Principal​/Sr Principal Software Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
No

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.

Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world's biggest challenges. 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.

We are seeking an experienced AI software engineer to join our data science and product teams. The ideal candidate will blend strong programming skills with deep familiarity in LLM deployment, agentic AI frameworks, and large scale data platforms. This role will contribute to building end to end AI solutions that drive product differentiation and scale.

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking Principal/Senior Principal AI Engineer Software. This is a dual level position and will be located in Location(s):
Roy, Utah and will support the Sentinel program.

• Defines, develops, and delivers novel mathematical and statistical modeling and algorithm development to tackle the challenges of prediction, optimization, and classification.
• Applies machine learning algorithms to large sets of structured and unstructured data to solve a broad range of problems that include applications in pattern recognition, target detection and tracking, machine learning and decision systems, and robotic systems.
• Prototypes advanced artificial intelligence techniques to stretch the capability of autonomous systems research and development programs.
• Designs, develops, documents, tests and debugs applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions.
• Collaborates with cross-functional team to deploy machine learning algorithms to prototype testing and production. Ensures software standards are met.
• May use system-of-systems and multi-agent approaches to architect and design AI software systems.
• Perform integration testing, regression testing, and formal qualification testing in an agile software development environment
• Works closely with AI Systems Engineers to understand program intent, system capabilities, and output requirements.
• May design software-systems, applications, and data architectures that directly implement AI techniques to support achieving better reliability, precision, accuracy, and speed to meet performance requirements.

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Space Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:?

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage?
• 401k?
• Educational Assistance?
• Life Insurance?
• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions ?
• Paid Time Off ?
• Health & Wellness Resources ?
• Employee Discounts?

This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

• Principal Engineer Software: 05 Years with Bachelors in relevant field of study; 03 Years with Masters; 00 Years with PhD or 04 additional years in lieu of a degree.

• Must be able to obtain a DoD Secret clearance.
• U.S. Citizen and Ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP).
• Demonstrated proficiency in Python and JavaScript/Type Script, with a strong track record of delivering production grade code and solving complex problems in both languages.
• Familiarity in working with locally hosted large language models, including hands on experience deploying and optimizing frameworks such as Ollama and Llama?
  
  CPP
• Familiarity with leading AI service APIs, including practical experience integrating, prompting, and fine tuning solutions built on OpenAI?
  
  ChatGPT, Anthropic?
  
  Claude, and Google?
  
  Gemini.
• Familiarity with building agentic AI solutions using frameworks such as Lang Chain, Lang Graph, or…