Ground Software Lead Architect — Strategy, Reuse & Metrics

Northrop Grumman; Gilbert (AZ); On-site; USD 167,000 - 289,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime eligibility

Shift differential

Discretionary bonus

Health insurance

Life & disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays & PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman's Space Sector is seeking a Ground Software Lead Engineer/Architect (Level 6) to provide technical leadership for software planning, architecture, and execution across lifecycles. Location options include Gilbert, AZ and other onsite sites.

You will lead software reuse strategies, translate requirements into capabilities, manage cost estimates for bids, and own software metrics reporting with dashboards in Jira.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with 12+ years of software engineering experience; Master’s 10+ years; Ph.D. 8+ years.
• Active U.S. Government Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain Special Program Access.
• Experience developing capability roadmaps, decomposing into features, and defining measurable criteria.
• Experience in software architecture for complex, mission-critical systems.
• Experience in Agile lifecycles, backlog refinement, and iterative delivery.
• Proficient with Jira for planning, tracking, and metrics reporting; MBSE tools such as CAMEO.

Responsibilities

• Lead software reuse strategies and product trade studies for efficiency and maintainability.
• Allocate requirements into software capabilities; develop buildup plan and capability roadmap.
• Review features for alignment with capabilities; define and report feature success criteria.
• Contribute to software framework concepts for scalability across programs.
• Support Basis of Proposal Estimates including ground software cost estimates.
• Own software metrics reporting and dashboards in Jira for visibility and decision making.

Skills

Architecture & design

Agile software development

Roadmap development

Feature decomposition

System-level thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Tools

Jira

CAMEO

MBSE tools

Job description

Northrop Grumman's Space Sector is seeking a Ground Software Lead Engineer/Architect (Level 6) to provide technical leadership for software planning, architecture, and execution across lifecycles. Location options include Gilbert, AZ and other onsite sites.

You will lead software reuse strategies, translate requirements into capabilities, manage cost estimates for bids, and own software metrics reporting with dashboards in Jira.