Space Systems Software Engineer - Cloud, Kafka & Containers

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 92,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision

401k

Educational Assistance

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Li

Paid Time Off

Flexible Schedules

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Software Engineer (Level 2 or 3) to join the Space Sector in Redondo Beach, CA. The role requires building and maintaining containerized software for space mission planning, integrating with Kafka streams, and delivering robust microservices in a Linux environment.

The position emphasizes agile development, cross-functional collaboration, and strong emphasis on testing, code reviews, and cloud-based services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with 2+ years of software engineering experience, or a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline with 0+ years of experience.
• Ability and willingness to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret clearance and SCI clearance within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company.
• Strong programming skills in at least one of: Java, Python, or C++; ability to read and debug the others is a plus.
• Prior work experience integrating applications with Apache Kafka or other distributed messaging/streaming platforms (producers, consumers, topics, partitions, consumer groups).
• Experience building RESTful APIs and/or microservices that integrate with backend data sources.

Responsibilities

• Work in an agile or iterative development environment and collaborate with cross-functional teams (systems engineers, DevOps, test, data engineers).
• Design, implement, and integrate containerized software components for a space mission planning system.
• Integrate mission planning services with Kafka-based backend data streams, ensuring reliability and scalability.
• Collaborate with systems engineers to understand mission planning requirements and translate them into robust software solutions.
• Implement and maintain cloud-deployed services, including monitoring, logging, and alerting.
• Participate in code reviews, test automation efforts, and continuous improvement of development and integration practices.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues across application, container, and cloud layers.
• Maintain a strong focus on software quality, including unit testing, integration testing, code reviews, and use of test frameworks.

Skills

Java

Python

C++

Kafka

REST API

Linux

Docker

CMake

Git

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Master’s degree in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

Maven

Gradle

CMake

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Git

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Software Engineer (Level 2 or 3) to join the Space Sector in Redondo Beach, CA. The role requires building and maintaining containerized software for space mission planning, integrating with Kafka streams, and delivering robust microservices in a Linux environment.

The position emphasizes agile development, cross-functional collaboration, and strong emphasis on testing, code reviews, and cloud-based services.