Manager Software Engineering 2
Northrop Grumman · Colorado Springs, CO
$146,500–$219,700from the description
Jul 13, 2026
Colorado Springs, CO
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A people-management and hands-on technical role supporting a ground-based deep space radar program, overseeing up to 15 software engineers while also contributing directly to development, integration, and testing work. Day-to-day responsibilities span microservices-based software development in languages such as Java, C++, and Python, Agile delivery, staffing and performance management, and collaboration with program leadership. Suits an experienced software engineer who has moved into or is ready for functional management.
Senior level · 10+ years · Remote · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $178,991 (middle half $141,096–$225,584). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The job posting explicitly states '100% onsite' in Colorado Springs, CO and cannot accommodate telecommute work. The remote=true flag has been set at the caller's instruction, overriding the posting's stated requirement — the actual role is fully on-site.
The posting's experience gate is '10 years with a Bachelor's or 8 years with a Master's in a STEM field.' The lower bound (8 years with a Master's) is used as the floor for the overall years minimum per schema convention, but 10 years is the more common path. Degree requirement is set to Bachelor's as the minimum stated degree.
An active Secret clearance is a hard gate at time of application. Top Secret clearance is listed under Preferred Qualifications.
Programming languages (Java, JavaScript, C++, Python) are listed as a single fluency requirement with examples; Java is used as the primary skill name with the others as alternatives.
Radar/RADAR experience, DevSecOps, real-time processing, cybersecurity compliance, Red Hat Linux, and MBSE all appear under Preferred Qualifications and are marked accordingly.
This is a people-management role (up to 15 direct reports, hiring authority, performance management) mapped to 11-3021. The IC/product-owner/team-lead component is noted as an alternative signal for 15-1252, but management is the primary framing.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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