Software Engineer / Principal Software Engineer – MSSW DDC

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 has an opening for a Software Engineer – Data Displays & Control to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. Position is located in Oklahoma City, OK.

Essential Functions:   

Exciting position offers the opportunity to directly create, implement and evaluate software for displays in a cockpit environment. Not your average sustainment role! 

The Software Engineer will develop, modify and maintain customized or standardized applications using software engineering best practices and standards, and participate in the full life-cycle of software development, to include requirements development, modeling and design, application development, unit to CSCI testing, integration, formal system testing, release, installation, and maintenance.  The candidate will interface on occasion with the customer and excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills are essential.  

Benefits: 
We offer flexible work arrangements, phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly team environment. We are looking for self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented people to help us grow our services and become even better at what we do.

Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) provide benefits for the member, our leaders and the company. Our ERGs offer opportunities to be a friend, be active, be a volunteer, be a leader, to be recognized and to be yourself. Every ERG is inclusive of all employees! 

This requisition may be filled at either the Software Engineer or Principal Software Engineer level.

Basic Qualifications

Software Engineer:

•    Bachelor’s Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university with 2 years of software engineering experience; OR a Master’s Degree in (STEM) from an accredited university with 0 years of experience
•     Experience developing software/writing code in C/C++ and/or Java
•     At minimum, an active DoD Secret level clearance is required to apply and to start the role, with the ability to obtain and maintain program access within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs.

Principal Software Engineer

•     Bachelor’s Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university with 5 years of software engineering experience; OR a Master’s Degree in (STEM) from an accredited university with at least 3 years of software engineering experience; OR a PhD degree in a STEM field with 0 years of experience.
•     Experience developing software/writing code in C/C++
•     At minimum, an active DoD Secret level clearance is required to apply and to start the role, with the ability to obtain and maintain program access within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs.

Preferred Qualifications:

•     Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or Electrical Engineering
•     Experience in aeronautical displays development
•     Experience in OpenGL
•     Familiarity with Rhapsody, Eclipse, Atlassian Tools (Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence, Crucible, Bamboo etc..)
•     Familiarity with Agile software development process
•     Experience with Python
•     Eclipse or other integrated development environment (IDE)
•     Knowledge of Linux systems with basic commands

Salary Range: $67,400 USD - $101,000 USD

Salary Range 2: $83,000 USD - $124,600 USD

Employees may be eligible for 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 health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.