Software Engineering Manager — Agile Delivery Leader

General Atomics and Affiliated Companies; California (MO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead a team of engineers, improve Agile practices, and enhance software quality and delivery processes.

You will drive cross-functional collaboration with DevOps, architects, and senior engineers while shaping the SDLC and technical strategy. Ideal candidates bring a strong software engineering foundation, proven leadership, and experience with SAFe/PI Planning, CI/CD, and containerized environments.

Qualifications

• Typically requires education or formal training equivalent to the completion of a Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering or related discipline and six or more years progressively complex experience.
• Experience leading software engineering teams or serving as a technical leader.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies; SAFe and PI Planning experience preferred.
• Strong understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle.
• Experience improving software delivery processes and engineering practices.
• Familiarity with CI/CD concepts, source control, branching strategies, automated testing, and containerized software environments.
• Experience with tools such as Jira, confluence, and GitLab.
• Strong communication, coaching, and cross-functional leadership skills.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Clearance is required.

Responsibilities

• People Leadership: Hire, mentor, coach, and develop software engineers; support career growth and guidance; build a high-performing team; establish engineering best practices.
• Engineering Execution: Lead Agile execution, PI Planning, improve predictability, coordinate cross-team dependencies, remove blockers, refine SDLC practices.
• Software Delivery and Quality: Partner with DevOps to improve development, testing, and release processes; define testing strategies; coordinate releases; improve quality metrics.
• Technical Leadership: Maintain depth to understand architecture, development practices, source control, CI/CD, and containerized environments; collaborate with architects, engineers, and DevOps; guide technical decisions.

Skills

People leadership

Agile methodologies

Strong communication

Cross-functional leadership

Coaching & mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering or related field

Tools

Jira

Confluence

GitLab

Job description

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead a team of engineers, improve Agile practices, and enhance software quality and delivery processes.

You will drive cross-functional collaboration with DevOps, architects, and senior engineers while shaping the SDLC and technical strategy. Ideal candidates bring a strong software engineering foundation, proven leadership, and experience with SAFe/PI Planning, CI/CD, and containerized environments.