Director of Software Engineering chez Millennium Space Systems

Job Summary
As Director of Software Engineering, you will inspire, coordinate, and lead the software engineering team to deliver the technical work products, schedules, and budgets. The director is the advocate for the functional engineering team to ensure they have the required resources to exceed customer expectations. You will work with the other directors and the VP of engineering as a team representing the companies’ technical leaders. You will develop and sustain a vision for continued growth and improved efficiency for the software engineering team.

This position's internal job code is Software Engineering Manager. Our team is currently hiring for a Level L.

Responsibilities

Engineering Communication & Strategic Alignment 

• Communication with Engineering Teams: 
  • Provide overall company happenings and provide context to get ahead of swirl. Explain situations in context of the employee, the team, and Millennium 
  • Provide rationale and background for higher level decisions 
  • Sets the technical direction and standards for engineering teams 
  • Establish and maintain the standardization of project management tools to drive commonality in how we implement our design (e.g. template IMS and WBS) 
  • Establish Objectives and KPIs that align with company goals and measure engineering performance across the organization 
  • Implement organizational initiatives and corrective actions to meet and improve upon performance targets 

Program Execution & Technical Oversight 

• Functional Oversight and Support of Program Execution 
  • Coordinates risk management across teams; escalates and prioritizes critical risks 
  • Oversees program-level schedules, ensures resource balancing, and approves staffing plans 
  • Reviews and approves proposal labor estimates and technical baselines; manages bid efforts 
  • Manages communication with program directors and PMs regarding technical work products and performance, as well as communicating impacts due to corporate prioritization 

Cross-Functional Collaboration 

• Cross-team collaboration to enforce commonality of tools, analysis, processes, and standards 
• Partner closely with Quality and Safety team to ensure risk posture is well understood and standards are up to date with your team's processes 
• Work closely with Manufacturing leadership teams to provide support in designing for manufacturability and resolution of complex non-conformance resolution during all working shifts 
• Work with Manufacturing team to scale design as required across program portfolios – establish processes and standards within your team to support this effort 
• Work in conjunction with Program Management to meet execution milestones and address blockers/help needed 

Process Improvement & Operational Efficiency 

• Process Improvement: look for cross-team relationships and help set priorities on what ETLs recommend 
• Establish & maintain interview processes 
• Approves tools/software for efficient use across engineering teams; manages associated costs 
• Manage OH budget across engineering teams (managers, meetings, software, training, tools & equipment), including approval of software with means for efficient use across teams 

Talent Development & Leadership 

• Mentoring and Performance Reviews of Front Line Managers ETLs and any other direct reports: 
  • Providing regular 1:1 meetings with direct reports 
  • Providing formal feedback and raise requests per company guidelines 
  • Identification of talent for Technical Fellow positions and career growth paths 
• Sponsors cross-team initiatives to drive innovation; identifies and supports transformational technologies

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of 14 years of experience as an engineering professional, with experience in functional or project management in the aerospace defense industry
• Experience having served as or currently serving as a Project Lead, and/or functional manager in spacecraft development
• Knowledge of satellite systems and components
• Demonstrated ability in flight software design and test of spacecraft.
• Experience in the following at minimum:   
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or similar with focus on software development 
  • 7+ years of experience in C and C++ programming 
  • 5+ years of experience with Linux in an embedded environment and/or baremetal C on a microcontroller 
  • Experience with concurrent HW/SW development and simulation environments  
• This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. An interim and/or final U.S. Top Secret Clearance Post-Start is required. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with iterative and/or agile development processes
• Experience with serial data protocols (HDLC, I2C, SPI)
• Experience in Python programming 
• Experience in Verilog and FPGAs
• Experience with git, JIRA, confluence
• Aerospace industry experience 
• National Security experience 
• Active TC/SCI  

Please note that the salary information shown below is a general guideline only of what is reasonably expected to be paid for the position. Salaries are based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Summary Pay-Range

• Level L: $165,750 - $243,750

Benefits and Perks
Millennium Space Systems offers a very competitive benefits package to include medical, dental, vision, and 401k plan.