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Manager Systems Engineering 1

Northrop Grumman

Buffalo, NYJob$121–181K/yrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago

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Compensation
$121–181K/yr
Location
Buffalo, NY
Work Authorization
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Secret clearanceBachelor's degree

Job overview

Northrop Grumman seeks a dual-role technical manager for its Mission Systems organization in Buffalo, New York. The role coordinates approximately 6–10 engineers while allocating 75% of time to technical responsibilities supporting simulation systems. The manager leads employee and project activities, contributes to systems engineering across the product lifecycle, and works with internal and external customers, suppliers, and engineering disciplines.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Electronic Warfare SimulationRadar Signal AnalysisFunctional AnalysisTimeline AnalysisTrade StudiesRequirements AllocationInterface DefinitionComplex Problem SolvingDOORSDesign ReviewsCommunicationPresentation SkillsLeadershipTeamworkDecision-MakingModel-Based Systems EngineeringCameoRhapsodyIntegration and TestEarned Value ManagementRF Test EquipmentSpectrum AnalyzersOscilloscopesTime-Domain Analyzers

Qualifications

Bachelor's in STEM5+ Years Relevant Work ExperienceU.S. CitizenshipAbility to Obtain DoD Secret ClearanceMaster's in Relevant SpecialtyActive DoD Secret Clearance

Benefits

Relocation Assistance
Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off

Full job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: None

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% 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 Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. Our Engineering and Sciences (E&S) organization pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission!

We are looking for you to join our team as a dual-role technical manager position based out of Buffalo, NY . At Northrop Grumman, you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation and where we focus on the development and production of state-of-the-art Simulation Systems solutions.

What You'll Get to Do:

For this dual-role technical manager position your management duties will require tasking and coordination of approximately 6-10 engineers, and process and resource coordination with functional homeroom management. The position will also have 75% of his/her time allocated to technical responsibilities. This candidate will demonstrate a broad skill set that is balanced between interpersonal, leadership, and technical capabilities. He/she must be a self-starter, able to efficiently operate in a team environment, and collaborate across the sector business areas as required to accomplish the team goals. The candidate will work closely with other managers, and engineering disciplines. The manager will be required to communicate with internal customers as well as external customers and suppliers. He/she must be able to work as part of a multifunctional team working within schedule and budget constraints.

Roles & Responsibilities:

  • Management and execution of employee performance review processes

  • Create and support department policies, procedures, and budgets

  • Provide flow-down and direction from upper management and the organization

  • Provide employee mentoring, career development, and training opportunities

  • Creating an inclusive and engaging environment that promotes employee retention

  • Support to hiring, staffing and workload forecasting including identification and training of skills required to execute on programs

  • Support/lead project execution over the whole product lifecycle, with foremost emphasis on meeting or exceeding customer and stakeholder requirements

  • Revises and manages both original and revised specification/interface definition document and expedites documents through signature approval process.

  • Identify risks, suggest mitigations, track defects, develop resolutions, and track and report status

  • Supports trade studies, system performance assessments, system design assessments, timelines and concept of operations development.

  • Supports system design, data analyses, interface verification, testing, failure/anomaly resolution and mission operations.

  • Supports the testing and/or evaluation/validation of one or more components of a system or subsystem analytical model or actual system implementation.

  • Provide technical contributions on assigned programs, including subject matter expert reviews for major milestone events (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, etc.).

  • Facilitate and maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders

  • Oversight of cost, schedule, and technical quality for SEIT execution on supported programs

  • Technical lead for proposal (Formal and ROM) efforts including Basis of Estimate generation

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) and a minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience

  • Understanding with Electronic Warfare simulation of threat radar systems.

  • Knowledge of radar signal characteristics.

  • Experience performing functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.

  • Experience analyzing complex problems and developing solutions.

  • Experience with DOORS requirements management tool.

  • Experience with design reviews.

  • Excellent communication and presentation skills for technical audiences.

  • Ability and willingness to travel to domestic and foreign locations up to 15% based upon need.

  • U.S. citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense (DoD) Secret security clearance and ability to obtain special access programs.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master's degree in a relevant technical or management specialty

  • Proven demonstrated leadership skills and the ability to work effectively in a team environment.

  • Demonstrated capability to make difficult decisions that impact team direction and team performance outcomes

  • Active Department of Defense (DoD) Secret security clearance with the eligibility to obtain a Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and special access programs.

  • Electronic Warfare (EW), or EW Threat experience

  • Experience with Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) concepts and tools (Cameo and Rhapsody).

  • Experience in an integration and test environment for complex electronic systems evaluation

  • Experience in development and earned value management of cost accounts and schedules as related to Systems Engineering tasks

  • Expertise using various types of RF test equipment, such as spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes and time-domain analyzers to measure and verify interpulse and intrapulse modulations, radar scan patterns.

Primary Level Salary Range: $121,000.00 - $181,400.00

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.

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. In addition, 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.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

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. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

Job Category: Engineering

How this job compares

Set against the 11,758 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 9, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$121–181K/yr
  • New York median$116–183K/yr241 salary ranges
  • US median$115–190K/yr8,809 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $151K, is close to the New York median midpoint ($150K) — in the middle half of Systems Engineer salary ranges in New York.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 313 open Systems Engineer jobs in New York and 11,758 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New York
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (9,686 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 4,372 of the 11,758 open Systems Engineer jobs (37%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 9, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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