Software Engineering Manager 2 - SW Lead

Relocation Assistance

Relocation assistance may be available.

Clearance

Clearance required at start: Yes.

Clearance type: Secret.

Travel

Travel required: Yes, 10% of the time.

Overview

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.

Position

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.

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.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of approximately 10-20 individuals through the full software development and test life cycle in an Agile environment.
• Collaborate with Software Development, Systems Engineering, Test Automation, DevSecOps, and Systems Test organizations to meet mission engineering objectives.
• Implement and utilize Agile development techniques and metrics to manage team progress and quality throughout the product life cycle.

Qualifications

• Must have a 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 participation as Product Owner, SCRUM Master, and/or team member in an Agile development environment.
• Experience with the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Experience integrating software used for real-time applications such as flight critical, safety critical, medical, 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.

• An advanced degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other STEM disciplines.
• Advanced technical management degree.
• Prior experience in engineering functional management.
• 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 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.
• Understanding of assembly emitted by C/C++ compilers for typical code constructs.
• Experience developing 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, and SonarQube.

Salary and Benefits

Primary Level Salary Range: $139,100.00 - $241,700.00 (general guideline; specific offers may vary based on scope, responsibilities, experience, education, skills, and market conditions).

Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, discretionary bonuses, and, for VP or Director positions, long-term incentives. Full benefits include health insurance, life and disability insurance, savings plan, company-paid holidays, and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

Application Information

The application period for this job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date, though this timeline may adjust based on business needs and candidate availability.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit U.S. citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.