JOB DESCRIPTION

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We put our customers first – exemplified by our mission: “We Protect Those Who Protect Us®.” Sound like a team you want to be a part of? Come build your career with BAE Systems. Our engineers are the lifeblood of our company and we’re more than 5,000 strong. With our robust offering of educational and career development opportunities, your chances to grow are limitless.
The New Jersey Business Center (NJBC) is seeking a Software Engineering Leader to provide functional management / supervisory leadership and engagement to a diverse group of software managers and engineers. We are looking for an individual with strong leadership skills who can attract, engage, and retain talent. As a functional supervisor, you will manage other supervisors and support and 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 5-10 direct reports and 70-80 indirect reports who report to your first line section leads. Your direct staff will include several section leads, each with a staff of 10 – 15 Software Engineers.
• You will ensure that the Electronic Combat Solutions (ECS) programs in the NJBC 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 NJ Business Center..
• 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 support staffing for your group including interviewing candidates, assisting with hiring and staffing decisions, onboarding new team members, and facilitating employee program assignments
• 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 and across the NJBC software engineering organization
• 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

REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, & SKILLS

• Active/current Secret clearance with ability to acquire a Top Secret clearance
• Previous or current experience as a people manager
• Successful engineering management experience encompassing technical, cost, schedule and quality topics
• Strong communication skills and interpersonal skills which facilitate working with others in a team environment
• Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree in Computer Science or Engineering related discipline with 8+ years of experience after the date for the completion of your Bachelor’s degree, or 6+ years of experience after the date for the completion of your Master’s Degree
• Software engineering background and leadership experience that includes leading small (< 6 people) to mid-sized (6 – 12 people) engineering teams in both Functional and Program roles.
• People management experience with proven performance management, mentoring, coaching, and communication skills
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to interface with senior internal personnel on significant community matters, often requiring coordination between organizations
• Demonstrated experience exhibiting inclusive leadership behaviors to create and reinforce a psychologically safe team environment

PREFERRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, & SKILLS

• Knowledge of, and experience in, the architecture, design and integration of EW Systems

• You are a functional supervisor with 5-10 direct reports and 70-80 indirect reports who report to your first line section leads. Your direct staff will include several section leads, each with a staff of 10 – 15 Software Engineers.
• You will ensure that the Electronic Combat Solutions (ECS) programs in the NJBC 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 NJ Business Center..
• 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 support staffing for your group including interviewing candidates, assisting with hiring and staffing decisions, onboarding new team members, and facilitating employee program assignments
• 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 and across the NJBC software engineering organization
• 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 routinel