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Job Summary:
Textron Systems is known for its innovative defense technologies and services, and they are seeking a Systems & Software Engineer Manager to lead a team in both Software and Systems Engineering. The role involves overseeing staffing, managing team performance, enforcing best practices, and ensuring compliance across various technical domains to meet program success.
Responsibilities:
• Provide leadership and oversight for a team of both Software and Systems Engineering, including key disciplines such as: Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, System Safety, Cybersecurity, Reliability, and other technical areas essential to program success.
• Ensure adequate staffing levels for both disciplines, including: Managing full-time employees, co-ops, interns, and contractors. Forecasting future resource needs and addressing potential workforce gaps.
• Drive development and engagement of Software and Systems Engineers by: Managing team performance through setting objectives, conducting reviews, and providing feedback. Mentoring and coaching team members in both domains to foster technical growth and career progression.
• Oversee and enforce best practices for Software Engineering activities, including: Software architecture, development, and requirements engineering. Adoption and implementation of Agile methodologies and tools. Driving process improvements and monitoring quality compliance for software deliverables.
• Oversee Systems Engineering activities, ensuring execution excellence in areas such as: Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) with an emphasis on SysML modeling and tools. Requirements development, decomposition, and analysis to ensure alignment with customer needs. System architecture definition and integration with program requirements across all technical domains. Verification and Validation (V&V) planning to ensure alignment with customer deliverables.
• Oversee additional domain-specific responsibilities, including: Compliance with System Safety, Cybersecurity, and Systems Reliability standards. Reviewing and ensuring high-quality delivery of system-level and software-level artifacts to customers.
• Track team and program performance by: Monitoring and analyzing quality metrics for both Software and Systems teams. Soliciting and addressing feedback from internal management and external customers. Providing regular progress updates for internal leadership and customers, including technical progress and resource management updates.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) in Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related Engineering discipline with a minimum of 10 years of experience, OR Master’s degree (M.S.) in Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related Engineering discipline with a minimum of 8 years of experience.
• Strong knowledge of both Software and Systems Engineering methodologies, processes, tools, and best practices.
• Expertise in Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), including SysML modeling frameworks.
• Experience with Agile Software Development methods, tools, and practices.
• Experience with System Architecture, requirements development, and lifecycle management processes.
• Strong leadership abilities for guiding cross-disciplinary engineering teams.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for both internal team and customer engagement.
• Proficiency in data-driven decision-making and problem-solving across multiple engineering domains.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance.
Preferred:
• Experience in defense, military, or similar industries is highly desirable.
• An existing U.S. Security Clearance is preferred.
Company:
Textron Inc. is a multi-industry company that leverages its global network of aircraft, defense, industrial and finance businesses to Founded in 1923, the company is headquartered in Providence, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.