Manager Software Engineering 2

Company: Northrop Grumman
Location: Melbourne
Posted on: April 3, 2021

Job Description:

Category: EngineeringLocation: Melbourne, FloridaUS Citizenship Required for this Position: YesClearance Type: SecretTelecommute: No -Teleworking not available for this positionShift: 1st ShiftTravel Required: Yes, 10 % of the TimePositions Available: 1Climb to new heights on your journey when you start Defining Possible with Northrop Grumman. Enjoy a purposeful career in aeronautics that is crucial to the way we connect and protect our world across land, sea, and air. Bring your experience and take advantage of this opportunity to discover how you can start to push past possible and achieve your goals today. Enjoy a diverse, collaborative environment with professionals across the nation ready to help launch your career. Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Software Test Manager 2 to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Melbourne, Florida. Roles and Responsibilities: The Manned Aircraft Design Center of Excellence (MAD CoE), Systems Integration Test & Evaluation (SIT&E) Directorate, Test Engineering Department is seeking a Functional Homeroom Section Manager. Responsibilities include technical competence in Software and Systems testing operations within the Common Open Mission Systems Architecture (COMSA) and adopting organizations. This is a dual role position with partial allocation as a Section Manager (10-20%) and COMSA Software Test Engineering (80-90%). The successful candidate will be responsible for providing functional leadership and direction to a team of SIT&E engineers. This includes; ensuring members have sufficient SOW, managing members performance (including engagement strategies for higher performers and corrective actions for lower performers), coordinating with programs to ensure appropriate staffing actions are developed and executed relative to their section, and ensuring their members are familiar/adhere to required engineering processes and tools. This manager will be the first point of contact for performance accountability concerns involving section members and will make decisions regarding required escalation and resources required for resolution. Responsibilities also include day-to-day operations of the functional organization, including decisions regarding awards, performance evaluations, salary review process, staffing, employee movement between programs, balancing resources among programs, employee development and mentoring, ensuring proper charging practices are followed, meeting indirect budget targets, and interpreting higher level guidance for implementation within the organization. This functional manager will assist their section members in understanding our organization's vision and principles, building a culture that empowers and motivates individual excellence, and establishes functional homeroom shared accountability for program performance. In addition, the manager will work closely with the Test Engineering Department Manager and fellow section managers to implement department and CoE initiatives, ensuring successful planning and execution of program test engineering activities, while collaborating with programs to satisfy staffing needs and provide operations support (incident investigations, metrics collection and analysis, etc.). To learn more about our hiring process for manager positions, please view our "Selecting the Best Qualified Managers" video: Basic Qualifications:Bachelor's Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) related discipline and 7+ years of engineering experience OR a Masters in STEM with 5+ years' experienceAn active DoD Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain / maintain Special Program Access prior to commencement of employmentExperience in several of the following areas is required: leadership and/or management experience, systems development experience, data links, computer networks, sensors, avionics, COTS hardware/software, experience with instrumentation systems, integration, and/or software development/test tools.Experience with integration and test processes, procedures, and/or work instructionsPreferred Qualifications:Master's Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) related discipline and 5+ years of engineering experienceExtensive knowledge of systems, integration and/or test processes, procedures and work instructions.Experience with COMSA Statement of Work (SOW)Active Top Secret DoD security clearance and program access (PAR)Automated software testing experienceSoftware Development ExperienceNorthrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.

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