Software Engineer or Principal Software Engineer

Overview

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available
CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret
TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time

Join the Northrop Grumman team to develop the next generation of software for the next generation of platforms. Support development and integration of the latest technologies - AI/ML, Quantum computing, cloud, and digital design – to impact future generation aircraft. Become part of the team that will give our war fighters the advantage over our adversaries. Bring your bold new ideas, and pioneering spirit to our team to invent the future and have some fun along the way.

We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Software Engineer or a Principal Software Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our software organization. This role can be located in Melbourne, FL
, Oklahoma City, OK, San Diego, CA, or Palmdale, CA operating on our 9/80 schedule meaning you will get every other Friday off. The position has No Remote or Hybrid work available.

In this role you will be supporting critical design, development, integration, and test of product support software using software engineering best practices and standards in support of the flight software team. The selected candidate will develop this software by implementing principles of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFE).

• Designs, develops, documents, tests, and debugs applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions

• Conducts multidisciplinary research and collaborates with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems for product and commercial software

• Determines computer uses needs; analyzes system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and control

• Ensures software standards are met

• Work to increase domain knowledge and key skills required by VMC developers

• Initiative to engage senior developers and the product lead early with any encountered technical challenges

• Develop software to meet documented requirements

• Work assigned defect reports in a timely fashion to support incremental product builds and releases

• Build a commitment to first-time software quality by developing code unit tests of developed software, and being equally meticulous in code peer reviews of other developers’ software changes

• Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and ensure high availability

• Maintain and troubleshoot networking components, including VLANs, firewalls, switches, and routers

• Install, configure, and maintain operating systems, software, servers, and hardware

• Deploy, manage, and support virtualized environments (e.g. VMware, Hyper-V, or other hypervisors)

• Implement and manage core infrastructure services (e.g., DNS, DHCP, NAS, and Active Directory)

• Set up an overall Cloud-native Software Factory

• Manage and improve container orchestration and deployment strategies

• Support programs with integration and deployment automation in a cloud enabled environment

• Participate in software development in support of Research and Advanced Design programs

• Design, develop, and document software for mission planning solutions

• Collaborate with the Chief Architect and Lead Systems Engineer to build and test OMS tools, services, and bridges

• Generate and present material to support internal and external customer briefings

• Software Engineer: Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) from an accredited university with 2 Years of experience; OR a master’s degree in STEM with 0 Years of experience

• Principal Software Engineer: Bachelor’s Degree in STEM with 5 Years of experience; OR a master’s degree with 3 Years experience; OR a PhD with 1 Year experience

• Knowledge of Agile software development using C++ and/or Python in a…