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+ **Crane Aerospace and Electronics** has an exciting opportunity for a **Software Engineering Supervisor (Software Lead)** at our **Lynnwood, WA** location.

About Crane:

**Crane Aerospace & Electronics** supplies critical systems and components to the aerospace and defense markets. You’ll find Crane Aerospace & Electronics in some of the toughest environments: from engines to landing gear; from satellites to medical implants and from missiles to unmanned aerial systems (UAS).

Located in the epicenter of United States aviation manufacturing, our Crane Aerospace & Electronics Lynnwood, Wash., facility delivers industry-leading aerospace & defense power and fluid solutions. Our products are rugged enough to fly 5 billion miles from Earth on NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft and innovative enough to be featured on Eviation’s Alice all-electric aircraft. You’ll join a group of aerospace professionals committed to engineering excellence and work in a community tucked between the idyllic Puget Sound and Cascade Mountains. Start the next chapter of your career with Crane Aerospace & Electronics!

Job Summary:

The Software Engineering Supervisor is a tactical leader responsible for planning, coordinating, and overseeing the work of software engineers while managing their development and performance. This role focuses on applying software engineering principles and methodologies to design, develop, test, and maintain high-quality software solutions that meet customer requirements and organizational objectives. The Software Engineering Supervisor plays a critical role in driving the successful execution of software projects, fostering collaboration across multidisciplinary teams, and ensuring the delivery of reliable, scalable, and innovative software products in a dynamic development environment.

Essential Functions:

+ Provide leadership to assigned staff, assist the Engineering Manager with staffing allocations, and support hiring and development of a skilled, collaborative, and motivated team in a fast-paced product development and sustaining environment.

+ Manage direct reports by organizing work, setting priorities, and providing technical oversight to ensure performance on projects.

+ Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align engineering efforts with business goals and ensure standardization of engineering products and processes.

+ Create and execute data-driven action plans to improve standard work, performance, and continuous improvement initiatives, including Kaizen and 5S practices.

+ Determine resources, tools, and processes needed to support legacy and new development programs while sustaining a safe workplace through adherence to company policies.

+ Drive continuous improvement through the implementation of the Crane Business System and support other tasks as assigned by management.

+ Collaborate with functional groups to achieve product performance, cost targets, and manufacturability while ensuring compliance with company and regulatory guidelines for safety.

+ Define, decompose, and manage product and process requirements to support development, sustaining, and R&D efforts.

+ Plan, estimate, prioritize, and manage work activities to meet project schedules and budgets, producing accurate designs that meet customer specifications and company requirements for cost, quality, and reliability.

+ Apply problem-solving processes and tools to identify root causes and implement corrective actions for technical challenges in product development and sustaining assignments.

+ Generate and review technical documentation, including proposals, reports, and procedures, to satisfy customer and program requirements.

+ Mentor junior engineers and support Integrated Product Team (IPT) activities in collaboration with technical, operations, quality, and business disciplines.

+ Perform analysis of requirements, design, code, and verification outputs to assure compliance to guidelines, procedures, and customer standards.

+ Develop and ensure full traceability of customer specification requirements to software code.

+ Follow and ensure compliance with Airborne Software guidelines per DO-178.

+ Utilize knowledge of requirements management, validation and verification in project tasks.

+ Any additional tasks assigned by supervisor or management.

Minimum Qualifications:

+ Experience: 5+ years of experience in product design, test, or sustaining within aviation or other regulated industry and previous experience as a lead or supervisor

Knowledge:

+ Demonstrated basic capabilities for budgeting, planning, and assigning tasks. Demonstrated experience with regulatory requirements, engineering processes, and best practices.

+ Strong experience with embedded software for aerospace applications per DO178 guidelines, including software planning, requirements management, code generation, validation and verification.

+ Strong experience with high level programming languages, such as C/C++, and Assembly language.

+ Experience with communication Interfaces common to aerospace (ARINC429, RS232, CAN, AFDX, etc.).

+ Experience with software simulator and emulator.

+ Experience with Data Load function.

+ Experience with digital design.

+ Experience with scripting languages (PERL, VB, ASP, etc.).

+ Experience with requirements simulation (such as Matlab with Simulink or SCADE).

+ Experience with structural coverage analysis tools (CodeTest, LDRA, etc).

**Skills/Abilities:** Ability to provide leadership to assigned staff. Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and communications skills. Demonstrated multi-tasking and prioritization skills.

**Education/Certification:** BS in Engineering.

+ **Eligibility** **Requirement:** This position may require access to Controlled Data or Information. Where the position requires such access only US Persons will be considered. As a US Department of Defense contractor, we are bound by International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)

Top Benefits:

**_Salary range: $146,100.00 to $176,000._** Several factors contribute to actual salary, including experience in a similar role or performing comparable job responsibilities, skills, training, and other qualifications. Some roles may be eligible for participation in performance-based bonus programs.

As a team member at Crane Aerospace and Electronics, you’ll enjoy:

+ **Benefits:** Health care, dental, vision, life and disability insurance starting the first day of the month

+ **Time Off:** 15 days of paid time off that start accruing your first day at Crane and 12 paid holidays per year.

+ **401k Retirement Plan:** 401k plan with company match

+ **Education Reimbursement:** eligible after 90 days of employment

You can see a list of our benefits at https://www.craneae.com/company/careers or visit our website at www.CraneAE.com for more information on our company and great opportunities.

We are committed to operational excellence and world class processes. We employ Lean manufacturing techniques to optimize manufacturing efficiency and accuracy on all product lines. Our products are known for their technical strength, proven reliability and overall value.

In our efforts to maintain a safe and drug-free workplace, Crane Aerospace & Electronics requires that candidates complete a satisfactory background check. FAA sensitive positions require employees to participate in a random drug test pool.

This description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work being performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Crane Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, pregnancy, medical condition, genetic information, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or applicable local law.

_This description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work being performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job._

_Crane Company. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, general identity, national origin, disability or veteran status._

At Crane, we believe that attracting and retaining the highest quality people is the best insurance of success. Our goal is to recruit talented people and train them within a culture that calls for performance with trust and respect. Join us.

The unique backgrounds and differences of our associates make us stronger, more capable, and more successful. Beyond an associate’s base compensation, we reward and reinforce wellbeing with a compelling package of both cash and non-cash benefits, including comprehensive health, wellness incentives, assistance with retirement savings, paid time off, paid holidays, and tuition reimbursement — as well as performance-based bonus programs for certain positions. Crane prioritizes career development for our associates. All associates receive an annual development plan that includes a mixture of on-the-job coaching and formal training experiences to support individual development needs. We firmly believe in associate growth that supports career progression and we will proactively support your ongoing career development.