Northrop Grumman - Melbourne, FL
posted 4 months ago
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 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. The Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems (NGAS), Global Surveillance division is looking for the right individual to join our software team. This role is for a Software Functional Manager 2 to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This leadership opportunity will fill a Software Section Manager under the E-2 program. This is a vital role supporting the program in mission-critical software design and development. Applicants must have a strong technical background in software development and embedded systems, including software requirements and software design experience. The responsibilities include developing, modifying, and maintaining software for airborne applications using software engineering best practices and standards. The role involves participating in the full life-cycle of software development, which includes C/C++ coding to flight/safety critical coding standards, unit testing, software integration testing, software requirements, and design documentation, as well as support for program reviews. The Software Functional Manager will partner closely with responsible Software, System, and Test Engineers and Development Test Labs to ensure a testable product is being developed. They will make recommendations for design, process improvements, and data collection, ensuring consistency and quality of software products. The manager will prioritize and adjust tasks to accomplish project results and provide direction to resolve priorities to achieve goals. They will also make decisions that impact the organization's credibility, operations, and services, assess staffing needs, and work with the respective Integrated Product Team (IPT) to address those needs. Additionally, the manager will partner with the program software manager and IPT leads in establishing personal program and functional goals, performing performance evaluations, and merit adjustments for subordinates. The role requires generating training plans based on the program and their subordinates' needs, providing regular flow down of company and organizational status, and appropriately representing and being a spokesperson for the Software Engineering organization to their group, assigned project, and the company.