Northrop Grumman's Strategic Space Systems Division (SSSD) is looking for a Navigation Payload Software Lead to support their Communications Systems Software (CSS) department. The role involves managing the execution, development, integration, and delivery of a navigation payload system, which includes software development in a resource-constrained target environment with real-time requirements for flight/space/ground systems.
Requirements
- Strong proficiency in C/C++ programming, executing in a RTOS environment (i.e., VxWorks, FreeRTOS, RT-Linux, GH Integrity)
- Prior management and/or leadership experience directing a team of software engineers effectively driving program execution toward software delivery schedule
- Prior experience guiding process improvement, configuration management, code quality practices
- Experience in Agile process and Atlassian Tool Suite (Jira, BitBucket, etc.)
- Experience with VxWorks and Workbench
- Experience with or familiarity with the technical baseline of Pointing, Navigation, and Timing (PNT), and Global Positioning System (GPS).
- Experience across the various life cycle phases including software systems architecture development, requirements definition and analysis, OO development, code and unit test, system integration and test.
Responsibilities
- Direct a team of engineers and coordinate with stakeholders from different sectors and divisions
- Effectively drive program execution toward software delivery schedule
- Leverage software development best practices to right-size the needs of the effort (e.g. configuration management, unit testing).
- Guide process improvement, especially in configuration management, code quality practices, making optimal tasking assignments, and understanding and documenting the technical baseline and architecture.
- Requirements decomposition/generation
- Design, develop, document, test, and debug applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions.
- Ensure software standards are met.
Other
- RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available
- CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret
- TRAVEL: Yes, 50% of the Time
- Candidate must currently have an active DoD Secret clearance at time of application and be able and willing to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance
- Active TS/SCI clearance
