Salary
$139k – $209k per year
Location
Hybrid (Melbourne, United States)
Seniority
Staff · 9+ years exp
Employment
Full-Time
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 13, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 13, 2026. Northrop Grumman scores B on the Alion truth index.
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Northrop Grumman is an American defence contractor whose oldest predecessor was founded in 1939, and which took its present form through the 1994 combination of Northrop and Grumman. It builds strategic systems including the B-21 Raider bomber and the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile programme, military and civil space systems, radars and electronic warfare equipment, autonomous aircraft, and mission systems and software for the United States armed forces and allied governments. Headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia and listed on the New York Stock Exchange, it earns the large majority of its revenue from the American government and employs close to one hundred thousand people.
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be availableCLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: YesCLEARANCE TYPE: Top SecretTRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the Time
Description
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 is looking to add an Electronics Engineer Manager 2 Functional Homeroom Manager to join our team in Melbourne. The candidate should be a self-starter with familiarity working in an Integrated Product Team construct.
This role will be a combination of 80% technical SOW and 20% functional homeroom manager (FHR) SOW.
Essential Functions:
- Providing functional leadership and direction to a section of multi-disciplined engineers (typically 10-15 personnel) including building an engineering culture that empowers employees, establishes personal and team accountability, motivates team performance, encourages development, and supports innovation.
- Coordinating with programs to ensure appropriate staffing/de-staffing actions are developed and executed relative to their section, and managing employee movement between programs.
- Managing team member performance, creating and delivering performance evaluations, overseeing the salary review process, and supervising employee development and mentoring efforts.
- Special assignments/data calls in support of the Center of Technical Excellence (CoTE)
- Driving compliance with policies and procedures including timecards, safety, security, property management, training, and configuration control.
- In addition to performing a functional statement of work (SOW), the Section Manager will be responsible for development, production and field support of Avionics equipment which may include Flight Avionics, Communication, Navigation, Data Link, Computer, Network, Antenna, and other Sensor sub-systems.
- This position requires the selected candidate to have technical SOW on the Program.
- The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility. There is no remote / hybrid / telework available for this position. Travel up to 20% may be required.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 9 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 7 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline and 5 years of related engineering experience.
- Experience with project planning, cost, schedule & performance, including Earned -Value and performance measurement baseline concepts
- Experience leading a team or project
- Active in-Scope, DoD Top Secret clearance.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Demonstrated success in leading, collaborating, and developing cross functional teams of varying degrees of skill on complex technical projects including some or all aspects of engineering project life cycle
- Cost Account Management experience
- Strong organizational and interpersonal skills to include written and verbal communication
- Prior functional management experience including mentoring/coaching, and solving staff and resource issues
- Currently briefed to and supporting applicable program statement of work.
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