Northrop Grumman · 1 month ago
Software Engineering Department Manager 3 - 16587 - R10214697-5
Northrop Grumman is a leading defense systems company that provides revolutionary systems impacting lives globally. They are seeking a Software Engineering Department Manager 3 to oversee a department within the Software Engineering organization, managing planning, risk, and project performance while mentoring section managers and ensuring successful program execution.
AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity
Responsibilities
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
Qualification
Required
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 degree
Experience in a formal management/lead position of scale (50+ people)
Experience developing and driving standards of performance
Minimum 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 access
Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
Preferred
Active Top Secret clearance
Experience with managing Command and Control(C2) Software Teams
Experience standing up and scaling an organization and/or leading a major change initiative
ICBM or complex aerospace systems experience
Benefits
Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
401k
Educational Assistance
Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
Paid Time Off
Health & Wellness Resources
Employee Discounts
Company
Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman is an aerospace, defense and security company that provides training and satellite ground network communications software.
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.7BKey Investors
U.S. Department of DefenseNASA
2025-05-27Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2024-01-29Post Ipo Debt· $2.5B
2023-12-20Grant· $72M
Leadership Team
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