Manager Software Engineering - R10216637

Manager Software Engineering 1 - R

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RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret

TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time

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 Manager Software Engineering – Level 1 working for Launch Systems located in Chandler, AZ, 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 Software Engineering Manager role will be approximately 75% program & technical work and approximately 25% functional management work.

In the functional management portion of the role, the manager will lead a matrixed functional team of approximately 10‑15 embedded software engineers through technical processes, career development, and performance appraisals. The software manager will also participate in proposal generation, staffing allocations, and recruitment. The manager will guide their team in applying the appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the system development life cycle in support of programs.

Excellent communication skills (oral and written) are critical, and the ideal candidate will have demonstrated success in collaborating and leading technical teams.

The candidate will have a track record as an effective communicator and problem solver who can develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders. The candidate must also demonstrate a commitment to ethics and integrity, and the capability to innovate while adopting new and emerging ways of doing business. Strong communication and people leadership skills are vital to this position.

Sound engineering experience, a passion for mentoring and developing employees, and current strong technical program performance are a must.

In the 75% program & technical portion of the role, the candidate will work within one of three areas:
Embedded Software, Ground & Simulation Software, or Software Verification. Each of those roles are described below.

• Bachelor’s Degree and at least five years of technical experience in Software Engineering or associated engineering discipline accompanied by high proficiency in technical problem solving.
• Current, active Secret Clearance.

Design, develop, document, test, and debug applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions. Conduct multidisciplinary research and collaborate with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems for product and commercial software. Determine computer user needs; analyze system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques, and controls;

prepare operating instructions; design and develop compilers and assemblers, utility programs, and operating systems. Ensure software standards are met.

• Have Object Oriented (OO) Software development experience…