Principal / Sr Principal Engineer Software

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.

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.

The Payload and Ground Systems organization within the Northrop Grumman Space Systems pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission.

The Space Systems Sector is seeking an experienced Principal Software Engineer or Sr. Principal Software Engineer in to join a Ground team.

The successful candidate for this position will join a group of Software engineers that is designing, deploying, and maintaining Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments for a ground system. The ground system will include Docker containers orchestrated by Kubernetes.

We are seeking an experienced User Software Developer experienced with integration and test to work as a member of an Agile team developing a high-visibility, mission critical component of a larger system. The new team members will be working with Docker, Linux, Python, Java Script, AWS, NATS, and GRPC, and behave testing.  The ideal candidates will be responsible for working individually and as part of a team to review and test software components for adherence to the design requirements and documents test results. The team is seeking talented engineers who resolve software problems and utilize software development and software design methodologies appropriate to the development environment. The successful candidates shall have experience with creating specific input to the software components of system design to include hardware/software tradeoffs, software reuse, use of Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS)/ Government Off-the Shelf (GOTS) in place of new development, and requirements analysis and synthesis from system level to individual software components.

This requisition may be filled at the higher grade based on the qualifications listed below. 
  

Qualifications

This position may be performed at a Principal Software Engineer level or Senior Principal Software Engineer level depending on the qualifications, skills, and experience of the candidate.

Principal Software Engineer: Bachelor's degree in STEM and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experiences, a Master's degree with 3 years of relevant experience, a PhD with 0 years’ experience. An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree requirement. 

Senior Principal Software Engineer: Bachelor's degree in STEM and a minimum of 9 years of relevant experiences, a Master's degree with 7 years of relevant experience, a PhD with 4 years of relevant experience; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree requirement.

Basic Qualifications: 

• Must be a US Citizen with an active TS/SCI.

• Experience with Agile software development using Python or Java Script in a Linux environment

• Experienced in Dockerizing Applications and Container Management (Docker and Kubernetes)

• Experience with the NATS and GRPC infrastructures

• Experience with Behave testing

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Commercial Cloud Services (C2S) or Amazon Web Services (AWS)

• Certifications as a Certified AWS Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional), i.e. CSA-A or CSA-P, or equivalent

• Experienced with Atlassian tools (JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket)

• Knowledge of AWS Development/Deployment

• Experience with Behave

This position reports to Morrisville, NC, USA, however, this position can also be worked from Fairfax, VA, VA, USA.

Salary Range: $95,100 USD - $157,000 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.