Skip to content
CV Rocket
Get started
How it worksThe enginePricingBlogContactSign in

Open nowPosted today

Systems Engineer - Level 3 (Agile Release Train Engineer) - AHT

NGC2,220 open roles

Where
United States-Colorado-Boulder
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Your applicationOpen nowSystems Engineer - Level 3 (Agile Release Train Engineer) - AHTNGC · United States-Colorado-Boulder

  1. YouYes, apply to this one.

  2. CV RocketCV written for this posting.

  3. 25 readersRecruiter, hiring manager, skeptic. Round after round.

  4. CV RocketApplied on NGC's own form.

The reply lands in your private mailbox

3×more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

The clock on this job

Early applications get read.

8.2% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. NGC postings stay open a median of 6 days.

Share of postings closed within
  1. 1.8%1 day
  2. 3.8%3 days
  3. 8.2%7 days
  4. 15.2%14 days
  5. 34.2%30 days
This job: posted today

NGC median: 6 days open

The posting

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

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 Northrop Grumman Space Systems, Multi-Domain Operations, and Missile Defense Integration Business Unit (BU), Advanced Programs group has an exciting career opportunity for a Systems Engineer – Level 3 (Release Train Engineer (RTE)/Agile Leader) to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. We are working on an autonomous distributed tracking system - Join our high performing software team and come make history with us! The position is located on-site in Boulder, CO. Boulder is nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, and only 25 miles from downtown Denver.

Position Overview:

As a Systems Engineer – Level 3 (Release Train Engineer (RTE)/Agile Leader) you will be developing and sustaining systems using current technologies and others yet to come. The Advanced Programs (AP) organization pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in mathematics. Our team is chartered with providing innovative technologies to develop, design, and produce optimized product lines across multiple customers while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter.

Essential Functions:

The selected candidate will be the point of contact for aspects of systems engineering with a focus on managing and leading agile processes for the program. The responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Implement and manage Agile practices for an AP program
  • Plan, coordinate, lead program increments for an AP program
  • Manage workflows 1) within teams, 2) between teams, and 3) across work centers using Jira Scrum and Kanban boards
  • Keep Jira compliant to customer’s requirements of mapping SOW tasks to Jira Epics and stories at each PI boundary and maintain that rhythm within each PI to enable technical progress visibility to customer
  • Increase throughput by identifying constraints, mitigate dependencies causing bottlenecks, and reducing wait time
  • Identify opportunities to standardize recurring processes
  • Schedule and lead formal program increment (PI) planning and backlog review events. Gov. Customer and Internal events.
  • Experience with managing and pruning backlog – Collab with Tech leaders
  • Facilitate project leads with time phasing milestones and develop/map epics, features, stories to milestones
  • Creates Confluence and Jira templates for project leads
  • Coordinate multiple agile teams to ensure alignment with agile practices
  • Drive continuous improvement by enhancing processes, removing impediments, and optimizing value delivery
  • Act as a key liaison between teams and stakeholders to help navigate organizational challenges
  • Foster a culture of respect and psychological safety to enable collaboration among individuals on the train
  • Experience with Lean and Scaled Agile Framework approaches
  • Understand project budget and how budgeting works within an agile environment
  • Experience with transitioning mature teams from Waterfall to Agile
  • Creating metrics beneficial to managing project progress and identifying efficiencies and inefficiencies
  • Drives the engineering process development, continuous improvement, and affordability initiatives within their program.
  • Communicate regularly with program management, customers, and engineering management.
  • Generate applicable documentation.
  • Provides problem resolution and improvement recommendations with strong time management skills.

The selected candidate should thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, collaborative/team settings across all levels.

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 5 years of related experience, or a Master's Degree and 3 years of related experience, or 1 year of experience with a PhD.
  • Excellent technical writing skills for generating analysis and reports.
  • Experience leading Agile teams & hands-on experience with Jira
  • Experience with MS Office suite of tools (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project)
  • Applicants must have a current active in-scope U.S. Government issued Secret security clearance at the time of application and is required to start.
  • Ability and willingness to travel up to 10% to support business needs

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Willingness to obtain a TS/SCI clearance
  • Knowledge of requirements management tools (i.e. DOORS, Cameo).
  • Experience in programs using the Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methodology.

#COSpace

#SpaceSoftwareJobs

#SpaceSysEngJobs

Primary Level Salary Range: $114,000.00 - $171,000.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

From $25, paid onceGet the CV for this job

What happens when you press

One press. We do the rest.

  1. A CV for this posting

    Written against NGC's own wording, from every piece of relevant proof in your profile.

  2. 25 readers review it

    Recruiter, hiring manager, skeptic and more read every draft, round after round. You get the best round.

    The review screen in CV Rocket: how each CV was read, round by round.

  3. We apply on NGC's form

    Our application engine gets through the hardest forms there are. Where a question needs you, AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

    An application in CV Rocket: every answer filled in on the employer's form.

  4. Every reply, sorted

    NGC's answer lands in your private mailbox, and we classify it on arrival: interview, question, rejection.

    The CV Rocket inbox: each employer reply classified as an interview, an action or a rejection.

  5. Reply with AI

    AI helps you write the email, checks it and sends it. We show you whether the recruiter read it.

  6. The interview in your calendar

    Full integration with your calendar. The invitation goes straight in.

    An interview invitation in the CV Rocket inbox, added to the candidate's calendar.
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Why it works

3×

more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

ChatGPT writes a CV and never learns what happened to it. We see every reply. For each CV we know:

  • How it was written, and how the review scored it
  • When we applied, and how long after the posting went up
  • Which posting, which company, which city
  • Who got the interview, and who heard nothing

That is how we know which CVs get called.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

The numbers game

More applications. More interviews.

Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting and paid once. Send enough of them and the law of large numbers finds you the job.

Get the CV for this job
By hand5–10
With CV Rocket100
applications a day

Nearby

Live postings like this one

Same employer first, then the same role elsewhere.

Before you press

Straight answers

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

What if my background isn't good enough?

We make the most of the background you have. The CV uses every piece of relevant proof your profile holds, and one of the 25 readers reads your whole profile and flags what the CV left out.

Do you really apply for me?

Yes, on the employer's own form, the hardest ones included. Where a question needs you, you answer it right there and AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

Is it a subscription?

No. You pay once per CV, from $25. Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting.

One job. One CV.
Paid once.

Pick the posting you want. We write for it, apply for you and catch the reply.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.