Embedded Flight Software & Integrated Test Environment Engineer Leader 5

United Launch Alliance•Centennial, CO

8d•$147,813 - $274,510•Onsite

About The Position

At ULA, as an Embedded Flight Software & Integrated Test Environment Engineer Leader 5, you will lead a talented, high performing team of employees that architect, design, develop and test solutions for ULA’s development environment. You will coordinate project schedules, monitor development tasks and provide & analyze metrics to evaluate process execution and reliability. Operating in an agile environment, you will engage with Product Owners, Technology Architects, Quality Assurance and Automation team members on cross-functional activities. As a member of the Software Engineering leadership team, you will help set the direction of the organization and provide process ownership and technical leadership. You will participate in strategic activities such as proposal efforts, future planning, and developing software roadmaps. You are skilled at building strong teams and developing people. You have a passion for leading and driving changes. You are motivated by improving systems & processes and seeing reliability & user productivity increase. You naturally break down organizational silos and build partnerships. You provide leadership and clarity to create a shared vision and roadmaps to evolve the capabilities of software systems. The Embedded Flight Software (FSW) and Integrated Test Environment (ITE) Development Leader has leadership responsibility for launch vehicle Embedded FSW and associated ITE development. Working closely with the Software Engineering Leadership Team, the Embedded FSW and ITE Leader will oversee and direct non-recurring flight software and integrated test environment development and maintenance work scope. The leader is directly responsible for coordinating project schedules and ensuring sufficient resources to meet milestones. The manager will monitor development tasks and products and provide and analyze metrics to evaluate process execution and product and process reliability. The Embedded FSW and ITE Leader will work closely with other Embedded FSW and ITE leaders to maintain the Identify of the FSW and ITE Functions. Specific responsibilities include: Personnel and Team Development: Developing and maintaining a team of expert Software Systems Integrators and Software Engineers who can establish requirements, develop and integrate software and data products and take them through testing and deployment. Responsibility in Program Execution by building agile roadmaps, plans, and milestones. Develop, implement, and communicate the economic framework including earned value. Proactively engages with other Embedded FSW and ITE leaders on the Identity of the FSW and ITE functions. Shapes evolution and architecture of FSW and ITE roadmaps incorporating continuous improvement and innovation. Drives process coordination and consistency while allowing experimentation within scrum teams. Matures agile best practice among product owners, scrum masters and developers. Ensures proper knowledge base, skillset and talent availability for FSW and ITE teams through both hiring and career growth assignments for teammates. Exercising positive leadership over multi-discipline activities which impact or contribute to Mission Success, program cost performance, program schedule performance, program risk management, and business development success. Actively coordinate and collaborate with other functional disciplines across the program to innovatively resolve technical and programmatic risks, issues and challenges. Reinforce Essential Scaled Agile (SAFe) principles. Participate in and guide agile ceremonies such as Program Increment Planning, System Demos, and Design Reviews. Build partnerships with Customers, Suppliers, Consultants, Partners, and Internal/External Stakeholders. Working with minimal direction and having strong facilitation and people skills. Interfacing with and leading teams that may include diverse internal teams and external stakeholders Managing the deployment of scalable software development processes and tools.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) or a related technical field from an accredited college or university
Minimum of 8 years of related work experience
Experience with the Software Engineering development lifecycle (Requirements, Design, Implementation, Test & Release)
Experience interfacing with analysis & design disciplines
Experience with task planning/budgeting and organizational skills, which support effective project performance

Nice To Haves

Experience and ability to drive strong team culture
Experience leading teams
Experience with project/program management
Experience working with the IV&V contractor community
Experience with modern software development practices & tools
Full Software Development Lifecycle Experience in hard real-time setting
Modeling and Simulation domain experience
Hardware / Software integration and test experience
Cybersecurity experience for software development environments
Software Architecture (ability to guide and shape standards)
Software Coding Experience, including C++, Python, Linux
Lean-Agile program (SAFe, Scrum and XP) / project management experience
Ability to coach strong, independent, agile teams to the next level of performance
Ability to develop and motivate employees
Ability to engage and motivate a team to improve tools and processes
Excellent team communication skills (written and verbal)
Effective communication, interpersonal, facilitation and organizational skills
Proven ability to lead across organizational boundaries and as part of cross-functional teams
Self-starter with effective decision-making ability and capable of working with minimal direction
Proposal development experience
Earned Value Management (in an Agile setting)

Responsibilities

Lead a talented, high performing team of employees that architect, design, develop and test solutions for ULA’s development environment.
Coordinate project schedules, monitor development tasks and provide & analyze metrics to evaluate process execution and reliability.
Engage with Product Owners, Technology Architects, Quality Assurance and Automation team members on cross-functional activities.
Help set the direction of the organization and provide process ownership and technical leadership.
Participate in strategic activities such as proposal efforts, future planning, and developing software roadmaps.
Develop and maintain a team of expert Software Systems Integrators and Software Engineers who can establish requirements, develop and integrate software and data products and take them through testing and deployment.
Build agile roadmaps, plans, and milestones.
Develop, implement, and communicate the economic framework including earned value.
Shape evolution and architecture of FSW and ITE roadmaps incorporating continuous improvement and innovation.
Drive process coordination and consistency while allowing experimentation within scrum teams.
Mature agile best practice among product owners, scrum masters and developers.
Ensure proper knowledge base, skillset and talent availability for FSW and ITE teams through both hiring and career growth assignments for teammates.
Exercise positive leadership over multi-discipline activities which impact or contribute to Mission Success, program cost performance, program schedule performance, program risk management, and business development success.
Coordinate and collaborate with other functional disciplines across the program to innovatively resolve technical and programmatic risks, issues and challenges.
Reinforce Essential Scaled Agile (SAFe) principles.
Participate in and guide agile ceremonies such as Program Increment Planning, System Demos, and Design Reviews.
Build partnerships with Customers, Suppliers, Consultants, Partners, and Internal/External Stakeholders.
Work with minimal direction and having strong facilitation and people skills.
Interface with and lead teams that may include diverse internal teams and external stakeholders.
Manage the deployment of scalable software development processes and tools.