Principal Engineer Software - Support Equipment Software

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription

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 (NGAS), Global Surveillance division is looking for Principal Engineer Software to join our software team. This position will be located in Melbourne, Florida.

Responsibilities will include designing, testing, maintaining, troubleshooting, and improving the systems and software.  You will be a team member working in agile development process. Your responsibilities will include working 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. It is critical that you understand the software development life cycle to include requirements development, modeling and design, application development, unit to CSCI testing, integration, formal system testing, release, installation, and maintenance.  

Essential Functions:
•    Work closely with engineers and technicians in a lab environment
•    Review, analyze, and incorporate technical requirements into end-to-end system architectures
•    Full lifecycle design, implementation, and unit testing of software.
•    Occasional travel may be required
•    Work with various team members to integrate functionality with other software components.
•    Ability to lead a team and/or provide leadership to drive solutions of complex problems.
•    Support software working groups with the customer.
•    Develop and share technical documentation and presentations.

Basic Qualifications:

• (Principal Engineer Software) Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 5 years of experience in software engineering OR a Master’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 3 years of experience in software engineering.

• US citizen with ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret level security clearance and any program accesses needed. Interim clearance is required to start.

• Development experience with C/C++ or other OOP languages.

• Development experience with a scripting language (e.g. Bash, Python)

• Experience developing software in a Linux or Windows environment.

• Experience with debugging software in both the desktop and target environments.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills and Strong interpersonal skills.

• Experience with Agile software development. 

• Experience with configuration management using industry standard tools and processes.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with the Atlassian/GitLab tool suite, plugins, Git.

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and Atlassian/GitLab tools

• Active certification at DOD 8570 IAT Level II (e.g. Security+) or greater

• Experience interfacing or presenting to customers

Primary Level Salary Range: $98,400.00 - $147,600.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.