Staff Embedded Software Engineer
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 Mission Systems (NGMS) is seeking a Staff Embedded Software Engineer Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead to lead a cross‑discipline engineering team, manage cost accounts across one or more programs, and serve as a primary interface with Engineering and Program Management. The selected candidate will operate in a fast‑paced environment with high expectations, a wide variety of technical and leadership responsibilities, and a strong emphasis on collaboration and teamwork. As a Staff Embedded Software Engineer IPT Lead within the Software and Digital Technologies (SWDT) Organization you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation. Using Model-based Engineering, DevSecOps and Agile practices we continue to evolve how we deliver critical national defense products and capabilities for the warfighter. Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly and continuously drive innovation. The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team oriented with a focus on team empowerment and shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning and a culture of automation.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM field with 12 years of related experience, Master’s degree with 10 years of related experience, Ph.D. with 8 years of related experience
- U.S Citizenship is required.
- Active DoD Secret Clearance required. Active Secret is required to start. Ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP) is required, candidates must obtain SAP prior to starting. Must be able to maintain this level of clearance and special program access for continued employment.
- Must have 2 years of experience as a Control Account Manager (CAM) managing Earned Value Management System (EVMS) projects
- Must have 8 years experience with real-time embedded software.
- Must have 10 years experience with full software lifecycle: specification, design, implementation, integration, debug and maintenance is required
Nice To Haves
- Experience working on an EMD program as a systems or software engineer
- Demonstrated knowledge of radar mode development
- Fluency with developing and executing project schedules
- Experience with Atlassian tool suite
- Proficient in using advance MS Excel macros, functions, and pivots
Responsibilities
- Lead and direct cross-functional engineering teams during a program’s EMD phase
- Develop and execute to project budgets and schedules, including Earned Value Management System (EVMS), critical path management, Estimates-at-Completion (EACs), and workload forecasts
- Lead staffing efforts for each team, ensuring appropriate skill mix and coverage
- Plan and coordinate bench time priorities across engineering program initiatives
- Manage and maintain Jira boards to track progress and issues, documenting and resolving blockers impacting team performance
- Maintain and communicate delivery schedules
- Support proposal development and new program acquisition efforts
- Interpret statements of work assigned by program leadership
- Work with suppliers and be able to articulate project requirements
- Brief internal and external customer leadership on progress of work assigned
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
- a discretionary bonus
- Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.
- Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
