Manager Software Engineering 2 - Morrisville (TS/SCI)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI

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 Space Systems is seeking a Space Software Engineering Manager with a desire to learn new technologies to join the Payload and Ground Eastern Region team. The manager will be responsible for providing technical oversight through the entire software development lifecycle (including design, development, integration, and maintenance) of software components, along with support of system integration and test. Additionally, the manager will lead and guide a matrixed functional team of software engineers through software processes, bachelor's, career development, and performance appraisals. The software manager will participate in proposal generation, staffing allocations, and recruiting. 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.

The candidate should have experience in leading and coordinating a team through challenging software development activities. The manager must guide their team utilizing an Agile development approach with tasks including decomposition of requirements into agile features, software design, coding, testing, integration, and systems test to deliver enhanced secure capabilities. Strong communication and active leadership skills are vital to this position.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other STEM degree +8 years of experience in a related STEM field; Master’s degree +6 years of experience; PhD +3 years of experience; or 12 years of experience in lieu of a degree

• 5 years of progressive software engineering/development experience in C++ or Python

• Experience with distributed software development of large-scale systems

• Comprehensive understanding of all aspects of the software development lifecycle

• Experience as a lead for a software development team and ability to provide direction to team members

• Experience creating Agile roadmaps, plans, and executing them

• Current DoD Top Secret clearance with ability to obtain and hold an SCI

Preferred Qualifications:

• 7 years of progressive Software Engineering/Development experience in C++ or Python

• 3 years of experience leading a software development team

• Experience as an IPT lead

• Experience as a scrum master and/or product owner

• Experience in people management and managing team members on career development and performance

• Experience managing a budget for technical activities

• Control Account Management experience in managing program schedule and budget data

• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills

• Strong critical thinking and logical reasoning skills with the ability to solve issues and predict potential programmatic and technical risks

• Experience with the Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence, Bit Bucket)

• Experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, CloudFormation, etc.)

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar.

• Solid understanding of Kubernetes (Helm charts, service discovery, autoscaling, etc.)

• Current DoD Top Secret clearance with SCI

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Primary Level Salary Range: $153,800.00 - $230,800.00

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.

Job Category: Engineering