The Northrop Grumman Space Systems, Multi-Domain Operations, and Missile Defense Integration Business Unit (BU), Advanced Programs group has an exciting career opportunity for a Systems Engineer – Level 3 (Release Train Engineer (RTE)/Agile Leader) to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. We are working on an autonomous distributed tracking system - Join our high performing software team and come make history with us! The position is located on-site in Boulder, CO. Boulder is nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, and only 25 miles from downtown Denver.
Position Overview:
As a Systems Engineer – Level 3 (Release Train Engineer (RTE)/Agile Leader) you will be developing and sustaining systems using current technologies and others yet to come. The Advanced Programs (AP) organization pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in mathematics. Our team is chartered with providing innovative technologies to develop, design, and produce optimized product lines across multiple customers while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter.
Essential Functions:
The selected candidate will be the point of contact for aspects of systems engineering with a focus on managing and leading agile processes for the program. The responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Implement and manage Agile practices for an AP program
- Plan, coordinate, lead program increments for an AP program
- Manage workflows 1) within teams, 2) between teams, and 3) across work centers using Jira Scrum and Kanban boards
- Keep Jira compliant to customer’s requirements of mapping SOW tasks to Jira Epics and stories at each PI boundary and maintain that rhythm within each PI to enable technical progress visibility to customer
- Increase throughput by identifying constraints, mitigate dependencies causing bottlenecks, and reducing wait time
- Identify opportunities to standardize recurring processes
- Schedule and lead formal program increment (PI) planning and backlog review events. Gov. Customer and Internal events.
- Experience with managing and pruning backlog – Collab with Tech leaders
- Facilitate project leads with time phasing milestones and develop/map epics, features, stories to milestones
- Creates Confluence and Jira templates for project leads
- Coordinate multiple agile teams to ensure alignment with agile practices
- Drive continuous improvement by enhancing processes, removing impediments, and optimizing value delivery
- Act as a key liaison between teams and stakeholders to help navigate organizational challenges
- Foster a culture of respect and psychological safety to enable collaboration among individuals on the train
- Experience with Lean and Scaled Agile Framework approaches
- Understand project budget and how budgeting works within an agile environment
- Experience with transitioning mature teams from Waterfall to Agile
- Creating metrics beneficial to managing project progress and identifying efficiencies and inefficiencies
- Drives the engineering process development, continuous improvement, and affordability initiatives within their program.
- Communicate regularly with program management, customers, and engineering management.
- Generate applicable documentation.
- Provides problem resolution and improvement recommendations with strong time management skills.
The selected candidate should thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, collaborative/team settings across all levels.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 5 years of related experience, or a Master's Degree and 3 years of related experience, or 1 year of experience with a PhD.
- Excellent technical writing skills for generating analysis and reports.
- Experience leading Agile teams & hands-on experience with Jira
- Experience with MS Office suite of tools (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project)
- Applicants must have a current active in-scope U.S. Government issued Secret security clearance at the time of application and is required to start.
- Ability and willingness to travel up to 10% to support business needs
Preferred Qualifications:
- Willingness to obtain a TS/SCI clearance
- Knowledge of requirements management tools (i.e. DOORS, Cameo).
- Experience in programs using the Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methodology.
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Primary Level Salary Range: $114,000.00 - $171,000.00The 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.Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline and 5 years of related experience, or a master’s degree and 3 years of related experience, or a PhD with 1 year of experience.
- Excellent technical writing skills for analysis and reports.
- Experience leading Agile teams.
- Hands-on experience with Jira.
- Experience with Microsoft Office tools, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project.
- Current active in-scope U.S. Government-issued Secret security clearance at application and start.
- Ability and willingness to travel up to 10%.
- Willingness to obtain a TS/SCI clearance.
- Knowledge of requirements management tools such as DOORS or Cameo.
- Experience using Model-Based Systems Engineering methodology.
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