Jenna Paukstis, manufacturing director at Northrop Grumman, is named one of the 25 Women to Watch by The Baltimore Sun, recognizing them as the leading voices of the Baltimore area in business, activism, research and more.

Jenna Paukstis has been in the Baltimore department of Northrop Grumman Mission Systems for six months and she is already crazy about it. "From airborne to space to ground base to Naval, we do it all," she said. Jenna did not expect to monitor the production of military equipment when she studied engineering at the university, but eventually she fell for industrial engineering because it's human interaction, technical challenges and business focus all combined. Since then she has worked in production and program management.

'Challenge the status quo, stand up for what you believe in and keep your options open' - the career advice from the award-winning engineer.

Women flourish at Northrop Grumman

Prime employer Northrop Grumman supports talented women in their career, and many of them are exceptional performers in their areas. 

Linnie Haynesworth - Woman of the Year

Linnie Haynesworth, Sector Vice President and General Sector Vice President and General Manager Cyber and Intelligence Mission Solutions at Northrop Grumman has recently been named Woman of the Year by Tuskegee Airmen Scholarship Foundation for making significant contributions in the field of aviation, aerospace and science technology.

Having spent more than 30 years in the industry, Linnie has held business development, functional and program positions in multiple sectors of the company. Her program experience includes government, commercial and international partnerships. Linnie has also overseen the construction of Northrop Grumman's US$1.49 million cybersecurity center at San Antonio which is a new home for the group's cybersecurity center, housing a cyber integration lab, a user-experience setup, warehouse and meeting space, and production facilities.

Kathryn Hamilton - Outstanding Woman in Technology

Engineering program manager Kathryn Hamilton received the Outstanding Woman in Technology award at the National Society of Black Engineer’s (NSBE) 44th Annual Convention which recognises individuals with a career of exceptional accomplishments in an engineering or technical field, leadership abilities, demonstrated support for increasing the number of women in engineering and technology, and a high level of achievement in technology.

Kathryn is an engineering program manager for Northrop Grumman’s Mission Systems sector. She provides operational support for several navigation and positioning systems programs. Previously, Hamilton was a systems engineering lead with a focus on requirements development and management, and led a project to streamline engineering processes and compliance across 18 facilities.

Northrop Grumman is committed to support women in their career

Northrop Grumman offers fantastic opportunities for women to flourish in STEM careers, learn how you could be part of its impressive teams via these current job vacancies.
 

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