Senior Software Architect, Space Systems Leader

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 177,000 - 266,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector is seeking a Software Architect - Level 5 to join our team in Redondo Beach, CA. This role focuses on leading the software architecture for flight and ground systems supporting space missions.

You will guide development teams, define end-to-end architectures, and collaborate across disciplines to drive technical solutions while balancing schedule and cost constraints. An active SCI clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with 12 years of relevant experience.
• Master’s degree in a STEM discipline with 10 years of relevant experience.
• PhD in a STEM discipline with 8 years of relevant experience.
• Must have an active SCI access at the time of application.
• Experience leading a software team.
• Full-cycle software development proficiency from requirements to testing.
• Background in software development, design and software architecture for complex systems.
• Experience with ground software and/or flight software development.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical leader and software architect for flight and ground systems supporting space missions.
• Oversee the overall program architecture inclusive of Flight Software and Ground Software, working with engineers across IPT teams to define and guide design and architecture activities.
• Specifically, guide, mentor, and align development teams, helping them navigate complex technical roadblocks and architectural decisions.
• Consult on and lead technical solutioning, guiding the software architecture, technology selection, and verification planning in alignment with requirements.
• Define, document, and evolve end-to-end software architectures and lead multidisciplinary collaboration across Software engineering, Systems Engineering, Hardware, and Integration & Test.
• Perform technical planning and trade studies, analyzing performance, cost, risk, and supportability.
• Research, evaluate, and recommend new frameworks and tools to mitigate core technical risks.
• Drive system-wide trade-offs and scalability decisions, ensuring requirements are converted into total system solutions that balance technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
• Produce documentation for software architecture, design, verification plans, user documentation, and training materials, and develop and present technical briefings to internal leadership and customers.
• Close collaboration with team members of other projects within the organization for security architecture designs, as well as external partners and customers.

Skills

Embedded C/C++ development

Real-time operating systems (VxWorks)

Software architecture

Leading a software team

Requirements to testing full cycle

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

Jenkins

Job description

Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector is seeking a Software Architect - Level 5 to join our team in Redondo Beach, CA. This role focuses on leading the software architecture for flight and ground systems supporting space missions.

You will guide development teams, define end-to-end architectures, and collaborate across disciplines to drive technical solutions while balancing schedule and cost constraints. An active SCI clearance is required.