Software Engineering Manager ; Modeling & Simulation Security Clearance

Position: Software Engineering Manager 2 (Modeling & Simulation) with Security Clearance
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes 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.

Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems has an opening for a Software Engineer Manager 2 to join our Global Surveillance Division team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Melbourne, Florida. The Software Engineering Manager (Modeling & Simulation) position will be focused on software. This position is a dual-hat position requiring the candidate to perform functional management activities as well as the individual's program responsibilities.

It is expected that the Functional management role will comprise 15% to 20% of the candidate's time. The candidate should have a strong technical background in software development and embedded systems, including strong C/C++, software requirements and software design experience. Software Development focus is for mission applications using software engineering best practices & standards and participate in the full life cycle of software development to include C++ coding to NGAS and MDC2 coding standards, unit testing and software integration testing, software requirements and design documentation and support for program reviews.

Management duties will require tasking and coordination of approximately 10-13 engineers, and process and resource coordination with functional homeroom management. The selected candidate will be responsible for managing the development of modeling and simulation architectures, to include requirements, algorithms, software, and hardware that supports advanced development, domestic, international development requirements within MDC
2. Support the long-range strategic and business goals including software optimization, affordability and influence the future direction of M&S. The selected candidate will support other leaders and act as a prime spokesperson on M&S technical capabilities and future directions, plan R & D activities, recommend technological applications to accomplish long-range objectives and apply/or develop highly advanced technologies, scientific principles, theories, and concepts.

The selected candidate will work independently and support the development approaches to solutions supporting the program needs. The selected candidate will act as a liaison with frequent inter-organizational and outside customer contacts. Designs, develops, documents, tests and debugs applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions. Conducts multidisciplinary research and collaborates with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems for product and commercial software.

The ideal candidate will have the ability to take ownership of hard problems and drive to a solution, while working in a team environment and provide leadership for its implementation. It is critical that you understand the software development life cycle and have an in-depth knowledge of automated testing to facilitate and analyze large data sets. The selected candidate will participate in the full life cycle of software development, to include requirements development, modeling and design, application development, unit to CSCI testing, integration, formal system testing, release, installation, and maintenance.

The selected candidate will apply technical expertise in solving complex integrations problems and interact with Program Management, external suppliers and/or government customers. Therefore, excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills are required. The candidate will design, implement, and manage the integration and testing strategies of a large software system. A solid experience in bash scripting, C/C++, or other OOP languages, in a Linux environment is required.

An active in scope DoD secret security clearance and ability to obtain and maintain a Special Program Access clearance is required. Responsibilities:
* A strong working knowledge and understanding of MBSE and tools

* Work with various team members to integrate functionality with other software components

* Lead cross-domain…