Software Engineering Manager 2 - SW Lead

Northrop Grumman•San Diego, CA

8d•$139,100 - $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. Please note that this opportunity is contingent on program funding. Start dates are determined after funding confirmation. Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is currently seeking a Software Engineering Manager 2 – SW Lead role. This position will be located on site in San Diego, CA or Grand Sky, ND. 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. The successful candidate will lead a team of approximately 10-20 individuals to complete the full software development and test life cycle in an Agile software development environment. The successful candidate will collaborate with Software Development, Systems Engineering, Test Automation, DevSecOps and Systems Test organizations, to ensure the team is meeting the mission engineering objectives of the contract. The successful candidate will implement and utilize several Agile development techniques and metrics to manage the team’s progress and the work quality throughout the product life cycle. This position is a dual-hatted Technical and Functional Lead position that reports to the Enterprise SW IPT Lead on the program side and the Software Department Manager on the functional side.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) field AND 9 years of related professional experience that includes a background in software development, OR a Master’s degree AND 7 years of related professional experience that includes a background in software development.
Prior leadership experience using agile development, including participating as Product Owner, SCRUM Master, and/or team member in an Agile development environment.
Experience with the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
Experience with integrating software used for one of the following real-time applications: flight critical software, Safety critical software, medical software, or mission critical software
Experience with Agile software development, object-oriented architecture and programming, software integration and testing.
At least 4 years of recent relevant experience with at least two of the following programming or scripting languages: Java, C, C++, and Python.
Experience with one of the following real time operating systems: Wind River VxWorks, Green Hills Integrity, or Realtime Linux
Familiarity with most of the data interfaces: 1553, RS-232 Serial, Discrete & Analog I/O, Ethernet/IP, or Fiber Channel
Ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated U.S. government Secret clearance (must be in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Company.

Nice To Haves

An advanced degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other STEM disciplines.
Advanced technical management degree.
Prior experience in engineering functional management is a plus.
Proven leadership qualities and strong interpersonal skills.
Previous experience leading a team of 5-12 employees with a record of on-time performance
Previous experience in developing proposal inputs (task descriptions and basis of estimate)
Time management and organizational skills to prioritize across concurrent program and functional responsibilities.
Prior experience with cost account management and task/resource planning.
Understands assembly emitted by C/C++ compilers for typical code constructs
Has developed code in assembly to support low level drivers, BSPs, or critical performance implementations
Strong understanding of embedded software architectures and requirements that drive them
Strong understanding of hardware interfaces in the software architecture and their impacts
Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management.
Experience with Java microservices, Graphical User Interface (GUI) applications, threading, intermediate object-oriented programming, design patterns, Data Distribution Service (DDS) messaging, web technologies, Unified Modeling Language (UML), database essentials and SQL/NoSQL.
Prior experience using Atlassian Tool Suite, JIRA, SonarQube.

Responsibilities

Lead a team of approximately 10-20 individuals to complete the full software development and test life cycle in an Agile software development environment.
Collaborate with Software Development, Systems Engineering, Test Automation, DevSecOps and Systems Test organizations, to ensure the team is meeting the mission engineering objectives of the contract.
Implement and utilize several Agile development techniques and metrics to manage the team’s progress and the work quality throughout the product life cycle.