Software Engineering Department Manager 3
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 pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. 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. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.
Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Software Engineering Department Manager 3. This position will be located in Huntsville, AL or Roy, Utah, Colorado Springs, CO, Bellevue, NE or Manhattan Beach, CA.
What You'll Get To Do :
- Excellent communication, mentoring, interpersonal skills, and the ability to collaborate with senior management, peers, and employees.
- Driving ownership for the people, processes, and tools that support business areas and programs in achieving their missions.
- Accountability for recruiting, staffing and retaining talent to deliver on the objectives.
- Supporting proposal work, independent technical reviews, program standup and audits, and special assignments on an as needed basis.
- Owning and leading improvements across employee engagement, hiring, development, training, attraction, and retention of top talent.
- Developing and growing your section managers, and overall employee base.
- Instilling engineering excellence, communications, training, certifications and continuous improvement across the organization.
- Strong Interpret, execute, and recommend modifications to organizational policies.
- Lead or Manage Special Projects.
- Act as an advisor to staff members to meet schedules or resolve technical or operational problems.
As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Defense 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 positions 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. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.
You'll Bring These Qualifications :
Bachelor's degree in a business-related field and a minimum 8 years of related experience or Masters Degree and 6 years of related experience or an additional 4 years of experience in lieu of degreeExperience in a formal management / lead position of scale (50+ people)Experience developing and driving standards of performanceMinimum 5+ years of experience in software development, integration, and test in Java, C, or related technologies (proven hands on leader)U.S. Citizenship with an Active Secret Clearance with investigation date / periodic review within last 5 years and ability to obtain program special accessAbility to travel up to 25% of the timeThese Qualifications Would be Nice to Have :
Active Top Secret clearanceExperience with managing Command and Control(C2) Software TeamsExperience standing up and scaling an organization and / or leading a major change initiativeICBM or complex aerospace systems experience