Software Architect - R10228690

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, but they’re also making history.

Staff Software Architect – located in El Segundo or Redondo Beach, CA
. The position will be primarily based on‑site and requires a 9/80 schedule, offering every other Friday off. Remote or hybrid work is not available.

We are seeking a talented and highly motivated software architect to collect mission requirements, describe software product features, develop technical designs, create feature roadmaps, and shape the product strategy. The role involves shaping long‑term technical strategy to evolve and deliver software architecture that enables various DoD missions, leading mission decomposition into functions, requirements, and interface definitions for implementation by software developers, and ensuring the autonomy architecture aligns with Government Reference Architectures (GRAs).

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline with at least 12 years of experience, or STEM master’s degree with 10 years of experience, or STEM PhD with 8 years of experience.
• Experience with Agile best practices and processes, including tasking, accountability, and process enforcement.
• Experience designing and architecting on‑board mission system software ensuring portability, modularity, adaptability, and scalability.
• Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/network development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and V&V.
• Experience designing micro‑service–based, containerized software using open standards.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance (DoD must be in‑scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any required program access within a reasonable period of time.

• Experience with Government Reference Architectures such as OMS/UCI.
• Experience designing or architecting operational user experiences.
• Knowledge or experience with software infrastructure such as Kubernetes, Podman, K3s, Helm, etc.

Primary level salary range: $ – $. The above salary range is a general guideline;
Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers.

Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, discretionary bonuses, and long‑term incentives for executive positions. Benefits include health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, company‑paid holidays, and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit . U.S. citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.