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The Electronic Combat Solutions Business Area is looking for a software engineering lead for the TacAir product line. In that role you will be responsible for all the software development efforts that are being executed within the product line, including staffing, technical, schedule and cost. This will be accomplished through engineers that reports directly to you and their direct reports and software engineers reporting to other section leads and / or located at another site. As a functional supervisor, you will advocate for your software engineering staff through career planning, training, timely performance feedback, formal performance appraisals, program staffing, and application of Software Engineering process and best practices. This is a multi-faceted position where your management/supervisory duties will account for approximately 30 of your time and your software engineering program tasks will account for the remaining 70.
In this role:
- You are a functional supervisor with 12 - 15 direct reports. Your direct staff will include project Software Engineering Leads (SWELs), individual contributors and section leads.
- You will ensure that the TacAir programs are performing within their defined budgets and schedules.
- You will be required to support the technical design, development, integration and release of our Electronic Warfare software development efforts that are being executed out of the TacAir Product Line.
- You will provide guidance, support, and coaching to your functional group through regular employee one-on-ones
- You will attract, engage, and retain high potential employees to support the program area
- You will oversee software staffing for your product line, including candidate interviews, hiring decisions, and new hire onboarding. Foster partnerships with other software leads to identify and allocate internal engineering resources to drive program success.
- You will develop employee goals, monitor employee performance, provide performance feedback and support group compensation management
- You will identify and develop critical skills that align with your employees’ interests and are required to meet program area business objectives
- You will provide effective communication – flow down / flow up within your group.
- You will help drive performance for your group by supporting Program Managers, Project Engineering Managers (PEMs) / Chief Engineers, staffing and monitoring execution on projects, and helping to resolve technical and personnel issues
- You will help ensure that programs follow company and program processes
- You will contribute to continuous improvement activities to improve the software engineering organization and the company at large and ensure adoption within the organization
- You will monitor software execution on programs through performance metrics, execution reviews, and meeting with SW leads routinely.
Because this role involves a combination of collaborative/in-person and independent work, it will take the form of a hybrid work format, with time split between working onsite and remotely.
