Software Engineer Leader 5

United Launch Alliance•Centennial, CO

12d

About The Position

You will have the opportunity to lead a well-established, high performing and energetic software development team that is responsible workflow automation, engineering configuration management applications and launch system software parameter tools. This team works across all program lines at ULA to deploy capabilities to meet individual program needs and advance broader enterprise capabilities. 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, providing 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 change. 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 Software Tools Leader reports to the ICPS and Applications Software Senior Manager. They will oversee and direct non-recurring and recurring development activities for the suite of software tools used throughout engineering.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Software, Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, or Mathematics
Prior experience managing people or managing programs/projects
Proven ability to lead across organizational boundaries and as part of cross-functional teams
Experience with task planning/budgeting and project/program management
Interpersonal skills (collaboration, motivation, coaching and conflict resolution)
Excellent communication, interpersonal and facilitation skills
Experience and ability to drive strong team culture
Ability to grow and motivate employees
Self-starter with effective decision making ability and can work with minimal direction
Minimum of 8 years of related work experience

Nice To Haves

Advanced degrees
Combination of software/computer science and other engineering degrees (mechanical, electrical, aerospace)
Previous leadership experience
Lean-Agile (SAFe, Scrum and XP) program/project management experience
Earned value management (in an Agile setting)
Proposal development experience
Experience working with the IV&V contractor community
Full software development lifecycle experience in hard real-time and faster than real-time setting
Experience with modern software development practices & tools
Modeling and simulation domain experience
Hardware & software integration and test experience
Software architecture experience
Flight or ground software development experience
Software test environment development experience
Cybersecurity for software or test environments experience
Strong understanding of cybersecurity policies, practices, and procedures
C++, Python, Linux Experience
Experience with development and execution in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure)

Responsibilities

Direct responsibility for program execution, cost & schedule, including earned value
Coordinate with other functional disciplines to resolve technical and programmatic risks, issues and challenges
Build partnerships with customers, suppliers, consultants, partners, and internal/external stakeholders
Ensure software development that is compliant with processes, procedures & requirements
Reinforce & mature Scaled Agile (SAFe) best practices, principles & processes
Participate in and guide agile ceremonies such as program increment planning, system demos, and design reviews
Develop and maintain a team of engineers who establish requirements, develop and integrate software and data products and take them through testing and deployment.
Hiring, performance management and career growth for team
Along with other software leaders, shape the evolution of software tools, flight software, ground software, and integrated test environments capabilities & roadmaps