Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Manager Software Engineering 2.  This position will be located in Huntsville, AL or Roy, Utah and will support the Sentinel (GBSD) program.   

What You’ll Get To Do:  

It is expected that the Functional management role will comprise approximately 20% of the candidate's time:

·         Responsible for assessing staffing needs, current as well as projected and working with the respective team leads to address those needs.

·         Responsible for supporting recruitment activities including the creation of requisitions, conducting interviews, and approving offers.

·         Work with program leaders in establishing personal, program, and functional goals as well as performing performance evaluations and merit adjustments for subordinates.

·         Provide subordinates with career development recommendations, mentoring, discipline, as necessary.

·         Generate training plans based on the program and subordinates' needs.

It is also expected that the technical role will comprise approximately 80% of the candidate's time. Technical duties to include, but are not limited to the following:

·         The candidate will lead the Command & Control (C2) Software Test Team, consisting of approximately 20 software test engineers and automation test engineers

·         Lead a team responsible for developing, performing, and supporting test activities and test documentation at the CSCI level.

·         Cost Account Management and Risk Management duties.

·         Participate in technical planning, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for element capabilities.

·         Review and evaluate test requirements to ensure completeness and compliance of the test program.

·         Verify specifications and designs through testing, test data processing, and support modeling and simulation and performance analysis.

·         Site and flight test support for subsystem requirement verification.

·         Create technical reports and present test and analysis results.

·         Work with various team members to lead automation and integration of functionality with other software environment.

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Space Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:  
• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage  
• 401k  
• Educational Assistance  
• Life Insurance  
• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions   
• Paid Time Off   
• Health & Wellness Resources   
• Employee Discounts  

This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.   Relocation may be offered.

You’ll Bring These Qualifications: 

·         8 years of relevant experience with Bachelor’s degree, 6 years with Masters

·         Active DoD Secret clearance with a reinvestigation date occurring in the last 6 years with ability to obtain Special Program Access.

·         At least 1 year experience leading a project and/or driving performance against schedule.

·         At least 2 years of demonstrated experience in embedded and/or application software test planning and software test execution.

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have: 

·         Experience managing people.

·         Experience as a design engineer or design assurance engineer.

·         Experience with Siemens CPLM and NX or similar.

·         Ability to prioritize multiple responsibilities and/or accomplish them simultaneously.

·         Experience in Mission Assurance / Quality.

·         Knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) per ASME Y14.5.

·         Experience with abiding and maintaining a multiphase design/approval process.

·         Experience with abiding and maintaining a Quality Management System.

·         Experience working in an AS9100 or ISO9001 certified workplace.

·         Experience with Agile software development methodologies.