Graduate Software Engineer – Defence Tech (SC Clearance)

Northrop Grumman; Greater London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Dental

Pension

Job summary

Northrop Grumman UK invites graduates to join a two-year Graduate Software Engineer programme starting September 2027 at New Malden, London. You’ll contribute to live projects, designing, developing, testing, and integrating software while applying Agile and DevSecOps practices in multidisciplinary teams to deliver mission-critical UK defence capabilities.

You’ll receive mentoring, potential rotations across projects, and a structured development plan with support from a dedicated buddy, project

Qualifications

• A relevant degree in software engineering or computer science or equivalent knowledge/skills.
• Experience with object-oriented programming languages (Java, C++, C#) is desirable.
• Familiarity with the software development lifecycle and modern tooling is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to software development projects within multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Design, develop, test and integrate software solutions.
• Apply Agile and DevSecOps approaches throughout the software lifecycle.
• Participate in technical reviews and collaborative team activities.
• Learn from experienced engineers and technical specialists.
• Help deliver mission-critical capabilities for UK defence customers.

Skills

Java

C++

C#

Software development lifecycle

Agile methodologies

DevSecOps

Cloud technologies

Microservices

Education

Software Engineering or Computer Science degree

Tools

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Open-source contributions

Job description

Northrop Grumman UK invites graduates to join a two-year Graduate Software Engineer programme starting September 2027 at New Malden, London. You’ll contribute to live projects, designing, developing, testing, and integrating software while applying Agile and DevSecOps practices in multidisciplinary teams to deliver mission-critical UK defence capabilities.

You’ll receive mentoring, potential rotations across projects, and a structured development plan with support from a dedicated buddy, project