Engineer Software

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CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI

TRAVEL:
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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 Microelectronics Devices and Applications (MDA) Organization within Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS) is a highly motivated, talented, and growing organization focused on advancing the science and engineering of superconducting electronic systems into new capabilities and products. MDA is developing the technologies to transform computing beyond Moore’s Law by advancing development of computer architectures, processing and memory subsystems, and large‑scale high‑performance computing systems.

The Advanced Technology Lab of Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking Superconducting Electronics engineers. The qualified candidate will become part of Northrop Grumman’s MDA Organization. MDA is focused on developing state‑of‑the‑art next‑generation superconducting electronics (SCE) and advanced computing technologies.

Your primary responsibility will be to contribute to the development of a software suite in Python that is responsible for data acquisition and test automation in a laboratory environment software as part of a small (4‑6 member) team using an Agile workflow. Independent work will also at times be required.

The ideal candidate will have experience in Python development. Ideally this Python experience would include specific experience with at least some of the following list, in decreasing order of importance: pytest, PyVISA, PyQT, pandas, matplotlib, and Qt Designer.

Additional helpful but not required technical experience includes electrical systems test equipment, embedded systems development, data processing tools, and devops toolsets – see “Preferred Qualifications” section below for more details.

Candidates should also have experience with agile team workflows, either through work experience or educational training.

It would be beneficial in this role to have familiarity with or at least significant interest in interfacing with low‑level hardware to directly test the properties and responses of physical systems, including extraction and processing of the resulting raw data into more usable forms. Additional domain knowledge in superconducting physics, analog and digital electrical systems, and semiconductor manufacturing processes would also be helpful.

This position requires work on site located at our Advanced Technology Lab (ATL) in Linthicum/ Annapolis Junction, MD.

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) such as Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a similar technical discipline with 2 years of related experience or MS in a STEM discipline with 0 years of related experience.
• Proficiency with Python development in both object‑oriented and functional contexts
• Experience with developing and contributing to larger scale software projects.
• Experience with developing software in a version‑controlled environment
• Experience with developing unit tests
• Experience with agile software development methodologies.
• This position requires the applicant to be a U.S. citizen and the ability to obtain and maintain a clearance per business requirements.