadership.
- Acting with integrity, highest ethical standards.
- Enabling team to achieve predictable and balanced results while satisfying needs of internal and external partners.
- Treating all people with respect, modeling personal growth and continuous development.
- Building an inclusive environment that attracts, retains, and inspires a diverse and engaged team.
- Developing trusted and valued customer relationships and communicating effectively so that people throughout the organization feel engaged and connected to their work.
- Delivering excellence, striving for continuous improvement and responding vigorously to change.
- Supporting any shift (4x10 (M-TH, Tu-Fr) or 3x10 Fri-Sun), 1st shift or 2nd shift based on business needs.
- Travel: Up to 10% travel (also earlier 25% but we can note both? We'll include both statements maybe as separate bullet? But travel is more of schedule? We'll include in Responsibilities maybe as a note.)
We'll put as - items.
Requirements: basic qualifications.
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Science in a STEM discipline AND 9 years of professional/military experience OR a Master's degree and 7 years of professional/military experience.
- 5 years of flight test experience or instrumentation/electrical fabrication.
- Prior management/leadership experience.
- Active DoD Secret level clearance.
- Ability to obtain and maintain Program Access (PAR) within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs.
- U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions. (maybe include)
- Relocation assistance may be available. (maybe benefit but could be requirement? We'll put under Benefits.)
Qualifications: preferred qualifications list.
- Solid technical understanding of instrumentation systems and architectures.
- Ability to interface with all levels of functional and program management.
- Demonstrated ability to plan and execute technical projects from inception through completion with the ability to manage several tasks/projects simultaneously.
- Ability to manage cost, schedule, and technical performance of SOW elements.
- Experience coordinating preparation of proposals, business plans, and spend plans.
- Risk and opportunity management experience.
- Customer relationship experience.
- Control Account Management Experience.
Skills: maybe we can extract skill statements from preferred qualifications that are skill-based: technical understanding, interfacing, planning/executing, managing cost/schedule/technical performance, coordinating proposals, risk/opportunity management, customer relationship, control account management. Could be same as qualifications. But we need to avoid thin sections. Perhaps we can combine Qualifications and Skills into one? But instruction says use headings only when posting has real specific content. We have both preferred qualifications and skills; we could treat Qualifications as preferred qualifications and Skills as skill-based items from the same list. Might be redundant but okay.
Alternatively, we could treat Qualifications as both basic and preferred? But we already have Requirements for basic. Qualifications for preferred. Skills maybe we can include things like "Solid technical understanding of instrumentation systems and architectures", "Ability to interface with all levels of functional and program management", etc. That's essentially same as preferred. Might be okay.
Benefits: list:
- Relocation assistance may be available.
- Phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly inclusive environment.
- Inclusive, family environment.
- Excellent work/life balance.
- Exceptional benefits.
- 9/80 schedule.
- Great 401K matching program.
- Health insurance coverage.
- Life and disability insurance.
- Savings plan.
- Company paid holidays.
- Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
Pay: include salary range, overtime, shift differential, discretionary bonus, annual bonuses, long term incentives for VP/Director.
Schedule: include 9/80 schedule, shift flexibility (any shift 4x10 or 3x10, 1st or 2nd shift), travel percentages (Up to 10% travel, also earlier 25% maybe mention both). Also note ability to support any shift.
We must avoid duplication: shift info appears in Responsibilities and Schedule; we can keep in
for prose. We must not repeat job title as heading. So no heading for Manager Test Engineering 2. We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings. We must remove boilerplate: EEO, legal, navigation, cookie, scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Also remove the line about application period 20 days etc. That's boilerplate? It's not exactly EEO but it's about application period; could be considered administrative. The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. So we should remove the paragraph about application period and EEO statement. Also remove the line about U.S. Citizenship required? That's related to clearance; maybe keep as part of Requirements? It's a requirement for clearance. Might be considered substantive. But it's also a legal requirement. The instruction says remove EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. Citizenship requirement is not EEO; it's a clearance requirement. Might keep. We also need to remove duplicated lines: there may be duplicate statements about travel etc. We'll keep unique. Now craft sections. About the role: combine the introductory paragraphs about Northrop Grumman, mission, B-21 Raider, and the position's context. Let's draft:
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.
