
Manager Software Engineering 2
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Job Description
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.We are seeking a Software Engineering Manager 2 to join our Engineering Leadership Team in McClellan (Sacramento), CA. This Software Engineering Manager position is a dual-role management position. The first role is serving as the Engineering and Sciences Functional Manager overseeing a Software and Digital Technologies Engineering section of 12-15 engineers in McClellan. The second role is performing high impact technical or leadership responsibilities on one of the core programs in our portfolio.
What You'll get to Do:
Functional Manager duties include:
Provide Engineering functional oversight for the Engineering staff in your department. This includes active employee engagement, career development, conducting employee performance reviews and merit planning, mentoring, and training.
Ensure strong Engineering technical execution and discipline synergy across our portfolio of programs, promoting adherence to our engineering processes, procedures, and best practices to ensure quality work products and reduce risk on the programs.
Recruit new talent, to include entry-level through highly experienced positions, to meet staffing demand from across the portfolio. You will also work to rapidly redeploy talent to support other programs as programs end or to maximize impact and efficiency of your team.
Provide inputs to indirect budgets for your Engineering section.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree with at least 9 years of technical experience in Software Engineering or a related discipline accompanied by high proficiency in technical development and problem solving across the full development lifecycle; Master’s degree with 7 years of experience; or PhD with 4 years of experience
Ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance
Demonstrated professional experience with an Agile Framework within the last 3 years.
Demonstrated professional experience implementing software and scripts in one or more Object Oriented Programming languages: C++, scripts in C, AND/OR Python.
Demonstrated professional experience with software change control, change management, and CI/CD tools such as not limited to: GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, and/or Atlassian tool suite.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience effectively leading and growing diverse technical teams
Active TS/SCI clearance
Experience leading teams executing both Software and FPGA Development
Experience executing in an Agile Framework, with increased preference for leadership role experience such as Scrum Master
Experience overseeing or directly leading Dev*Ops implementations
Experience driving a team toward meeting cost, schedule, and technical performance for complex programs, leveraging innovation as necessary
What We Can Offer You:
Northrop Grumman provides a comprehensive benefits package and a work environment which encourages your growth and supports the mutual success of our people and our company. Northrop Grumman benefits give you the
flexibility and control to choose the benefits that make the most sense for you and your family.
Your benefits will include the following: Health Plan, Savings Plan, Paid Time Off and Additional Benefits including Education Assistance, Training and Development, 9/80 Work Schedule (where available), and much more!
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Job Details
- Category
- Software
- Employment Type
- Full time
- Location
- McClellan, CA 95652, United States
- Posted
- Jan 13, 2026, 07:00 PM
- Listed
- Jan 15, 2026, 01:33 AM
- Last updated
- Jan 17, 2026, 01:25 AM
- Compensation
- $161,100 - $241,700 per year
About Northrop Grumman
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