Engineer Software​/Principal Engineer Software; Infrastructure

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 Software Engineer or a Principal Software Engineer to join our Global Surveillance Division supporting the team of qualified, diverse individuals. The location for this opportunity is Melbourne, Florida and will be primarily based within our office spaces to support the program and business needs. Operating on our 9/80 schedule means you will get every other Friday off.

The position has NO remote or Hybrid work available.

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 towards environmental automation and management along with continuous improvements. As a member of an agile development team, you will be responsible for the design and implementation of application builds, releases, deployment along with configuration activities. You will work with internal business partners to gather requirements, prototyping, and architecting complex solutions supporting the building and test plan execution, performing quality reviews, and triaging and fixing operational issues.

You will assist with the integration, troubleshooting and testing of implemented software changes. The role demands ownership of ambiguous hard problems, driving them to a solution, while working in a team environment. You must understand the software development life cycle and have an in‑depth knowledge of automated testing to facilitate and analyze large data sets.

• Full lifecycle design, implementation, and unit testing of software.
• Apply extensive technical expertise and have full knowledge of other related disciplines. Able to communicate effectively and clearly present technical approaches and findings.
• Provide technical solutions to a wide range of complex, difficult problems that are imaginative, thorough, practicable, and consistent with program objectives.
• In‑depth understanding and wide application of technical principle, theories, and concepts in the field listed under the basic qualifications.
• Design, develop, document, test and debug applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions.
• Conduct multidisciplinary research when needed and collaborate with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems.
• Work with various team members to integrate functionality with other software components.
• Support the generating, gathering, and reporting software metrics.
• Follow program software best practices.
• Able to work independently and identify solutions to complex problems.
• Represents the organization as the prime technical contact on contracts and projects. Interacts with senior external personnel on significant technical matters often requiring coordination between organizations.

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 2 or more years of experience in software engineering OR a Master’s degree in STEM discipline and 0 or more years of experience in software engineering.
• Princip…