Business Unit: Cubic Defense Company Details: When you join Cubic, you become part of a company that creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation to make people’s lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities to help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global issues through innovation and service to our customers and partners. We have a top-tier portfolio of businesses, including Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Defense (CD). Explore more on Cubic.com. Job Details: Job Summary: Manages and implements software engineering projects ensuring conformance with plans, policies, procedures, budgets and schedules. This position provides technical advices and consultation. Plans, conducts and technically directs and tracks progress of projects. This position administers budgets, schedules and performance standards. This position typically works under general supervision and direction. Incumbents of this position will regularly exercise discretionary and substantial decision-making authority. Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities: Oversees the plans, designs, and development of software programs Monitors the development of software requirements and software specifications and supports engineering program reviews and audits Manages software engineering staff; motivates, delegates, coaches and trains subordinates. Adopts and enforces the best software engineering practices Prepares personnel to take on progressively higher levels of responsibility in the Department Provides guidance to subordinates based on organizational goals and Company policies Establishes and monitors work priorities and schedules Establishes and maintain software engineering resource plans Works with functional leads to assign appropriate software engineering resource to the project teams Manages software engineering department in performance of work, conducts performance evaluations and recommends salary adjustments and personnel actions to include hiring, discipline, recognition and termination Responsible for cost and schedule performance of all sub-cost center activities Prepares or assists in the preparation of the departmental budget Acts as liaison with other managers and customer representatives concerning projects, operational decisions, scheduling requirements, or contractual clarification Acts as an advisor to staff on all matters related to meeting schedules or resolving technical or cost problems Ensures conformance with configuration management documentation requirements Provide software engineering cost estimates and Basis Of Estimation (BOE) for all proposals Maintains control of costing information including project authorizations, status reporting and subcontract acquisition Oversees the analysis of new software and hardware compatibility Conducts briefings and technical meetings for internal and external representatives Participates in customer contract negotiations Guides fact-finding and technical suctioning in support of proposal development, to include cost and schedule estimates Keeps abreast of new technologies and new techniques Creates and maintain software engineering BOE, performance, and quality metric. Collects, monitors, and reports software engineering Shows commitment to company values, ethics, safety, security, labor charging, and quality Creates and maintains company ISO Process documents pertaining to software engineering, and support company IOS Audit Participates in total quality management/continuous process improvement teams Minimum Job Requirements: Four year college degree in Computer Science, Compute Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or other related technical disciplines, plus eight years of related experience, including supervisory experience. Experience to include software development/engineering, developing state-of-the-art computer software, exercising creativity in technical direction and successful strategy development. Ability to interpret technical contract requirements. Requires proficiency using programming languages such as C/C /.net or other developmental software. Ability to use computer software such as MS Office, flowchart, and Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools. Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing, interface with customers, subcontractors and vendors, and deal with employees and managers at all levels in engineering and other departments. Must be able to solve complex and difficult engineering problems. Knowledge of customer needs and competing products desirable. Ability to analyze and solve complex and difficult software engineering problems. Able to prioritize work and complete multiple tasks under deadline and budget guidelines. In-depth knowledge of the SEI Capability Maturity Model (CMM). In-depth knowledge of ISO processes. Strong presentation skills preferred. Experience in OOA/OOD/UML/OMT development preferred. Must be able to obtain a Security Clearance if necessary. The description provided above is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties, responsibilities and requirements. Duties, responsibilities and requirements may change over time and according to business need. Worker Type: Employee Cubic creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation that make people’s lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities that help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global challenges through innovation and service to our customers and partners. We have a top-tier portfolio of businesses, including Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Defense (CD). Cubic is dedicated to providing a comprehensive employee benefits program. All regular, full-time and part-time employees (working an average of 20 hours per week) are eligible for benefits that are effective on the first day of employment. Cubic offers medical, dental and vision insurance, company-paid disability (company continues full pay and benefits for up to six weeks), life insurance options, critical illness and accident coverages, Flexible Spending Accounts, a pre-paid legal plan, travel accident insurance, an award-winning well-being program which includes an employer-funded lifestyle spending account, up to six weeks of paid parental leave, and a 401k Retirement Plan with a company match. Employees can also take advantage of backup childcare, pet care, pet insurance, virtual tutoring, and a tuition reimbursement program. Many locations follow a 9/80 work schedule with time-off policies to help encourage employees to take time for rest and relaxation. Full-time salaried employees are eligible to participate in Cubic’s flexible time-off arrangement. Part-time and hourly employees accrue paid time-off (PTO)/Sick leave at a rate of 5.23 hours bi-weekly. Lastly, Cubic provides its employees 11 paid holidays throughout the calendar year. With a presence in over 60 countries and more than 5,000 employees worldwide, Cubic is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer. We are committed to ensuring a workplace free of discrimination based on race, color, religion, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, military or veteran status, and any other basis protected by applicable law. For more information on Equal Employment please visit: http://www.cubic.com/Careers/Applicant-Help To learn more, visit Cubic.com. Follow us on LinkedIn!