Staff Engineer Software

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE:
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.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Staff Software Signal Processing Engineer to join our team supporting a radar program in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In this staff-level role, you will provide technical leadership for the development of advanced radar digital signal processing software in support of identification and tracking of objects in geosynchronous orbit. You will act as a senior technical authority for radar DSP software—guiding architecture, design decisions, and implementation approaches across the team—while remaining hands‑on with code and technical problem solving.

• Serve as a technical leader and subject-matter expert for radar digital signal processing software, providing guidance on system architecture, algorithm selection, implementation strategies, and performance optimization.
• Design, develop, document, test, and debug complex applications software and software systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions, with particular emphasis on high‑performance radar DSP pipelines.
• Lead multidisciplinary research and collaborate closely with systems, hardware, and equipment designers to plan, design, develop, and utilize electronic data processing systems for mission and product software.
• Work with stakeholders to determine computer user and mission needs; analyze system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques, and controls; prepare operating instructions and technical documentation.
• Guide the design and development of compilers, utility programs, and/or supporting infrastructure where needed to enable scalable signal processing workflows.
• Provide mentorship and technical direction to other engineers, including code reviews, design reviews, and coaching on best practices for performance, reliability, and maintainability.
• Demonstrated experience developing and optimizing radar signal processing algorithms and pipelines (DSP), including use of common engineering tool chains such as DSP System Toolbox / Signal Processing Toolbox / Phased Array System toolsets.
• Demonstrated experience with GPGPU acceleration (e.g., CUDA) for performance‑critical signal processing and/or analytics workloads, including profiling, optimization, and balancing CPU/GPU resources.
• Experience using AI‑enabled engineering tooling (e.g., an AI coding assistant) to accelerate development tasks such as code explanation, refactoring, and test generation—while maintaining clear engineer accountability for reviewed code and technical decisions.

• Must have an active U.S. Government Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope.
• Demonstrated proficiency with C++, Java,…