Software Engineering Manager | Ground Software

What You Will Do:

We are seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead and develop a group of talented Software Design Engineers responsible for designing and sustaining Astronautics software and software tools! This position is part of a team that covers aspects of Software Development for our Ground Tool products, primarily web development and support tools, along with support and integration with airborne products. You will provide leadership and daily supervision to an engineering team responsible for new projects, maintenance, and modification of legacy products. You will lead/guide engineers and enforce compliance with process objectives for critical safety and non-safety products.

This position is located at our Headquarters in Oak Creek, WI. You will report directly to the Senior Engineering Manager, Connected Applications Software.

How You Will Do It:

• Mentor, advise, and grow a team of design engineers to ensure the development and sustainment of robust products that meet customer expectations while continuing to evolve the skills and capabilities of the team.
• Work with the Chief Engineers and Senior Managers to establish and improve department processes.
• Provide guidance/direction related to achieving the best solution for assigned Project tasks that the team is working.
• Work closely with Program Managers and Product Engineering Managers, breaking projects down into work packages that can be managed and completed by the team.
• In addition to helping create work packages, you will be responsible for helping ensure their area of responsibilities defines work package inputs, work package outputs (definition of done), and dependencies work packages have on outside teams.
• Responsible for on-time, on-budget, and correct completion of work packages for their areas of responsibility.
• Lead the advancement of technology and design practices within the organization by creating innovative software tools and solutions.
• Lead support for the sustainment of our core products through design improvements, functionality enhancements, security vulnerability management, and coordination of issue discovery and root cause analysis.
• Review and approve development lifecycle items, including planning documents, requirements documents, design documents, software bills of material, and design review artifacts.
• Some domestic and international travel may be required.
  
  

What We Look For:

Required

• Bachelor's degree in relevant engineering discipline, computer science, or mathematics from an accredited institution.
• Eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in engineering or engineering leadership. Preferred experience in Software Design engineering within a safety-critical industry and/or aviation systems.
• High level of experience with the following key areas of Software Development:
  • Capturing and managing requirements from a wide range of sources, including customer specifications, industry standards, and regulations.
  • Designing and validating solutions that satisfy Customer requirements.
  • Working with other engineering disciplines to perform Product Integration activities.
  • Defining and executing Verification and Validation test campaigns.
• Ability to foster and demonstrate a cohesive team environment, both intra- and inter-departmental.
• Understand project management methodologies.
• Commitment to continuous improvement of processes.
• Willingness to work across department boundaries to accomplish tasks.
• The ability to understand and clearly communicate big-picture technical objectives, priorities, and direction.
• Provide focus and guidance to team members.
• Demonstrates ownership and accountability for the performance and activities of the department.
• Experience with ReactJS/Typescript Web UI Development.
• Experience with Golang/C/C++.

Desired:

• Familiarity with industry standards for DO-178, DO-330 and ARP4754A.
• Experience with Postgres and/or MySQL DB SQL.
• Experience developing software in an Agile environment.
• Experience working with Azure DevOps or similar project tracking and planning tools
• Experience Marshalling/Un-marshalling JSON and XML.
• Experience with cloud deployment such as AWS
• Knowledge of aircraft systems and integration activities.

Who We Are:

Astronautics Corporation of America (Astronautics), headquartered in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, is a global leader in the design, development, and manufacture of secure avionics equipment and systems for the commercial and military aerospace industry. Key product areas include electronic primary flight and engine displays, connected aircraft and cyber solutions, electronic flight bags, and certified servers for airborne applications. Services include avionics system integration and custom software for critical applications. Since its founding in 1959, Astronautics has been providing trusted, reliable, and tailored solutions to help clients achieve mission success. Astronautics is the parent company of Kearfott Corporation, headquartered in Pine Brook, New Jersey.

Join a team that designs computers, displays, and electronic systems for aircraft of the future! At Astronautics Corporation of America (Astronautics), you will be part of a creative group of professionals who work on the cutting-edge of technology. We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits and the opportunity for professional growth in a friendly environment.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status.

This position is part of a job family. Experience will be the determining factor for job level and compensation.