Description

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 10-15 engineers. 

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.

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. 

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant STEM discipline and 9 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master's Degree in a relevant STEM discipline with 7 years of related engineering experience
• Demonstrated excellence in a discipline of Software Engineering
• Must be familiar with all phases of the software development life cycle
• Prior lead or management experience in a team environment
• In-depth working knowledge and understanding of certification processes for aviation software and hardware including the RTCA/DO-178 standard. 
• Expert knowledge and experience (7+ years) with aviation or other safety-critical systems, demonstrating a strong grasp of the demands of safety-critical software development.
• 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 sell off
• Experience with test automation tools and frameworks
• Experience creating and maintaining a DevOps continuous integration / continuous deliveries (CI/CD) pipeline and associated tools
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government secret security clearance (required to start)
• The ability to obtain and maintain a special program access clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
• Ability to quickly review, analyze, and understand complex software systems; has experience being able to diagnose and troubleshoot production systems
• Previous experience of briefing and interacting with senior customer officials and internal executive management
• Familiarity with Cameo, Atlassian Tools (Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence, Crucible, Bamboo), and DOORS 
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Hold an in-scope U.S. government Top Secret or higher clearance.
• Hold an active Program Access clearance.