Sr Staff C2 Software Lead Engineer – 10558-1

Requisition ID: R10172058

• Category: Engineering

• Location: Huntsville, Alabama, United States of America | Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States of America

• Clearance Type: Secret

• Telecommute: No - Teleworking not available for this position

• Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)

• Travel Required: Yes, 25% of the Time

• Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available

• Positions Available: 1

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking Sr Staff C2 Software Lead Engineer – 10558-1. This position will be located in Huntsville, Alabama or Colorado Springs, Colorado and will support the Sentinel Program.

What You’ll Get To Do:

The role of the Command and Control (C2) Lead Software Engineer is to serve as the senior-most software engineer within C2, provide technical guidance & direction for all software engineering activities, mentor and guide engineering staff and ensure the C2 Software Director and Lead Software Architect are aware of technical issues within the organization.

Responsibilities include:

• Ensuring teams are designing and implementing software with compliance to system software architecture.
• Working as an important member of the architecture board to provide guidance and feedback on software architecture understanding the impacts cross functionally.
• Providing review on tools and processes for improvement in software development plan.
• Responsible for confirming compliance with process and software development plan.
• Ownership of all deviations and waivers from process and software development plan.
• Signature authority on product Style guide and software test plan.
• Will deliver each Program Increment a summary of the deviations and waivers from each product and a plan to address.
• Ensures coding standards for safety critical software/firmware development account for the risks associated with the programming language utilized.
• Verify that the software/hardware plans, processes and policies ensure the proper disposition of deactivated code, dead code, lab unique functionality, flight test unique software, training system hooks, undocumented functions.
• Develop a process and force process to perform a change impact analysis utilizing a fully defined SCF thread analysis.
• Verify the hardware and software plans address how static and dynamic code analysis will be performed.
• Define plans that describe how full coverage of software/firmware source and object code structures will be achieved for all Safety Critical software/firmware.
• Ensure the software verification plan defines how low-level testing is performed and results documented.
• Enforce Peer Review process and ensure peer review checklist is utilized.
• Verify via inspection of software plans, that criteria for the selection of re-use, COTS and GOTS have been established.
• Verify software will be developed and verified to the highest criticality of the Safety Critical Function(s) it supports.

Position Benefits:

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
• 401k
• Educational Assistance
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
• Paid Time Off
• Health & Wellness Resources
• Employee Discounts

This position’s 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.

Job Qualifications:

You’ll Bring These Qualifications:

• 14 Years with Bachelor’s in relevant field of study, 12 Years with Masters, 09 Years with PhD or 04 additional years in lieu of a degree.
• Active DoD Secret clearance with a reinvestigation date occurring in the last 06 years.
• US Citizenship and ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP).
• Minimum of 5 years of experience formally leading engineering teams/and or organizations to achieve a common goal.
• Complex aerospace and/or DoD systems experience.

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) related field.
• Active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance at time of application.
• Knowledge of Specialty Engineering disciplines.
• Experience with MBSE and development of UML design.
• Prior experience interfacing with prime contractor site leads and USAF leadership personnel.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Experience in working closely with customers to ensure delivery of systems that meet warfighter needs.

Salary Range: $174,800 - $262,200

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.