Staff Test Engineer – Lab Manager Lead

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We need to parse the job posting. First, remove boilerplate: relocation assistance, clearance required, clearance type, travel, etc. Those are metadata; we can fold minor metadata into a short

or drop it. The instruction: "do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short

or drop it." So we can include a short paragraph with relocation assistance, clearance, travel maybe. But we need to preserve all substantive information. So we need to keep details about role description, responsibilities, qualifications, etc. We need to decide sections. We have description paragraphs: "At Northrop Grumman..." etc. That's about the company and mission. Could be "About the role" or maybe "About the company". The instruction says use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can use About the role for the introductory description. Responsibilities: The "What You’ll Get To Do" bullet list (though not bullet but sentences). We'll need to convert to

• . Requirements: Basic Qualifications section. Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications. Skills: maybe combine some skill statements from responsibilities? But we can also have a Skills section if there is explicit skill list. The posting includes many skill statements in responsibilities and qualifications. Could create a Skills section summarizing? But we must not invent or summarize away detail. Better to keep skill details within Responsibilities or Qualifications. However we need to include a Skills section only if posting has real specific content for it. There's no separate "Skills" heading. So we should not create a Skills section unless we can extract explicit skill list. The posting includes "Strong written and verbal communication skills" etc. But those are within Preferred Qualifications. Could treat them as Skills. But to be safe, we could omit Skills section if not explicitly labeled. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we could combine skills into Qualifications or Responsibilities. Benefits: The posting mentions benefits: "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." Also mentions overtime, shift differential, discretionary bonus, annual bonuses, long term incentives for VP/Director. So we have benefits content. Pay: The posting includes "Primary Level Salary Range: $153,600.00 - $230,400.00" plus note about factors. So we have Pay. Schedule: The posting mentions "This position is based in Baltimore, MD, requires being onsite, and does not support remote or hybrid work." Also "Ability to work full-time onsite in Baltimore". So schedule: full-time onsite. Could be considered Schedule. We'll include a Schedule section with that info. We also need to include minor metadata like relocation assistance, clearance required, travel. Could fold into a short

  after the heading? Perhaps after About the role we can include a paragraph with those details. We must not repeat job title as heading. So no heading for Staff Engineer Test – Lab Manager Lead. We must not include navigation/legal/EEO etc. Remove EEO boilerplate at end. Also remove "U.S. Citizenship is required..." maybe that's substantive? It's a requirement for clearance. Could be part of Requirements. But it's near the end; we could include it in Requirements or a short paragraph. It's substantive: "U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions." Since clearance is required, we can include that in Requirements. We must not include application period etc. That's not substantive? Might be considered minor metadata; we can drop. Now craft HTML. Structure:

  About the role

  ... description about Northrop Grumman mission, etc. plus maybe relocation assistance, clearance, travel? We'll decide. Better: Keep About the role as the narrative about the company and role description (the first paragraphs up to "Come be a part of our mission!" and the division description). Then after that we can have a short paragraph for metadata: relocation assistance, clearance required, travel. But the instruction: "fold minor metadata into a short

  or drop it." So we can have a

  after About the role containing: "Relocation assistance may be available. Top Secret clearance with Special Access Program (SAP) clearance required. Travel required approximately 10% of the time." Now Responsibilities: take the "What You’ll Get To Do" list. Each sentence starts with a verb. We'll make each a

