Sr Principal Software Engineer – BM​/SRM

Description

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—Missile Defense Integration offers an excellent opportunity for a Sr Principal Software Engineer – BM/SRM (26-325) to join our team of skilled and diverse professionals. Based in Huntsville, AL, this role is essential to supporting the U.S. President, the Secretary of Defense, and combatant commanders at the strategic, regional, and operational levels.

This position does not provide relocation assistance and requires on-site work with no remote options.

The Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2

BMC) program is a key component of the Missile Defense System. It is a vital operational system that enables the U.S. president, the secretary of defense, and combatant commanders at strategic, regional, and operational levels to systematically plan ballistic missile defense operations, collectively monitor the battle, and dynamically control networked sensors and weapon systems to achieve global and regional mission goals.

C2

BMC supports layered missile defense capabilities that enable an optimized response to threats across all ranges and flight phases. It serves as a force multiplier by networking, integrating, and synchronizing autonomous sensor and weapon systems and operations globally and regionally to improve performance. C2

BMC is essential for all ground and flight tests that verify and demonstrate the current and future capabilities of missile defense systems.

The Regional Applications (RA) Battle Management/Sensor Resource Management (BM/SRM) team is seeking a senior software engineer to join the Huntsville development effort.

• Working with minimal direction, the role requires deep technical expertise across multiple software disciplines and an understanding of systemwide implications and user needs
• Ideal candidates have a proven track record of building and supporting high-performance applications and possess excellent problem-solving and communication skills
• Experience with automated testing, software development, best practices, and a collaborative mindset is essential to success in this role
• Willingness to accept unforeseen assignments
• Willingness to travel 10% of the time for business needs
• Will also debug, configure, and maintain existing codebases and create automated tools to improve developer productivity and operational efficiency
• Will design, develop, and maintain high-throughput, object-oriented applications utilizing common OOP languages and Python
• Conducts detailed analysis, design, coding, unit and integration testing, performance benchmarking, operational integration, and provides ongoing user support for complex software products

Please list your current security clearance and IAT or relevant certifications on your resume, if applicable.

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field from an accredited university, along with 8 years of experience; or a Master’s degree in a related field with 6 years of relevant work experience; or 12 years of relevant work experience may be considered as an alternative to a degree
• Applicants must have a current, active in-scope DoD-issued Secret security clearance at the time of application, which is required to start
• Proficiency in Python and at least one additional object-oriented programming…