Manager Software Engineering 2

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: None

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.

We are seeking a Software Engineering Manager 2 to join our Engineering Leadership Team in McClellan (Sacramento), CA.  This Software Engineering Manager position is a dual-role management position.  The first role is serving as the Engineering and Sciences Functional Manager overseeing a Software and Digital Technologies Engineering section of 12-15 engineers in McClellan.    The second role is performing high impact technical or leadership responsibilities on one of the core programs in our portfolio. 

What You'll get to Do:

Functional Manager duties include: 

• Provide Engineering functional oversight for the Engineering staff in your department.  This includes active employee engagement, career development, conducting employee performance reviews and merit planning, mentoring, and training. 

• Ensure strong Engineering technical execution and discipline synergy across our portfolio of programs, promoting adherence to our engineering processes, procedures, and best practices to ensure quality work products and reduce risk on the programs. 

• Recruit new talent, to include entry-level through highly experienced positions, to meet staffing demand from across the portfolio.  You will also work to rapidly redeploy talent to support other programs as programs end or to maximize impact and efficiency of your team.

• Provide inputs to indirect budgets for your Engineering section.

 

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with at least 9 years of technical experience in Software Engineering or a related discipline accompanied by high proficiency in technical development and problem solving across the full development lifecycle; Master’s degree with 7 years of experience; or PhD with 4 years of experience

• Ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance

• Demonstrated professional experience with an Agile Framework within the last 3 years.

• Demonstrated professional experience implementing software and scripts in one or more Object Oriented Programming languages:  C++, scripts in C, AND/OR Python.

• Demonstrated professional experience with software change control, change management, and CI/CD tools such as not limited to: GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, and/or Atlassian tool suite.

 Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience effectively leading and growing diverse technical teams

• Active TS/SCI clearance

• Experience leading teams executing both Software and FPGA Development

• Experience executing in an Agile Framework, with increased preference for leadership role experience such as Scrum Master

• Experience overseeing or directly leading Dev*Ops implementations

• Experience driving a team toward meeting cost, schedule, and technical performance for complex programs, leveraging innovation as necessary

What We Can Offer You:

Northrop Grumman provides a comprehensive benefits package and a work environment which encourages your growth and supports the mutual success of our people and our company. Northrop Grumman benefits give you the
flexibility and control to choose the benefits that make the most sense for you and your family.

Your benefits will include the following: Health Plan, Savings Plan, Paid Time Off and Additional Benefits including Education Assistance, Training and Development, 9/80 Work Schedule (where available), and much more!

Primary Level Salary Range: $161,100.00 - $241,700.00

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.