• . We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep each bullet exactly as in text, maybe slight punctuation. Let's extract bullet points: - Provide leadership and day‑to‑day oversight for a team of lab managers, including setting priorities, aligning resources, mentoring staff, and promoting best practices for lab operations, safety, and configuration management. - Lead the architecture, design, build‑out, and ongoing maintenance strategy for the laboratory infrastructure that enables both hardware and software engineering activities, ensuring scalability, reliability, and compliance with system‑level requirements. - Direct and coordinate execution of these activities through the lab managers. - Own the end‑to‑end engineering bench lifecycle sustainment across multiple labs at the program level, ensuring lab managers are effectively procuring, installing, qualifying, and retiring bench equipment while maintaining physical integrity, safety, and alignment with system architecture road‑maps. - Provide oversight of documentation for test‑fixture setups, as‑built drawings, and configuration changes to workspaces, and ensure lab managers are properly tracking all program‑, corporate‑, and customer‑owned property through Property Management. - Provide oversight of equipment calibrations and configuration of test equipment for bench operations, ensuring lab managers maintain calibration schedules, execute configurations, and document all configuration changes across the supported labs. - Provide leadership for logistics‑related activities, ensuring lab managers coordinate procurement, receipt, verification, storage, and distribution of tooling, consumables, and capital assets, and maintain inventory levels and hardware trackers for PME, GFE/BFE, and other assets. - Coordinate escort and access with the Security team for equipment and personnel requiring special handling or secure areas, and maintain secure storage safes in accordance with program and corporate requirements. - Direct and align day‑to‑day lab activities across the lab‑management team with Program Management, Systems, SEIT, I&T/IPT, Software, and TDE leadership; conduct facilities surveys and communicate aggregated lab status, utility, and growth needs to Facilities Engineering. - Establish and maintain consistent, program‑level views of lab readiness, utilization, issues, and risks; aggregate status from individual lab managers and present concise updates and recommendations to program and functional leadership. - Utilize Jira and other Atlassian tools to plan, track, and report lab‑related tasks, defects, configuration changes, and action items, and ensure lab managers and stakeholders are using these tools consistently to maintain accurate and timely status. - Develop, maintain, and enforce standard operating procedures for lab operations, including configuration control, access control, equipment handling, and incident reporting, and drive adherence across the lab‑management team. - Act as safety liaison and enforce all EHSFP directives; champion continuous improvement in lab safety culture and compliance. Now Requirements (Basic Qualifications): - Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline and 12 years of relevant experience; OR Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 10 years of relevant experience; OR PhD in a STEM discipline and 8 years of relevant experience; an additional 4 years of relevant experience in lieu of a STEM degree (i.e., 16 years of relevant experience without a degree). - Active DoD Top Secret Clearance or higher and Special Access Program (SAP) clearance is required. - Minimum 8 years of radar‑system support and development, including hands‑on work with Common Radar Module (CRM) standard, receiver/exciter, processor, ground/airborne radars, manufacturing, operations, and systems engineering. - Proven ability to collaborate with business units and divisions and communicate effectively with both technical and non‑technical audiences. - Demonstrated experience in integration and test environments, including troubleshooting complex systems, working across multiple engineering disciplines, and supporting manufacturing and operations. - Experience with laboratory operations including equipment installation, calibration, configuration management, and property/inventory control. - Ability to work full-time onsite in Baltimore. Also include U.S. Citizenship requirement: maybe as separate bullet. Now Preferred Qualifications: - 8+ years of systems‑engineering experience focused on laboratory operations, test‑equipment management, and logistics coordination. - Prior experience leading or supervising lab managers, technicians, or cross‑functional teams responsible for multiple integration or test labs. - Expertise in integration, test, reliability, and endurance testing of radar systems. - Direct experience coordinating procurement, receipt, storage, and distribution of tooling, consumables, and capital equipment, with accountability for results through a team. - Experience using Jira and other Atlassian tools to manage tasks, track defects, maintain action‑item lists, and provide status reporting for engineering or lab operations. - Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a track record of producing clear shipping plans, inventory reports, facility‑status briefs, and program‑level lab readiness reports. - Demonstrated ability to work with multiple engineering specialties, cross‑functional teams, and external suppliers, and to translate program requirements into clear, actionable work for lab managers and support staff. Now Benefits: - 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. - 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. We could combine into a
  . Pay: - Primary Level Salary Range: $153,600.00 - $230,400.00 - Note: 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. We could include that as a

  after the range. Schedule: - This position is based in Baltimore, MD, requires being onsite, and does not support remote or hybrid work. - Ability to work full-time onsite in Baltimore. We could combine. Now we need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown. We'll start with

  About the role

  then

  ... narrative. Let's craft the About the role paragraph: combine the descriptive paragraphs before "Northrop Grumman Mission Systems' Baltimore and Partnered Sites (BaPs) division is seeking..." Actually the description includes company mission and then the specific division seeking. We'll include all that as About the role. Text: "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