Software Engineer Manager Security Clearance

Position: Software Engineer Manager 2 with Security Clearance
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes CLEARANCE TYPE:
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.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems sector is looking for a Software Functional Manager for the MDC2 family of programs located in Melbourne, FL to drive program execution and team development. This position blends functional management activities, such as mentoring, quarterly reviews, assisting with hiring, and performance management, and mission driven development of program scope of work, such as software design, implementation and test, assisting program management and other leaders.

The functional management role will comprise 15% to 20% of the candidate's time and remaining 80% to 85% of the time is expected to be directly funded technical activities as a highly contributing member of a software team in support of an MDC2 programs. The candidate should have a strong technical background in software development and embedded systems. Software Development focus is for mission applications using software engineering best practices & standards and participate in the full life cycle of software development to include C++ coding to NGAS and MDC2 coding standards, unit testing and software integration testing, software requirements and design documentation and support for program reviews.

Management duties cover a team of approximately 12-15 engineers. Responsibilities:
Candidate will be responsible for day-to-day communications, performance assessment and feedback, career counseling, professional development, employee rewards and recognition, and resolving personnel issues and managing staff. Will provide project staffing support with recruiting, interviews and hiring. Will be responsible for recommending employees for raises and promotions. Candidate will provide detailed employee performance feedback, periodic 1-on-1 meetings, scheduled performance appraisals. Trains, coaches and mentors' other engineers and support staff with their technical and career development.

Responsible for evaluation of current project requirements and assures staff have adequate statement of work to optimize contract performance. Candidate will work with program management and IPT leads in establishing personal, program and functional goals as well as performing performance evaluations and merit adjustments. Other management duties but are not limited to:
* Create and review software work items on a cross-discipline team

* Mentor engineers in all phases of their career and technical development

* Support program and business management on business acquisition, proposal, and special projects

* Support engineering initiatives

* Assist with staff workload forecast preparation

* Identifying and implementing new or improved tools and processes to increase team efficiency

* Acquire the necessary computers, equipment, and tools to enable the team to accomplish their assigned job

* Program management related duties such as CAM and other Earned Value activities

* Performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems

* Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints

* Creates, review, and maintains critical documentation

* Strong interpersonal and presentation skills

Basic Qualifications:

* Bachelor's Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 9 years of relevant software experience OR a Master's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 7 years of related professional experience OR a PhD in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 5 years of relevant software experience
* Must be familiar with all phases of the software development life cycle
* Prior lead or management experience in a team environment
* Experience in one or more of the following:
* Application implementation in a language like C, C++, C#, Ada, Java or other programming language
* Formal software requirement development and…