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems Sector is looking for a Manager Test Engineering 2. The Instrumentation team located in Palmdale, CA and Edwards AFB. This position supports the B-21 Raider, the world’s first sixth‑generation aircraft. When it comes to delivering America’s resolve, the Raider provides the Air Force with long range, high survivability, and mission payload flexibility. The B‑21 Raider will be capable of penetrating the toughest defenses to deliver precision strikes anywhere in the world. The B‑21 is the future of deterrence.
That seems good. Responsibilities: list duties. We need to capture: - Leading a flight test instrumentation operations section within the classified portfolio of Aeronautics Sector. - Responsible for the build-up, integration, checkout, and operations of a large scale flight test instrumentation system. - Managing staff (15+ direct reports) and technical activities. - Creating and managing schedules, spend plans, staffing plans. - Developing proposals for future work. - Preparing presentations/reports and routinely presenting status to senior leadership. - Acting with integrity, highest ethical standards. - Enabling team to achieve predictable and balanced results while satisfying needs of internal and external partners. - Treating all people with respect, modeling personal growth and continuous development. - Building an inclusive environment that attracts, retains, and inspires a diverse and engaged team. - Developing trusted and valued customer relationships and communicating effectively so that people throughout the organization feel engaged and connected to their work. - Delivering excellence, striving for continuous improvement and responding vigorously to change. - Supporting any shift (4x10 (M-TH, Tu-Fr) or 3x10 Fri-Sun), 1st shift or 2nd shift based on business needs. - Travel: Up to 10% travel (also earlier 25% but we can note both? We'll include both statements maybe as separate bullet? But travel is more of schedule? We'll include in Responsibilities maybe as a note.) We'll put as- items. Requirements: basic qualifications. - Bachelor of Science Degree in Science in a STEM discipline AND 9 years of professional/military experience OR a Master's degree and 7 years of professional/military experience. - 5 years of flight test experience or instrumentation/electrical fabrication. - Prior management/leadership experience. - Active DoD Secret level clearance. - Ability to obtain and maintain Program Access (PAR) within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs. - U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions. (maybe include) - Relocation assistance may be available. (maybe benefit but could be requirement? We'll put under Benefits.) Qualifications: preferred qualifications list. - Solid technical understanding of instrumentation systems and architectures. - Ability to interface with all levels of functional and program management. - Demonstrated ability to plan and execute technical projects from inception through completion with the ability to manage several tasks/projects simultaneously. - Ability to manage cost, schedule, and technical performance of SOW elements. - Experience coordinating preparation of proposals, business plans, and spend plans. - Risk and opportunity management experience. - Customer relationship experience. - Control Account Management Experience. Skills: maybe we can extract skill statements from preferred qualifications that are skill-based: technical understanding, interfacing, planning/executing, managing cost/schedule/technical performance, coordinating proposals, risk/opportunity management, customer relationship, control account management. Could be same as qualifications. But we need to avoid thin sections. Perhaps we can combine Qualifications and Skills into one? But instruction says use headings only when posting has real specific content. We have both preferred qualifications and skills; we could treat Qualifications as preferred qualifications and Skills as skill-based items from the same list. Might be redundant but okay. Alternatively, we could treat Qualifications as both basic and preferred? But we already have Requirements for basic. Qualifications for preferred. Skills maybe we can include things like "Solid technical understanding of instrumentation systems and architectures", "Ability to interface with all levels of functional and program management", etc. That's essentially same as preferred. Might be okay. Benefits: list: - Relocation assistance may be available. - Phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly inclusive environment. - Inclusive, family environment. - Excellent work/life balance. - Exceptional benefits. - 9/80 schedule. - Great 401K matching program. - Health insurance coverage. - Life and disability insurance. - Savings plan. - Company paid holidays. - Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business. Pay: include salary range, overtime, shift differential, discretionary bonus, annual bonuses, long term incentives for VP/Director. Schedule: include 9/80 schedule, shift flexibility (any shift 4x10 or 3x10, 1st or 2nd shift), travel percentages (Up to 10% travel, also earlier 25% maybe mention both). Also note ability to support any shift. We must avoid duplication: shift info appears in Responsibilities and Schedule; we can keep in