Senior Software Engineering Manager (level 3)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

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.

Expand your horizons, advance your career, and contribute to a secure future for generations. Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector invites you to bring your pioneering spirit to our collaborative teams. As a Senior Software Engineering Manager (Level 3) located in Morrisville, NC, you’ll be a linchpin in missions of paramount importance, defining the art of the possible from day one. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work.

   

This role will manage a department of highly qualified, diverse individuals that support multiple business units and divisions across Space Systems. 

This role will focus on four primary areas of responsibility: department strategy, team leadership, technical performance, and product development.

This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off.

Your Role and Impact

Department Strategy Responsibilities include:

• Understanding internal and external customer needs and roadmaps

• Building development plans for internal software products in concert with senior architects and Chief Product Owners

• Shaping program execution plans to be complementary with product line architecture initiatives

Team Leadership Responsibilities include:

• Functional oversight of a department of multidiscipline engineers working multiple programs, IRAD initiatives, and new business capture opportunities

• Directly leading front-line managers and senior software architects

• Staffing and workforce planning

• Recruiting, hiring and onboarding early career and experienced employees

• Training new managers

• Employee inclusion, engagement, and mentoring

• Performance management and career development

• Identification of skills required to execute on programs and needed employee training

• Managing an indirect budget for training, hiring, process improvement, staff meetings, and career development activities

Technical Performance Responsibilities Include:

• Support and adherence to engineering processes

• Oversight of technical quality for various development, integration, or production programs

• Support for new business development and proposals.

• Development and advancement of the technology, including driving Agile processes, systems engineering thinking, DevOps practices, supporting organization initiatives around writing software once, and determining more efficient methodologies

Product Development Responsibilities include:

• Design and develop software product lines based on business needs 

• Refine entire product line portfolio to ensure high rate of return on investments 

• Champion a Common Architectural Approach in new proposals and captures 

• Act as stakeholder in system product lines, advocate for cross-discipline investments 

The successful candidate will clearly demonstrate strong leadership skills to achieve sustainable top performance. They will have a track record as an effective communicator and problem solver who is able to develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders. This candidate will demonstrate a commitment to ethics and integrity, and the capability to innovate while challenging traditional ways of doing business.

The candidate will work closely with the directors and managers of other engineering organizations, program directors and program managers to drive successful program execution. The ideal candidate will also be able to champion change within the organization, to achieve competitive advantage for the business. 10% travel may be required.

If this job description reads like it was written specifically for you, consider joining our team!

This position is contingent upon the candidate obtaining final clearances and program access(es) within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering or another STEM discipline with 14 years of relevant engineering and management experience – OR – Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering or another STEM discipline with 12 years of relevant engineering and management experience – OR – PhD with 10 years of relevant engineering and management experience.  

• Requires an active U.S. Government Top-Secret security clearance [TS] at time of application, current and within scope, with the ability to obtain and maintain Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) approval/access within a reasonable period of time

• Minimum of 7 years of experience in technical team leadership (Scrum master, Product Owner, SEIT lead, Program Management, etc.)

• Experience in managing a team of employees, management of project work, and current software technologies/tools

• Experience developing, designing, architecting, or deploying large software stacks

• Experience with Software Integration & Test (I&T)

• Experience in all aspects of the software engineering process, from requirements analysis through verification testing

• Proven, demonstrated leadership skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment

• Experience with product-based development

• Solid understanding of Agile development methodologies

• Strong understanding of software configuration management

• High proficiency in technical problem solving, to include decomposition, root cause analysis, solution development, implementation and monitoring

 Preferred Qualifications:    

• TS with current/active SCI

• Experience applying DevOps practices

• Experience with Earned Value Management (EVM)

• Experience transforming purpose-built solutions into a library of off-the-shelf products

• Experience with the Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, etc.)

• Experience with large, scalable Amazon Web Services (AWS) deployments

• Experience with containerization and orchestration

As a leader with integrity, you ensure ethical conduct, balanced results, and partner satisfaction. You respect and nurture growth, fostering a culture of excellence. Skilled in building collaborative teams and customer trust, you communicate well, foster strong teams, and embrace change.  

Curious about all the exciting developments with the Northrop Grumman Space Sector? Click the link below:

https://www.northropgrumman.com/space

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Primary Level Salary Range: $184,300.00 - $276,500.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. 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. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

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 http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.