Senior Software Engineering Manager - IRAD Systems

AV; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 141,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

medical

dental

vision

401K with company matching

9/80 work schedule

paid holiday shutdown

Job summary

AeroVironment is seeking a Senior Manager of Software Engineering to lead a multidisciplinary software organization responsible for backend architecture, UI/UX, QA, and software integration for the Titan RF CUAS product. The role focuses on establishing software processes, management practices, and engineering discipline to support a fast-growing organization.

You will partner with cross-functional hardware and software teams to deliver production-ready systems and drive software IRAD projects

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years managing software engineering teams.
• Experience managing teams with a range of experience levels.
• Demonstrated experience establishing Agile processes and using Jira for engineering execution.

Responsibilities

• Manages a multi-disciplinary group of software engineers, including staffing, training, performance evaluation and career development.
• Establish and improve Agile development processes using Jira, including scope, scheduling, resourcing, prioritizing, sprint execution, reporting, and retrospectives.
• Define and implement software development standards, coding practices, documentation, and engineering metrics.
• Establish unit testing, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, code reviews, and quality gates.
• Lead software release management, including configuration management, versioning, release readiness, deployment, and rollback processes.
• Champions software quality through design reviews, requirements-based testing, code coverage, and disciplined branching and release practices
• Oversee backend architecture, UI/UX development, QA, and system-level software integration.
• Partner with the Chief Engineer to shape SW road-map, plan and execute software IRAD projects from concept through prototype, integration, verification, and production transition.
• Drive resolution of software integration issues, technical risks, dependencies, and defects.
• Communicate project status, risks, resource needs, and technical decisions to senior leadership.

Skills

Software Engineering

Team Leadership

Agile methodologies

Jira

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Jira

Job description

AeroVironment is seeking a Senior Manager of Software Engineering to lead a multidisciplinary software organization responsible for backend architecture, UI/UX, QA, and software integration for the Titan RF CUAS product. The role focuses on establishing software processes, management practices, and engineering discipline to support a fast-growing organization.

You will partner with cross-functional hardware and software teams to deliver production-ready systems and drive software IRAD projects