Director of Software Engineering

About the position

We are excited to announce that we have an opening in our Clarksburg, MD office for a Director of Software Engineering. This role reports to the VP of Engineering/ CTO in Clarksburg, MD.

Responsibilities

• Technical and administrative leadership and management of a multi-disciplined Software Engineering Department.
• Manage department personnel and resources within a matrix organization to achieve project schedules, budgets, and performance requirements while meeting overall corporate business objectives and strategic goals.
• Establish and maintain processes, tools, and techniques for software engineering best practices and compliance with customer requirements.
• Work with other engineering disciplines to ensure effective execution against strategic objectives.
• Support proposal and bid generation, project planning, project execution, and project milestone reviews.
• Actively promote and develop actions for continuous improvement in the department in the areas of people, process, tools, and product technology to ensure overall product development is competitive as compared to industry best practices.
• Establish and maintain a cadence for software development following Agile best practices to ensure effective planning, developer buy-in, execution, and delivery of quality work products that meet performance requirements and user needs.
• Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's operating policies and applicable laws, including interviewing, hiring, training and developing employees, assigning and directing work, performance appraisals, and addressing complaints.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Computer Science. An advanced degree in management preferred.
• Minimum of 6-10 years of experience in senior engineering management or equivalent experience.
• Experience with embedded programming to include C, C++, and assembly programming.
• Experience with real-time operating systems.
• Experience with signal processing algorithm development and implementation in DSPs and FPGAs.
• Experience architecting and developing embedded software, including board support packages, waveform protocol software, and user interface software on resource constrained platforms for over-the-air two-way communications products and platforms.
• Experience developing software for products that must undergo rigorous information assurance (IA) assessments.
• Experience with Agile practices, including the SCRUM framework.
• Experience with configuration management best practices for software development.
• Experience with unit testing and integration testing best practices for software development.
• Experience with CMMI Level 3 process implementation and adherence.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Yearly Incentive Compensation Plan
• Medical insurance for self and eligible family members
• Generous 401(k) program - up to 7% company contribution and 100% immediate vesting
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid wellness, vacation, and holiday leave
• Paid maternity, paternity, and parental leave
• 9/80 Work Schedule (every other Friday off)
• Hybrid Working Environment