Northrop Grumman Australia · 1 month ago
Ground Development Lead Software Engineer - Level 5
United States-Virginia-Chantilly
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$177K/yr - $266K/yr
8+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leader in aerospace and defense, seeking a Ground Development Lead Software Engineer to oversee the software development lifecycle within their Space Superiority Division. The role involves leading a geographically diverse team to produce product increments and interfacing with various teams to ensure software capability delivery.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Lead agile development teams toward incremental completion of the ground segment Product Roadmap (capabilities, interfaces, and bug fixes) with an emphasis on maintaining schedule and quality metrics
Cost Account Manager (CAM) duties for the Ground Development sub-IPT, including staffing, budget, and schedule-based decision making and reporting
Serve as the inter-IPT bridge between Ground Dev scrum teams, determining and communicating priorities between scrum teams
Serve as the intra-IPT bridge between the Ground Dev sub-IPT and the rest of the program, including program leadership, customers, and the other sub-IPTs
Effectively utilize the support of the Ground Dev leadership team, which includes the following dedicated support roles: Ground Dev Deputy, Agile Coach, Release Train Engineer, Metrics SME, Product Owners, and Scrum Masters
Maintain development performance (velocity & quality) by removing obstacles and providing technical leadership to scrum teams, as needed, through implementation trade-offs and recommendations
Communicate effectively and clearly present technical approaches and findings at technical and program reviews and boards
Lead preparation of presentation material for recurring customer reviews in coordination with program leadership, including: Integrated Design Reviews, PI Prioritization, Release Planning Reviews, Program Management Reviews, and Customer Weeklies
Chair recurring agile ceremonies including: PI Planning, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews and daily stand ups
Challenge the status quo and champion change by eliminating restrictive, non-value added processes, meetings, and hierarchies
Qualification
Required
Requires an active Top-Secret (TS)/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance [TS/SCI] at time of application [US Citizenship required]
Level 5: (Staff)
Bachelor's degree with 12 years of software development experience
An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a completed Bachelor's
Master's degree with 10 years of software development experience
PhD with 8 years of software development experience
In-depth, technical background in software development
Knowledge of satellite communications and system operations
Experience writing and presenting technical information to customers and executive management
Experience with Agile development
Experience leading requirement development/testing/verification
Experience working with Atlassian tool suite (i.e. JIRA, Confluence, etc.)
Experience leading software development organizations in the range of 50-60 engineers
Preferred
STEM degree
Excellent communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills
Experience driving team efficiency via streamlining processes
Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
Ability to resolve conflict and negotiate with positive outcome while maintaining good relationships with customers
Benefits
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Company
Northrop Grumman Australia
Northrop Grumman Australia is the Australia-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation and committed to generating long-term prosperity, investing in advanced Research & Development, sovereign and exportable Intellectual Property, high-quality jobs and long-term technology leadership across the Commonwealth.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase