Principal Engineer Software - Support Equipment Software

Northrop Grumman; Melbourne (FL); On-site; USD 98,400 - 147,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Northrop Grumman in Melbourne, Florida is seeking a Principal Engineer Software who will design, test, maintain, and improve software systems. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in software engineering with proficiency in C/C++ and scripting languages. The role involves collaboration in an agile environment.

With competitive salary ranging from $98,400 to $147,600, the company offers relocation assistance, comprehensive benefits including health insurance, and an inclusive work culture that values diversity and innovation.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in software engineering with a Bachelor's degree or 3 years with a Master's degree.
• US citizen eligible for DoD Secret level security clearance.
• Experience with configuration management using standard tools.

Responsibilities

• Design, test, maintain, and troubleshoot software systems.
• Work in an agile development team.
• Gather requirements and prototype solutions.

Skills

C/C++ or other OOP languages

Scripting languages (e.g. Bash, Python)

Agile software development

Debugging software

Strong communication skills

Technical documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Master’s degree in STEM

Tools

Linux environment

Windows environment

Atlassian/GitLab tool suite

Job description

Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available

Clearance Required For Start: Yes

Clearance Type: Secret

Travel: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description: 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 (NGAS), Global Surveillance division is looking for Principal Engineer Software to join our software team. This position will be located in Melbourne, Florida.

Responsibilities will include designing, testing, maintaining, troubleshooting, and improving the systems and software. You will be a team member working in agile development process. Your responsibilities will include working with internal business partners to gather requirements, prototyping, and architecting complex solutions supporting the building and test plan execution, performing quality reviews, and triaging and fixing operational issues. It is critical that you understand the software development life cycle to include requirements development, modeling and design, application development, unit to CSCI testing, integration, formal system testing, release, installation, and maintenance.

Essential Functions:

• Work closely with engineers and technicians in a lab environment
• Review, analyze, and incorporate technical requirements into end-to-end system architectures
• Full lifecycle design, implementation, and unit testing of software.
• Occasional travel may be required
• Work with various team members to integrate functionality with other software components.
• Ability to lead a team and/or provide leadership to drive solutions of complex problems.
• Support software working groups with the customer.
• Develop and share technical documentation and presentations.

Basic Qualifications:

• (Principal Engineer Software) Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 5 years of experience in software engineering OR a Master’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 3 years of experience in software engineering.
• US citizen with ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret level security clearance and any program accesses needed. Interim clearance is required to start.
• Development experience with C/C++ or other OOP languages.
• Development experience with a scripting language (e.g. Bash, Python)
• Experience developing software in a Linux or Windows environment.
• Experience with debugging software in both the desktop and target environments.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and Strong interpersonal skills.
• Experience with Agile software development.
• Experience with configuration management using industry standard tools and processes.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with the Atlassian/GitLab tool suite, plugins, Git.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and Atlassian/GitLab tools
• Active certification at DOD 8570 IAT Level II (e.g. Security+) or greater
• Experience interfacing or presenting to customers

Primary Level Salary Range: $98,400.00 - $147,600.00

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity 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 and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.