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# Manager Software Engineering 2

- **Company:** Northrop Grumman
- **Location:** Jessup, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $161,100.0 - $241,700.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Automation of Tests, C++ (Programming Language), Configuration Management, Code Review, Cyber Security, Computer Engineering, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Formal Verification, Hardware-In-The-Loop Simulation, Python (Programming Language), Software Architecture, Quantum Computing, Queueing Systems, Release Management, Requirements Traceability, Software Engineering, Software Requirements Analysis, Systems Integration, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Grpc
- **Published:** October 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3472101270&tx=JT9284TYZ&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related STEM discipline with 8+ years of relevant software engineering experience; Masters degree in STEM discipline with 6+ years of relevant software engineering experience; PhD with 4+ years of relevant software engineering experience.
 * Demonstrated experience designing, developing, integrating, and troubleshooting complex software systems using languages such as C, C++, Rust, or Python.
 * Technical expertise in at least one relevant area: real-time or embedded control, distributed systems and orchestration, instrumentation and data acquisition, automated verification, process monitoring, DevOps, or SRE.
 * Experience leading software engineers through technical planning, design reviews, code reviews, integration, testing, and delivery.
 * Ability to translate system requirements and hardware constraints into software architectures, interfaces, implementation plans, and verification approaches.
 * Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across software, systems engineering, physics, hardware, test, cybersecurity, and program leadership teams., * Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline.
 * Prior experience as an engineering manager, technical lead, product owner, or integrated product team lead with responsibility for employee development and technical execution.
 * Experience with quantum computing, superconducting qubit control, cryogenic systems, RF electronics, pulse sequencing, calibration, or real-time feedback systems.
 * Experience integrating laboratory instruments and control hardware using protocols or frameworks such as SCPI, VISA, gRPC, message queues, or vendor-provided SDKs.
 * Experience with production engineering practices, including CI/CD, automated testing, hardware-in-the-loop testing, configuration management, containers, Kubernetes, observability, incident response, and release management.
 * Experience delivering software in a regulated, mission-critical, high-reliability, or controlled engineering environment, including requirements traceability, cybersecurity, quality assurance, and formal verification practices.

## Description

* Lead a team of 8-12 technical staff in management role.
 * Work in cooperation with program management to track execution and provide technical leadership to the team/pod.
 * Support administrative management responsibilities including staffing, performance evaluation, career development, and salary planning.