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Northrop Grumman · 2 hours ago

Ground Development Lead Software Engineer - Level 5 - R10214700

Chantilly, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff

$177K/yr - $266K/yr

8+ years exp

Northrop Grumman is a pioneering aerospace and defense company looking for a Ground Development Lead Software Engineer to join their Space Sector. This role involves leading software development teams, managing project lifecycles, and ensuring quality and schedule adherence for the ground segment of space systems.

AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.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

Software developmentAgile developmentLeadershipSatellite communicationsAtlassian tool suiteCommunication skillsInterpersonal skillsConflict resolution

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