Job Title: Software Engineering Manager
Job Code: 21419
Job Location: Columbia MD (Onsite)
Job Schedule: 9/80
Job Description:
The L3Harris Communication Systems (CS) segment Tactical Communications sector (TCOM) is seeking a highly motivated team oriented engineering manager well versed in the design and government certification of complex systems to join a high technology engineering organization that designs leading edge communications products. This individual will work in a team environment to manage the development of systems that require the design implementation and integration of embedded general purpose processor cryptographic and/or DSP software solutions for radio and/or other communications products. This Engineering Manager will help develop creative solutions for our customers problems. Challenges include short development schedules resource constraints and evolving system and security requirements.
As a technical and team leader of the staff the successful candidate will demonstrate initiative in the efficient development of complex systems throughout the product lifecycle. Additionally this person will be comfortable working in geographically distributed development teams. The successful candidate will be expected to possess a thorough understanding of technical challenges including both the development methods as well as enforcing organizational behaviors to ensure quality. Experience with embedded C/C Agile Scrum and DevOpsbased software development is expected. Experience working in collaborative software design/development/test teams ranging in size from 3 to 30 engineers is desired. Experience with government certification of engineering designs is also desired.
Essential Functions:
The responsibilities and duties of this position include but are not limited to:
- Plan and manage project to align with scope budget and schedule
- Management of the entire product development cycle including system/software requirements analysis high level and detailed design implementation testing integration documentation and government certification of embedded software designs.
- Detailed understanding and knowledge of best practices for design processes software design code development processes release processes for simultaneous release of multiple devices.
- Functional management of a small group of developers for high assurance communications products in the tactical military radio domain.
- Manage staffing allocations against defined engineering resource demands.
- Effective interpersonal skills ability to convey technical and business matters in a clear and logical manner.
- Ability to manage and make tradeoffs between product recurring cost budget schedule and technical solutions.
- Support organizational development through recruiting mentoring career development talent assessments and performance reviews of staffto ensure engineering skill sets and resource capacity to meet organization demands.
- Work collaboratively with product design test manufacturing logistics engineering teams product and program management and other groups and external customers as needed to define and execute radio product development projects and deliver highquality radio products.
- Ensure the conversion of customer requirements including informal requirements into total systems solutions that balance the technical schedule and cost constraints of the program.
- Support collection and analysis of metrics related to project and software performance
- Support new business pursuits proposals and Basis of Estimates (BOE)
- Identify and implement engineering process improvements promoting crossteam and crossfunctional collaboration and reuse.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree and minimum 9 years prior related experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree minimum of 13 years of prior related experience in Software Engineering.
- Active Secret U.S. DOD Security Clearance or one that has lapsed for less than 2 years.
Preferred Additional Skills:
- Experience with all phases of the software project development life cycle including software analysis design development testing (including software unit testing) and automation tools.
- Experience in agile software development methodologies using an iterative timeboxed development process (SCRUM).
- Highly motivated a self starter and able to operate with little supervision in diverse environments.
- A successful track record in planning executing and tracking personal and teams task assignments.
- Demonstrated ability and experience leading small product development engineering teams and mentoring other engineers.
- Mentoring and directing the activities of small groups of engineers.
- Managing activities in disparate geographic locations.
- Experience/knowledge of Capability Maturity Model (CMM)/Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) systems and software development processes or other defined SW development process.
- Certified ScrumMaster
- Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Experience contributing to the development of software architectures.
- Experience with UML and OOA/OOD software development methodology.
- A successful track record in planning executing and tracking personal task assignments.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze and debug software and related hardware issues.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Cryptographic experience.
- Radio communications or networking experience.
In compliance with pay transparency requirements the salary range for this role in Maryland is $132000 $245000. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits including health and disability insurance 401(k) match flexible spending accounts EAP education assistance parental leave paid time off and companypaid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire schedule type and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
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