Manager Software Engineering 2

Northrop Grumman • Huntsville, AL

6d • $153,800 - $230,800 • Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman is hiring for a Software Engineering Manager 2, located in Huntsville, AL. Software Management responsibilities include day-to-day communications, performance assessment and feedback, career counseling, professional development, employee succession planning, employee rewards and recognition, conflict resolution and resolving personnel issues for approximately 10-15 direct reports and an overall department organizational size of approximately 80 engineers. This role will have an average of 25% management responsibilities and 75% program responsibilities.

Requirements

• 8 years of experience with a Bachelors’ degree in Software Engineering or STEM discipline; 6 years of experience with a Masters’ degree in Software Engineering or STEM discipline or 4 years with a PHD in Software Engineering or STEM discipline.
• Experience also requires any combination of Systems Engineering, Integration and Test engineering disciplines accompanied by high proficiency in technical problem solving to include decomposition, root cause analysis, solution development, implementation and monitoring
• Must possess an Active secret clearance
• Previous experience in People and Technical Leadership roles
• Working knowledge of Staffing, Engineering Metrics and Training resources, processes, and tools
• Business Acumen: The ability to apply knowledge, insights and understanding of business and financial concepts, tools, and processes to the benefit of program decisions, actions, and performance
• Demonstrated customer interface skills
• Demonstrated large-team organizational and communication skills
• Demonstrated executive communication, presentation, and collaboration skills
• Issue & Problem Resolution: The ability to identify and address program impacts through a systematic, proactive, approach to issue and problem resolution that identifies, communicates, monitors, and promptly resolves conflicts across all levels of the program
• Resources: The ability to plan for, identify, estimate, cost, acquire, schedule, and retire resources needed to satisfy program requirements within organizational constraints
• Resource planning and staffing to plan

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Software Engineering or a STEM discipline and/or MBA
• Proven technical management experience preferably in either program IPT, R&D or Advanced Systems, technology, and/or functional environments
• Experience effectively leading diverse technical teams across multiple locations

Responsibilities

• Development and advancement of engineering practices, identification of skill gaps, college & intern recruiting, and increasing engineering competencies through strategic hiring and employee skills development.
• Demonstrate strong leadership skills to achieve sustainable top performance.
• Serve as an effective collaborator, communicator and problem solver who can develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrate a commitment to ethics and integrity, and the capability to innovate while challenging traditional ways of doing business.
• Develop diverse and inclusive teams with high levels of engagement, including mentoring and coaching.
• Broad skill set balanced between interpersonal, business, and technical capabilities.
• Operate in a team environment and collaborate across the organization as required to accomplish the team goals
• Work closely with the directors and managers of other engineering disciplines, product managers, and program senior leadership team
• Champion change within the organization, to achieve competitive advantage for the business.
• Support Proposal Preparation, Review and Approval Process.
• Develop and Perform to a Strategic Plan including multi-year sales and marketing strategic plans that identify key products and markets that will enable the company to achieve its goals of growth and profitability.
• Build and execute marketing and communications plans to support the specific opportunities.
• Regularly report to the company’s Management Team the status of all major Advanced Programs opportunities assigned, and the status toward achieving the awards plan

Benefits

• Relocation assistance may be available
• health insurance coverage
• life and disability insurance
• savings plan
• Company paid holidays
• 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)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager