Collins Aerospace
aerospace and defense
PrincipalSoftwareProductOwner
“Principal Software Product Owner at Collins Aerospace. Skills: Product Ownership, Agile Development, Embedded Software, Systems Engineering, Security Clearance. Lead a software development team to design and develop our solution to control and monitor mission critical VLF transmitters. Update and maintain the multi-year Feature Roadmap through development, integration, test, and deployment”
What You'll Achieve.
greater cyber security threat protection; software assurance; improvement in availability and reliability; rapid development and deployment; ensure Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) function accurately, on-time, every time, and under the most extreme circumstances
Industry & Context.
Active and transferable U. S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date, U. S. citizenship is required, Secret - Current Security Clearance Type, Active and existing security clearance required on day 1, Onsite role, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Experience leading a software development team within an Agile methodology, Experience with software lifecycle processes, configuration control, and change management in high-integrity development environments, Active and transferable Secret U. S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date, Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience
Nice to Have
Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), system decomposition, and interface control across disciplines, Experience with multithreading, memory management, and performance optimization in complex environments, Experience in secure coding practices, Experience with hardware-software integration and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing, Experience with development tool sets, including Jira, Git, Visual Studio Code, cmake
What You'll Do.
Lead a software development team to design and develop our solution to control and monitor mission critical VLF transmitters
Update and maintain the multi-year Feature Roadmap through development
establish dependencies
and plan with the development team for the next Increment (3 month lookahead)
Support the Product Manager and Control Account Manager (CAM) in capturing data needed to manage scope
Support software requirements and Unified Modeling Language (UML) design diagrams within a Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tool
Support development and integration of multi-threaded embedded software using C and C++ within a Real Time Operating System (RTOS)
Support integration and verification within our automated test framework
Support document updates to meet customer Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL)
Support bid activities for customer related Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs)
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work collaboratively with the Product Manager, Software Architect, and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs); plan with the development team for the next Increment
Process & Methodology
manage scope, schedule, budget, risks, and opportunities
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