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Manager Software Engineering 2 - Software Development Lead
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation · 🇺🇸 United States-California-San Diego
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About the role
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 25% 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 is looking to add a Software Development Lead – Software Engineering Manager 2 to join our team in Rancho Bernardo, CA. The candidate should be a self-starter with familiarity working in an Integrated Product Team (IPT) construct. Our Leaders at Northrop Grumman live our values daily and encourage our teams to do the same. We do the right thing: upholding the highest ethical standards and facilitating a safe and respectful environment that attracts, retains, and inspires a diverse and engaged team. We do what we promise: holding yourself and others accountable to meet predictable and balanced results. We commit to shared success: operating as OneNG and removing barriers for our teams. Finally, We pioneer: setting a vision that shapes the future and inspires others. This position is a combination of technical scope supporting the IPT Lead as the SW Development Team Lead and functional management responsibilities serving as a Software Section Manager. Roles and Responsibilities will include : • Provide Functional Management to direct reports, including career guidance, performance management, staffing, interviewing/onboarding, disciplinary actions, and direct engagement. • Lead Agile Scrum teams in design, implementation, test, and delivery of embedded software across multiple baselines and contracts • Work with Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS) and hardware interfaces (1553, Serial, Ethernet/IP, etc.) • Own budget, schedule, and Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) reporting; coordinate with Integrated Product Team (IPT) leads, architects, and product owners • Manage product quality, risk identification, and remediation, support program reviews • Collaborate with systems engineering, program management, and other functional teams to meet company quality standards and contract-specified cost, schedule, and technical objectives The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility. There is no remote / hybrid / telework available for this position. Travel up to 25% may be required. Basic Qualifications • Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 9 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 7 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline and 4 years of related engineering experience. • 4+years of recent experience with at least two of: C, C++, Python • Hands-on experience with a real-time OS (VxWorks, INTEGRITY, Real-Time Linux, etc.) • Knowledge of embedded software architecture and hardware interface impacts • Familiarity with most of these data interfaces: 1553, Serial, Discrete & Analog I/O, Ethernet/IP, and Fiber Channel • Strong communication, organizational, and time-management skills • Ac