XDR Software Systems Engineering Manager 2 - NG Space Systems

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

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.

The Payload and Ground Systems (PGS) division of Northrop Grumman Space Systems sector pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. We are a trusted mission payload and ground system provider with extensive experience providing end-to-end mission solutions from concept through operations and support.

We are seeking a System Engineering Manager 2 to join our talented team in Redondo Beach, CA. You will support the Software Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead for the Payload Software (PLSW) as a Technical Lead and intercompany PGSD Project Manager – leading and managing a team responsible for Systems Engineering, Software Development, Integration and Test, and Verification of the Resource Controller (RC/XDR) payload software. 

This position is contingent upon program award and/or customer funding.

This position will focus on project management along with technical duties including product management tasking for project reporting, cost and schedule tracking, and assessment and mitigation of project risks; system engineering for resource controller software requirements analysis, decomposition, and allocation from system-level requirements down to lower-level requirements; software requirement specification development; preparing content for delta-PDR and CDR; document software design in model; software requirements mapping and analysis; and liaising with subject matter experts, analysts, architects, designers, and specialty engineers to ensure requirements are defined holistically, completely, and unambiguously for an integrated systems.

Basic Qualifications:

• Systems Engineering Manager 2: 9 Years of relevant experience with Bachelors in Science; 7 Years of relevant experience with Masters
• Active DoD Secret clearance required at the time of application with the ability to acquire DoD Top Secret
• Working knowledge of systems engineering principles and processes
• Experience leading the performance of tasks on schedule, at cost and achieving all requirements as either project lead, integrated program team or cost account manager
• Full understanding and significant experiences with full software life cycle (requirement, design, code, test, integration), SW builds, programming standards and practices
• Demonstrated success aligning teams, organizations, or employee resource groups to achieve a common goal
• Excellent communication and technical writing skills
• Cost Account Management (CAM) experience
• Experience with front end of SE “vee” requirements analysis and decomposition and generation of requirement specifications
• Experience with requirements verification and qualification testing
• Ability to collaborate and contribute to technical discussions with fellow team members, cross-organizational teams, and management
• Experience with developing software requirements specifications, this includes deriving software requirements from parent specification (functional and performance requirements)
• Experience generating requirements traceability matrix
• Experience using DOORS or equivalent requirements management database
• Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering languages (SysML/UML) and concepts
• Embedded systems software development, integration, and test experience
• Familiar with processing payloads and/or Military communication satellites

Preferred Qualifications:

• The ability to apply knowledge, insights and understanding of business and financial concepts, tools, and processes to the benefit of program decisions, actions, and performance
• The ability to manage communications with stakeholders through organized processes to ensure that program information is defined, collected, shared, understood, stored and retrieved in a manner that effectively meets program and stakeholder needs
• The ability to identify and address program impacts through a systematic, proactive, approach to issue and problem resolution that identifies, communicates, monitors, and promptly resolves conflicts across all levels of the program
• Experience with Agile and DevOps
• Familiar with SIMICS and VxWorks 7.0
• Programming Languages: C/C++, Python
• Experience with CAMEO
• Experience working with Software and Hardware teams
• Familiarity with Extended Data Rate (XDR) access control protocols

Salary Range: $156,500.00 - $234,700.00

The 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 committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA 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.