Principal Virtualization Engineer - Lab Flight Systems

Northrop Grumman

Melbourne (KY)

On-site

USD 98,000 - 148,000

Full time

8 days ago
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Savings plan
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Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems seeks a Principal/Senior Principal Software Engineer (Virtualization) to design, develop, and deploy virtualization solutions for flight control and mission systems. Located onsite in Melbourne, FL, the role blends lab automation with hardware-in-the-loop testing and secure, reproducible workflows.

The role requires a STEM advanced degree with 1–8 years, active clearance, RHCSA readiness, and cross-platform experience.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in STEM with 5+ years of experience, or MS with 3+ years, or PhD with 1 year.
  • Active US Government Secret (or higher) clearance (BI within 6 years or Continuous Evaluation).
  • Ability to obtain SAP clearance within a reasonable time.
  • Experience across Windows and/or Linux environments (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, or similar).

Responsibilities

  • Develop virtualization for lab topologies (compute, storage, networking) with hypervisors and containers.
  • Create automation scripts (IaC) for provisioning and lifecycle management of lab resources.
  • Build or integrate device emulation layers exposing virtual instruments.
  • Implement audit logging to meet security and compliance requirements.
  • Create CI/CD pipelines for lab images, updates, and patches.
  • Document designs, SOPs, and train lab administrators.
  • Collaborate with domain experts to translate procedures into reproducible virtual workflows.

Tools

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RHCSA

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems seeks a Principal/Senior Principal Software Engineer (Virtualization) to design, develop, and deploy virtualization solutions for flight control and mission systems. Located onsite in Melbourne, FL, the role blends lab automation with hardware-in-the-loop testing and secure, reproducible workflows.

The role requires a STEM advanced degree with 1–8 years, active clearance, RHCSA readiness, and cross-platform experience.

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