Industrial Placement Software Engineer – Cyber & Defence

Northrop Grumman; Cheltenham; Hybrid; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Private healthcare

Pension

Life assurance

Health cash plan

Job summary

Northrop Grumman UK is offering an Industrial Placement Software Engineer role in Cheltenham. You will contribute to Agile projects spanning cyber innovation, big data analytics, and systems architecture, writing unit-tested code and supporting software development lifecycle activities.

Starting September 2027, the 12-month placement includes mentoring, a Scrum-based team environment and opportunities to work on meaningful defence and security technologies.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a relevant degree or equivalent knowledge and skills.
• Experience coding in Python, Java or JavaScript.
• Understanding of the software development lifecycle and deadlines.
• Strong analytical and logical reasoning abilities.

Responsibilities

• Write clean, well-constructed, unit-tested code.
• Complete development and support activities via the team’s Scrum board.
• Assist with debugging and fault-finding for operational systems.
• Contribute to feature design with stakeholders and the Product Owner.
• Write system tests under guidance of the test manager.

Skills

Python

Java

JavaScript

Agile development

Analytical thinking

Education

Software Engineering or Computer Science degree (or equivalent)

Job description

Northrop Grumman UK is offering an Industrial Placement Software Engineer role in Cheltenham. You will contribute to Agile projects spanning cyber innovation, big data analytics, and systems architecture, writing unit-tested code and supporting software development lifecycle activities.

Starting September 2027, the 12-month placement includes mentoring, a Scrum-based team environment and opportunities to work on meaningful defence and security technologies.