Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems sector is looking for a Software Functional Manager for the SCS family of programs located in Melbourne, FL to drive program execution and team development.
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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.
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
- Expert knowledge and experience in architecting complex systems that integrate hardware constraints and software designs, aligning with system requirements and performance objectives.
- 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
- Development of automated test frameworks and their deployment
- Experience creating and maintaining a DevOps continuous integration / continuous deliveries (CI/CD) pipeline and associated tools
- An active fully adjudicated U.S. government security clearance (Interim top secret is required to start)
- The ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret security clearance (required to start)
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 DoD Top Secret or higher clearance.
Skills Required
- 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 and 7 years of related engineering experience
- Demonstrated excellence in software engineering
- Familiarity with all phases of the software development lifecycle
- Prior lead or management experience in a team environment
- Expertise architecting complex systems integrating hardware constraints and software designs
- Experience implementing applications in C, C++, C#, Ada, Java, or another programming language
- Experience with formal software requirements development and sell-off
- Experience with test automation tools and frameworks
- Experience developing and deploying automated test frameworks
- Experience creating and maintaining DevOps CI/CD pipelines and associated tools
- Active, fully adjudicated U.S. government security clearance; interim Top Secret required to start
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense Top Secret security clearance
- Master’s degree in computer science or computer engineering
- Ability to analyze complex software systems and diagnose and troubleshoot production systems
- Experience briefing senior customer officials and internal executive management
- Familiarity with Cameo, Atlassian tools, and DOORS
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- In-scope Department of Defense Top Secret or higher clearance
Northrop Grumman Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Northrop Grumman and has not been reviewed or approved by Northrop Grumman.
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Retirement Support — 401(k) matching is considered strong, with additional defined-benefit coverage for certain cohorts and options like catch-up contributions. Retirement programs are repeatedly highlighted as a core strength of the total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO, company-paid holidays, and compressed work schedules (such as 9/80) provide meaningful time away and flexibility. These scheduling options are cited as a major quality-of-life benefit across many locations.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave alongside caregiver leave, adoption assistance, and back-up care supports a range of family needs. These programs have been expanded recently, signaling continued investment in family support.
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