Principal Software Engineer

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 Space Systems – Launch and Missile Defense Systems has an exciting career opportunity for a Principal Software Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located Colorado Springs, CO.

Position Overview:

  

The selected Principal Software Engineer will be responsible for developing and implementing software updates that best meet changing customer needs on a Missile Defense System (MDS) Engineering Program.

Essential Functions:  

• Interface with requirements and deriving design from requirements in a model-based systems engineering environment.
• Derive and allocate requirements into detailed design.
• Collaborates with Systems and Modeling & Simulation Engineers to ensure software requirements are met.
• Determines user needs; analyzes system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls.
• Designs, develops, documents, tests and debugs applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions.
• Designs, develops and tests front end displays utilizing React and Node JS.
• Designs, develops and tests a framework built in C++ and Python.
• Develops and references databases to analyze and validate system performance.
• Performs software peer reviews, version control, automated tests, software analysis, continuous integration, and continuous delivery in accordance with DevSecOps processes and best practices.
• Performs code quality management and corrects defects.

The selected candidate should thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, collaborative/team settings across all levels.

BQs for a Principal Software Engineer are:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline preferred from an accredited university and 5 years of related experience, or a Master's Degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of related experience, or 0 years of experience with a PhD.
• Experience developing software in object-oriented programming languages such as C, C++, or Java.
• Ability and willingness to travel 10% to support business needs.
• Applicants must have a current active in-scope U.S. Government security clearance at the DoD secret level, which is required to start.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Software Engineering or related field.
• Experience bridging requirements into software design and implementation preferably utilizing architecture models through detailed design documentation and into code.
• Experience utilizing Atlassian toolkit (Bitbucket, Confluence, Jira)
• Experience with working in a fast pace, agile environment with the ability to work on cross-function Scrum team focused on quality and capability delivery
• Experience with Java/C/C++ development and/or front-end web development including JavaScript Frameworks (Node JS or React), HTML, and CSS
• Experience with Python development
• Experience with MATLAB
• Familiarity with DevSecOps, continuous integration, and continuous delivery concepts
• Familiarity with utilizing Git as distributed version control software
• Experience with Linux and Windows operating systems
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and development

Salary Range: $95,100 USD - $142,700 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.