Software Engineering Manager 2

Northrop Grumman•Palmdale, CA

10d•$161,100 - $241,700•Onsite

About The Position

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 in California is currently seeking a Manager, Software Engineering 2 to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Software organization. This role can be located in Palmdale, California. Our Leaders at Northrop Grumman live our values daily and encourage our teams to do the same. We do the right thing: upholding the highest ethical standards and facilitating a safe and respectful environment that attracts, retains, and inspires a diverse and engaged team. We do what we promise: holding yourself and others accountable to meet predictable and balanced results. We commit to shared success: operating as OneNG and removing barriers for our teams. Finally, We pioneer: setting a vision that shapes the future and inspires others. This candidate will be the product owner of a product team working closely with Integrated Product Team (IPT) Leadership and software architects. This is a vital position to a classified program in support of software design and development. Candidate will be responsible for leading a product team through software architecture, requirements, design and development phases. Candidate will provide leadership to the software team (8-12 engineers) by flowing down system level architecture/requirements and setting the technical direction for the team to execute. Candidate will be responsible for the effective execution of an Agile-focused software lifecycle process at the product level, to include managing a product Configuration Control Board (CCB), and tracking and reporting all relevant metrics to the IPT. Candidate will be responsible for both cross-product coordination within the various IPTs coordination within the program, allocating developer resources where necessary. The program is a multi-site, multi-sector effort. The Candidate shall be willing to travel to other sites to support technical meetings, integration efforts, and other related tasking. The Candidate shall also be willing to adjust work schedule as required to meet needs of east coast coordination. The candidate will also be responsible for functional duties including conducting performance assessments, staffing, employee development, communication meetings, disciplinary actions, compensation adjustments, training & educational oversight/ approval and other routine personnel issues. This position will be responsible for establishing common processes and practices in cooperation with colleague managers across the sector.

Requirements

Must either have a Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) field AND 9 years of related professional/military experience that includes a background in software development, OR a Master’s degree Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) field AND 7 years of related professional/military experience OR a PhD Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) field and 4 years of experience that includes a background in software development
Demonstrated professional experience with an Agile Framework within the last 3 years
Demonstrated professional experience implementing software and scripts in one or more Object Oriented Programming languages: C++, scripts in C, AND/OR Python
Demonstrated professional experience with software change control, change management, and CI/CD tools such as not limited to: GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, and/or Atlassian tool suite
Active in-Scope, U.S. Government Secret clearance and the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Top Secret clearance.
Start date is contingent upon the ability to obtain special program access; and required to maintain both an active U.S. Government clearance and PAR

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated professional leadership experience
Experience in software architecture
Experience with virtual machines and virtual networks: VMware, Hyper-V, VPC, NSX-T, and/or NSX-V
Demonstrated Professional Experience with at least one of the following Cloud technologies and service providers: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft (MS) Azure, OR Google Cloud within the last 3 years
Experience with Joint Simulation Environment (JSE), Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS), or High-level Architecture within 3 years
Knowledge and experience with simulated threat environments, such as, AFSIM or NGTS and Full-Motion Flight Training Systems within the last 3 years
Experience with developing software for safety critical embedded systems
Familiarity with software requirements tools such as DOORS and Rational Rhapsody
Ability to interface with all levels of employees and management.
Demonstrated ability to build a diverse and inclusive team with engagement
Demonstrated mentoring and coaching skills, and excellent 2-way communication skills (upward and downward)
Experience leading a team of 12 employees with a record of on-time performance
Time management and organizational skills to prioritize across concurrent program and functional responsibilities
Experience with task or resource planning, development of Basis of Estimates (BOEs), Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and IFC planning

Responsibilities

Responsible for managing staffing and reporting status and metrics to IPT and Functional leadership
Provide functional management to direct reports, including career guidance, staffing, interviewing/onboarding, disciplinary actions, and direct engagement
Manage all product activities for a team of developers, employing an Agile-focused process
Manage workflow requests from other product leads within the Software IPT, as well as product leads from other IPTs
Coordinate the activities of the product-level CCB and ensure its efficient functioning
Coordinate all product-level software verification and release activities within the larger program schedules
Primary product representative for product integration in on-site labs and at off-site integration facilities
Primary product representative at all cross-product and cross-IPT meetings
Primary product representative at technical reviews to senior management and Customer stakeholders

Benefits

Relocation assistance may be available
health insurance coverage
life and disability insurance
savings plan
Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
overtime
shift differential
discretionary bonus
Annual bonuses
Long Term Incentives (for VP or Director positions)