Chief Software Architect

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Chief Software Architect (CSA) to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals to support a classified program. This role is located in Melbourne, Florida. 

In this role you will be responsible for the overall development of all software architecture and deliverable products, drive critical technical solutions, inform robust risk and opportunity management and support strategic initiatives, ensuring operational performance and sustainability for delivered products. Candidate will provide technical leadership to the various  software product teams by setting the technical direction for the team to execute, guiding the flow down and decomposition of  system level architecture/requirements, guiding software design approaches and decisions and guiding all phases of software testing from unit test to qualification test. Candidate will ensure  the effective execution of an AGILE-focused software lifecycle process, and  support tracking and reporting all relevant metrics to the IPT. Candidate manages cross-team coordination of software architecture such as requirements, design, ICDs, and DevOps environment. Candidate will be responsible for cultivating and maintaining strong relationships with peers and top leadership and briefing executive and customer leadership.  The CSA will manage software process such as the Software Development Plan (SDP), peer reviews, and any other software processes that are used by the classified program.  CSA will manage the technical baseline, requirements, design, and models. 

Contingencies:  Contract award.  Requires an active DoD Secret (or higher) level clearance and program access on Day 1.

For all internal NGAS Engineering candidates, we have developed a Homeroom-driven hiring process aligned to discipline-specific Ambassadors.  They will be your point of contact and will support you throughout the selection process. If you apply to this Workday requisition, a Talent Acquisition professional will email you with the corresponding Ambassador’s information for next steps.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide technical direction for all software product activities for a team of engineers employing an AGILE-focused process
• Oversee the activities of the software product-level review boards and ensure its efficient functioning
• Guide all product-level software verification and release activities within the larger program schedules
• Primary software technical representative for product integration and capability deliveries
• Primary software technical representative at all cross-IPT and cross-pillar meetings
• Primary software technical representative at reviews with senior management and Customer stakeholders

We offer flexible work arrangements, 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off, phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly team environment. We are looking for self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented people to help us grow our services and become even better at what we do.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university, 16 Years of experience with Bachelors in Science; 14 Years of experience with a Masters; 12 Years of experience with a PhD.
• Must be a US Citizen.
• Experience designing, developing, integrating, verifying and qualifying real-time embedded computing systems including experience with software and systems engineering.
• Experience and demonstrated ability to lead the developme