Secret-Cleared Software Engineer – Defense Systems

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 83,000 - 1,252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime

Shift differential

Discretionary bonus

Annual bonuses

Long Term Incentives

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Company paid holidays

PTO for vacation/personal

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Systems, Multi-Domain Operations, and Missile Defense Integration is seeking a Software Engineer - Level 2 or 3 in Colorado Springs, CO. You will contribute to missile defense, space, and intelligence programs, using C++, Python, and Java to support MS&A tasks.

The role emphasizes collaboration across teams, adherence to coding standards, and delivery of robust software through test-driven development in a dynamic defense environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in STEM with 2+ years of related work experience, or a Master’s Degree.
• Must have an active DoD Top Secret clearance to start.
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 10%.
• Experience with C/C++, Java, Python, or similar OO languages.

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, documents, tests and debugs software for complex systems.
• Collaborates with hardware engineers and other teams to meet customer requirements.
• Adheres to software standards and uses testing-driven approaches.
• Works on challenging programs across defense domains.

Skills

C/C++

Python

Java

Test‑driven development

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in STEM

Master’s Degree

PhD (optional)

Tools

Git

GitHub

GitLab

Bitbucket

Jira

SonarQube

Coverity

Jenkins

Job description

Northrop Grumman Space Systems, Multi-Domain Operations, and Missile Defense Integration is seeking a Software Engineer - Level 2 or 3 in Colorado Springs, CO. You will contribute to missile defense, space, and intelligence programs, using C++, Python, and Java to support MS&A tasks.

The role emphasizes collaboration across teams, adherence to coding standards, and delivery of robust software through test-driven development in a dynamic defense environment.