Software Engineer Level 3

Overview

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Top Secret

TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time

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 Payload and Ground Systems, a division within Northrop Grumman’s Space Systems Sector, is known for pushing the boundaries of innovation, redefining engineering capabilities, and driving advances in various sciences through cutting-edge technology. Our team is chartered with providing the skills and innovative technologies to develop, design, produce, and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter.

Come be a part of our mission!

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join our team in the Payload and Ground Systems Division Engineering organization supporting the Integrated National Systems (INS) Business Unit (BU) to support a Ground program.

This position will be located at our Aurora, Colorado site. This position requires being onsite and does not support remote or hybrid work.

This requisition may be filled at either a level 3 (Principal) or a level 4 (Sr. Principal), depending on the candidate’s experience as laid out in the basic qualifications detailed below as well as the interview assessment.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Designs, develops, documents, tests and debugs applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions. Conducts multidisciplinary research and collaborates with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems for product and commercial software. Determines computer user needs; analyzes system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls;

prepares operating instructions; designs and develops compilers and assemblers, utility programs, and operating systems. Ensures software standards are met.

Basic Requirements:

• Level 3 (Principal):
  Bachelor’s degree in Science with 5+ years of software development experience; 3+ years with a Master’s; or 4 additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Level 4 (Sr. Principal):
  Bachelor’s degree in Science with 8+ years of software development experience; 6+ years with a Master’s; or 4 additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Must have current Top Secret/SCI security clearance at time of application.
• Experience developing in Java
• Experience with software design and architecture
• Experience with software unit testing
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with Microservice architecture and Object Oriented Design

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience with Keycloak
• Experience with NodeJS Framework
• Experience as a front end GUI Designer and UI Implementation
• Experience with Mongo DB
• Experience with agile development

Primary Level Salary Range: $ - $

Secondary Level Salary Range: $ - $

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…