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# Sentinel MS&A Systems Engineering Manager 2

- **Company:** Northrop Grumman
- **Location:** Roy, UT, United States
- **Salary:** $139,100.0 - $208,700.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, C++ (Programming Language), Configuration Management, Python (Programming Language), MATLAB, SAP (Applications), Verification and Validation (Software), Modeling and Simulation, Programming Languages
- **Published:** October 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3472166150&tx=ZT1514TYZ&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* Bachelor's Degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) with 8 years of related experience; 6 years of related experience with a master's degree.
 * Must be a US Citizen with an active U.S. Government Secret security clearance at time of application with an investigation completed within the last 6 years
 * Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need
 * Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis experience
 * Experience with MATLAB, Python, C++, or similar programming languages
 * Technical writing skills

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:

 * Previous experience in project management and/or control account management
 * Active Earned Value Management qualification/certification
 * Active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance at time of application with an investigation completed within the last 6 years.
 * Experience leading junior engineers to achieve technical objectives.
 * Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a customer focused mindset.
 * Experience with missile modeling and trajectory simulation
 * Broad technical experiences in mechanical/aerospace engineering of missiles/launch vehicles
 * Experience with Modeling & Simulation (M&S) verification and validation (MIL-STD 3022)
 * Experience with physical testing, instrumentation, Design of Experiments

## Description

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Systems Engineering Manager 2 - Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis. This position is located in Roy, UT and supports the AVE Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis (AVE MS&A) Horizontal Integration team responsible for AVE performance and flight assessment. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

What You'll Get To Do:

As a Section Manager you will be expected to spend roughly 20% of your effort on Functional Homeroom (FHR) responsibilities, with the other 80% of your efforts focused on your technical assignment within the AVE MS&A team. The selected candidate will be responsible for a Systems Engineering discipline Section within the SDS Systems Engineering organization and will report directly to an SDS Systems Engineering Department Manager. As part of the 20% FHR duties you will provide career mentorship and operational support to a Functional Home Room (FHR) team (Section) of between 8 and 12 Individual Contributors (ICs) based on Engineering goals, objectives, and company policy. Key FHR responsibilities will be personnel performance management, process familiarization and training for Section members, as well as staffing of roles on projects.

As an integral part of our AVE MS&A Horizontal Integration team, the 80% technical work will focus on driving operational and technical efforts and initiatives across the AVE MS&A team to ensure work products are of acceptable quality and meet expected timelines., * Provide project and technical oversight for activities performed by the group.

 * Provide ownership of and direction to the processes used by the group.
 * Interact with senior internal and external personnel on significant technical matters requiring coordination between organizations to ensure successful task completion and customer satisfaction.
 * Horizontal integration of work efforts across the organization; maintaining cognizance over technical activities; and ensuring execution of project statement of work and baselines.
 * Maintaining configuration management of environment and performance models relevant to missile flight
 * Tracking and reporting progress towards major milestone events
 * Develop, maintain, and logically sequence schedule within the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS)
 * Actively reach out to functional leads, engineers, and sub-contractors to gather inputs, align schedules, and resolve issues
 * Estimate personnel resources required to execute program scope
 * Track and report cost and schedule status