Staff Engineer Software; Radar​/Tracking

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 Aeronautics Systems Sector has an opening for a Staff Engineer Software (Radar/Tracking) to join Global Surveillance Division supporting a team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Melbourne, Florida.

Responsibilities will include deploying, automating, maintaining, troubleshooting, and improving the systems and software infrastructure running smoothly. This role requires hands‑on technical experience and a can‑do approach toward environment automation and management along with continuous improvements. The candidate will be a team member working in an agile development process, responsible for the design and implementation of application builds, releases, deployments, and configuration activities.

Responsibilities also include gathering requirements, prototyping, architecting complex solutions, executing building and test plans, performing quality reviews, and triaging and fixing operational issues. Additional duties involve integration, troubleshooting, and testing of implemented software changes, and providing leadership for implementation. The role requires an in‑depth knowledge of automated testing to facilitate and analyze large data sets and a deep understanding of the software development life cycle.

The Software Engineer will develop, modify, and maintain customized or standardized applications using software engineering best practices and participate in the full life cycle of software development, including requirements development, modeling and design, application development, unit to CSCI testing, integration, formal system testing, release, installation, and maintenance.

The Software Engineer will interact with Program Management, external suppliers, and/or government customers. Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills are required. A solid experience in bash scripting, C/C++, or other OOP languages, in a Linux environment is required. Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD secret security clearance and Special Program Access is required.

• Development and fielding of target tracking and sensor fusion systems for advanced multi‑function RF and EOIR subsystems.
• Analyzing, shaping and relating data from a wide variety of modes, including long‑range search and track radar waveforms, electronic surveillance measure returns, electro‑optical/infrared video inputs.
• Become the subject‑matter expert for the target tracking (TRK) CSCI and contribute to overall software design.
• Participate in the full life cycle of software development, from requirement to maintenance.
• Apply technical expertise in solving complex integration problems.
• Interact with Program Management, external suppliers, and/or government customers.

• Full‑lifecycle design, implementation, and unit testing of software.
• Integrate functionality with other software components.
• Lead a team or provide leadership to drive solutions of complex problems.
• Support software working groups with the customer.
• Ensure software best practices are followed.
• Analyze the system as a whole and determine potential impacts of integrating new technologies.
• Develop software products within all phases of the software life cycle.
• Debug…