Software Sustaining-DevOps Manager
Waterdown, Canada
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L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 50,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.
9/80 work schedule available for most U.S. and Canada employees, effective October 24, 2022.
Manager, Software Development (Sustaining & DevOps)
L3HARRIS WESCAM Division
Waterdown ON, Canada
About L3Harris WESCAM
As a subsidiary of L3Harris Technologies and within the Integrated Mission Systems Segment, the WESCAM division develops the most advanced optical and sensor systems for global defense and military sectors, Homeland Security, Search and Rescue and Airborne law enforcement agencies. From long-range covert surveillance missions to search and rescue operations, our MX-series systems, and the mission systems solutions they are a part of, produce stabilized high-magnification electro-optical and infrared images from airborne, marine and ground based platforms, enabling our customers to see first and act first.
About the Role
The Software Engineering department at WESCAM is looking for a dynamic leader for software services including production software builds, sustaining software support, and DevOps.
The individual in this role will work closely with both the software engineering management team and other engineering functions. The ideal candidate for this role has strong leadership experience, good people skills and a passion for development of high quality, mission critical software. They should also be able to adapt to the pressures of delivering software to operations for production deliveries.
Software at WESCAM is the heart of our MX-series systems and the glue that pulls together state of the art mechanical, electrical and optical features of our designs. Each system and mission offers unique challenges so our software has to be flexible while meeting challenging performance requirements that push the boundaries of what is possible with advanced imaging systems. Come join the team and help us create the next generation of MX-series systems!
Responsibilities
- Provide leadership, guidance, mentorship and career management for engaged, high performing engineering team members performing two related functions:
- Software Sustaining
- Triage, debug and resolve software issues from system regression testing
- Execute customer specific software development projects including platform integration customizations and field upgrades as needed
- Continually improve the quality and maintainability of our codebase and software delivery processes
- DevOps
- Own the production software build & release process
- Develop build tools and maintain infrastructure to support continuous integration/ deployment
- Maintain, document and promote other tools & services that improve developer productivity and software quality
- Help foster a DevOps mentality throughout the entire department
- Software Sustaining
- Contribute to good software engineering design practices, processes and standards throughout the department
- Participate in daily production software delivery activities including regular software builds and driving resolution of software issues in operations or regression testing
- Develop and continually improve working relationships with operations, projects engineering and applied systems engineering in support of organization goals and objectives
- Create roadmaps for advancing our DevOps infrastructure and our software delivery capabilities
- Drive continuous improvement of software delivery through generating & monitoring performance metrics and sponsoring related improvement initiatives
- Provide expert-level technical support to the organization
- Work with other leaders & senior technical staff to develop and maintain our software technology roadmap
- Contribute to developing robust software development and delivery processes that meet AS9100/ISO9001 quality management system requirements
Recommended Skills and Experiences
- Experience leading & engaging with high performing engineering teams
- Design, implementation and validation of embedded software, preferably in related fields such as avionics, motor control and/or camera/video systems
- Strong background in one or more of the following technical areas:
- Embedded software development with C/C++
- Automated software test methodologies tailored to embedded systems
- Development of software for complex electronic and FPGA systems.
- Familiarity with industry best practices for software development include source control management, Agile practices and Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) methodologies
- Passion and experience with making DevOps an integral part of a software development organization
- Experience establishing strong relationships with leaders across the organization to get things done.
- Experience assessing and hiring the best talent for the team.
Desired Education
- University degree or College diploma in Software Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline.
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in embedded software development.
L3Harris performs background checks prior to employment as all applicants must be eligible for registration with the Controlled Goods Program and obtain and maintain a positive security assessment. Some positions may require a government of Canada “Reliability” status and/or Level 2 (Secret) security clearance. In addition, L3Harris performs pre-employment substance abuse testing where required.
At L3Harris, we foster an inclusive, equitable and diverse workplace. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. For applicants with disabilities, we will provide you with accommodation so that you have what you need in order to be at your best.
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