About the position
At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history. The Payload and Ground Systems, a division within Northrop Grumman’s Space Systems Sector, is known for pushing the boundaries of innovation, redefining engineering capabilities, and driving advances in various sciences through cutting-edge technology. Our team is chartered with providing the skills and innovative technologies to develop, design, produce, and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission! Northrop Grumman Space Systems (NGSP) is seeking an Agile Product Owner to join our team in the Payload and Ground Systems Division Engineering organization supporting the Integrated National Systems (INS) Business Unit (BU) to support a Ground program. This position will serve as an in-ward facing technical planning/execution Lead who will be responsible for setting a strategic vision for the technical execution of the software team and serve as authority over the team’s technical roadmap and closure of epics. This Agile Product Owner will represent Product Management and the voice of customers on the Agile development team. They will collaborate with Product Managers to define the work so that the integrated team can review, commit, and execute within a defined period. They prioritize key areas of work during a program increment, ensure that the software development team understands the intent and requirements of feature and user story definitions, and that the team is aligned on all acceptance criteria. They will represent customer interests and will continuously dictate team backlog priorities. This Agile PO must have a strong understanding of Agile PO role and technical experience developing and fielding command and control systems (TT&C, Flight Dynamics, etc) for Space Systems. This position will be at our site either in Morrisville, North Carolina or Fairfax, Virginia. This position requires being on-site and does not support remote or hybrid work. This requisition may be filled at either a level 3 or a level 4, depending on the candidate’s experience as laid out in the basic qualifications detailed below as well as the interview assessment. This position is contingent upon the verification and transfer of current/active DoD security clearance and program access as required for business needs.
Responsibilities
- Set a strategic vision for the technical execution of the software team.
- Serve as authority over the team’s technical roadmap and closure of epics.
- Represent Product Management and the voice of customers on the Agile development team.
- Collaborate with Product Managers to define the work for the integrated team.
- Prioritize key areas of work during a program increment.
- Ensure the software development team understands the intent and requirements of feature and user story definitions.
- Align the team on all acceptance criteria.
- Continuously dictate team backlog priorities.
Requirements
- Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) security clearance at the time of application.
- Level 3 (Principal): 5 Years of relevant experience with a completed Bachelor's, 3 Years with a completed Master's, 1 Year with a completed PhD, 7 Years with an associate’s degree, or 9 years of relevant work experience in lieu of a completed degree.
- Level 4 (Sr Principal): 8 Years of relevant experience with a completed Bachelor's, 6 Years with a completed Master's, 4 Years with a completed PhD, 10 Years with an associate’s degree, or 12 years of relevant work experience in lieu of a completed degree.
- 3+ years’ experience working in a software Agile delivery framework.
- 3+ years of experience with product lifecycles for new and existing products.
- 2+ years of product roadmap development experience.
- Experience converting technical and business requirements into Epics, Features, and User Stories.
- Experience presenting and conducting demos of software product to users/leadership/stakeholders.
- Demonstrated communication skills and visionary on business, user experience, and technical sides of product development.
- Experience with Atlassian tool suite (Jira and Confluence).
Nice-to-haves
- Product owner certification or any other major Agile certification.
- Experience with both COTS solution and custom application development.
- Experience as a Scrum Master.
- Experience leading or supporting distributed teams.
- Experience as a software developer to better interact and direct the team.
- Knowledge of container security best practices.
- Hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, CloudFormation, etc.).
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar.
- Solid understanding of Kubernetes (Helm charts, service discovery, autoscaling, etc.).
- Knowledgeable with Python.
- Technical experience developing and fielding command and control systems (TT&C, Flight Dynamics, etc) for Space Systems.
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage.
- Life and disability insurance.
- Savings plan.
- Company paid holidays.
- Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
