
Manager Software Engineering 2 - Software Development Lead
Required skills
- Top Secret Clearance
- SAP
- C++
- Python
- Real-Time Operating Systems
- RTOS
- VxWorks
- INTEGRITY
- Real-Time Linux
- 1553
Nice to have
- Advanced STEM degree
- Functional management experience
- Engineering management experience
- Proposal inputs
- Cost account management
- Resource planning
Role summary
Northrop Grumman is seeking a Software Development Lead – Software Engineering Manager 2 in Rancho Bernardo, CA. This role combines technical leadership for an Integrated Product Team (IPT) with functional management responsibilities. The candidate will lead Agile Scrum teams in the design, implementation, testing, and delivery of embedded software, working with Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS) and various hardware interfaces. Responsibilities include functional management of direct reports, budget and schedule oversight, risk management, and collaboration with cross-functional teams. A Bachelor's degree in STEM with 9 years of experience, or equivalent, is required, along with 4+ years of experience in C, C++, or Python, and hands-on experience with an RTOS. An active Top Secret clearance is mandatory. Travel up to 25% may be required.
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
- Active U.S. Government Top Secret clearance (with a background investigation within the past 5 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
- Ability to obtain and maintain initial Special Access Program (SAP) access via a Program Access Request (PAR). This SAP/PAR must be obtained within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs. Initial PAR is not required to onboard.
- Ability to obtain and maintain subsequent SAP PARs following commencement of employment to be able to completely support statement of work.
Preferred Qualifications
- Current applicable Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
- An advanced STEM degree
- Prior functional or engineering management experience
- Experience developing proposal inputs, cost account management, and resource planning
Sample Northrop Grumman interview questions
- 1
Can you discuss the role of reusability and scalability in UVM's verification approach?
technicalmedium - 2
Can you detail the function of a register table within embedded system design?
technicalmedium - 3
Could you outline how virtual memory is implemented in embedded systems and its advantages?
system designmedium - 4
Can you discuss the role and functionality of a watchdog timer?
system designmedium - 5
What is your understanding of polymorphism in SystemVerilog?
technicalmedium
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