Manager Software Engineering 2 - Morrisville (TS/SCI)
About The Position
Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Space Software Engineering Manager for its Payload and Ground Eastern Region team. The manager provides technical oversight across the software development lifecycle—including design, development, integration, and maintenance of software components—and supports system integration and test. The role leads and guides a matrixed functional team of software engineers, supporting software processes, career development, and performance appraisals. The manager also participates in proposal generation, staffing allocations, and recruiting, and guides the team in applying appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the system development lifecycle in support of programs. The manager leads and coordinates teams through challenging software development activities using an Agile approach. Work includes decomposing requirements into Agile features and overseeing software design, coding, testing, integration, and systems testing to deliver enhanced secure capabilities. Strong communication and active leadership skills are important.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or another STEM degree plus 8 years of experience in a related STEM field; or a master's degree plus 6 years; or a PhD plus 3 years; or 12 years of experience in lieu of a degree.
- At least 5 years of progressive software engineering or development experience in C++ or Python.
- Experience with distributed software development of large-scale systems.
- Comprehensive understanding of all aspects of the software development lifecycle.
- Experience leading a software development team and providing direction to team members.
- Experience creating and executing Agile roadmaps and plans.
- Current DoD Top Secret clearance with ability to obtain and hold an SCI.
Nice To Haves
- At least 7 years of progressive software engineering or development experience in C++ or Python.
- At least 3 years of experience leading a software development team.
- Experience as an IPT lead.
- Experience as a scrum master and/or product owner.
- Experience in people management, including team members' career development and performance.
- Experience managing a budget for technical activities.
- Control Account Management experience managing program schedule and budget data.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills.
- Strong critical thinking and logical reasoning skills, including the ability to solve issues and predict potential programmatic and technical risks.
- Experience with the Atlassian tool suite, including Jira, Confluence, and Bit Bucket.
- Experience with AWS services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, and CloudFormation.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar.
- Solid understanding of Kubernetes, including Helm charts, service discovery, and autoscaling.
- Current DoD Top Secret clearance with SCI.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical oversight throughout the software development lifecycle, including design, development, integration, and maintenance of software components.
- Support system integration and test.
- Lead and guide a matrixed functional team of software engineers through software processes, career development, and performance appraisals.
- Participate in proposal generation, staffing allocations, and recruiting.
- Guide the team in applying appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the system development life cycle.
- Lead and coordinate software teams using Agile development, including requirement decomposition into features, design, coding, testing, integration, and systems testing.
- Create Agile roadmaps and plans and execute them.
- Provide direction to software development team members.
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Savings plan
- Company-paid holidays
- Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
- Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus, depending on the position.
- Relocation assistance may be available.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
