Sr Manager, Software Engineering - Military Flight Management (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2024-05-21

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HIA32: Cedar Rapids, IA 400 Collins Rd NE , Cedar Rapids, IA, 52498-0505 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

Picture this: a ferocious storm, towering waves, and a helicopter battling the elements to save lives at sea. In February 2016, off the coast of North Carolina, a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew executed a daring rescue mission, plucking four fishermen from the clutches of a relentless storm. This harrowing operation required unparalleled skill, precision, and leadership under immense pressure. It also demanded a reliable system that each crew member trusted with their lives to safely operate in such extreme conditions.

As an engineering leader in our organization, you will have a direct impact on the outcome of missions like this and many others carried out by military customers across the globe. Specifically, you will lead teams that develop the most sophisticated and trusted avionics systems in the world. Your leadership will ensure that our technology performs flawlessly in the most critical moments, enabling heroes to save lives.

Are you ready to join our team and make a difference where it truly matters?

What You Will Learn:

The Military Avionics and Helicopters Flight Management and Controls department is currently seeking qualified candidates to lead a software development team (Sr. Engineering Manager). This team works in a collaborative environment on military projects to develop the right solution for our customers and their mission. The team provides engineering services to include requirements definition and analysis, software design, development, integration, test, verification, validation, and certification of software products that are normally found in a modern avionics suite.

More specifically, we develop software applications for numerous military Rotary Wing (RW) and Fixed Wing (FW) programs. Our applications are primarily focused on aiding the crew in navigation, but we also support the aircraft maintainer. Examples of the functions we develop are flight management/flight planning, navigation/guidance, and flight director. In addition, we develop functions for Line Replaceable Unit (LRU) management, health monitoring/status and data load.

Our teams are organized around SAFe agile in the form of a multi-function/multi-program Agile Release Train (ART). Our software development process is based on DO-178, but often does not require full compliance to civil certification guidance.  From a global trade perspective our applications are often classified as ITAR and therefore only U.S. Persons can apply.

What You Will Do:

• Managing a team ranging from entry-level to experienced engineering professionals.

• Proactively manages staffing levels (supply vs demand) across numerous labor categories (e.g. full-time engineers, offshore engineers, contractors) and projects.

• Has hiring, firing, promotion, and reward authority within own area, in accordance with manager review and approval.

• Provides timely performance feedback and coaching to direct employees to ensure the full engagement and development of staff.

• Problems faced may be difficult to moderately complex. Problems typically involve consideration of multiple sites, geographies, products, or customers and are typically solved through drawing from prior experience and analysis of issues.

• Responsible for making moderate to significant improvements to processes, systems, or products to enhance performance of work area in support of functional strategy.

• Collaborates with peers and direct leader to establish team culture and positive work environment. Influences others outside of own job area regarding policies, practices, and procedures by developing and maintaining close working relationships with value stream leaders, platform systems teams and other subsystem engineering teams.

• Requires broad management and leadership knowledge to lead project teams. At times may manage scope, schedule and budget for avionics developments including risks and opportunities and interface with external customers.

• Oversee execution of a multidiscipline agile based engineering development team

• Must obtain CORE Champion certification and use the CORE methods and tools to enhance team performance and drive continuous improvement.

• Must possess and model the RTX leadership behaviors.

• Collaborates: Building partnerships and working together with others for the greater good.

• Communicates Effectively: Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.

• Courage: Stepping up to address difficult issu