Sr Principal Software Engineer - Thread Lead

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 116,300 - 213,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance coverage

Life and disability insurance

Company-paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

0090 CORP-Corporate Office seeks a Sr Principal Software Engineer - Thread Lead in San Diego, CA, with responsibilities for leading data solutions, technical execution, and collaboration with senior leadership. Candidates must have substantial experience in engineering, and a Top Secret security clearance is required.

This role offers a competitive salary range of $116,300.00 - $213,400.00 and benefits including health insurance, life and disability insurance, and paid time off.

Qualifications

• 8 years of related engineering experience or relevant advanced degrees.
• Active U.S. Government Top Secret clearance.
• Demonstrated experience as a technical project lead.

Responsibilities

• Provide collaborative technical leadership for data solutions.
• Act as subject matter expert for data acquisition and analysis.
• Lead the technical execution of capabilities and products.

Skills

Technical project leadership

Data acquisition technologies

Communications technology

Cross-functional team collaboration

Data architecture

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline

Job description

Title: Sr Principal Software Engineer - Thread Lead

Location: San Diego, CA; El Segundo, CA; Oklahoma City, OK.

Relocation assistance may be available.

Clearance required for start: Yes. Clearance type: Top Secret. Travel: Yes, up to 25% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Provide collaborative technical leadership that drives the maturation and evolution of data solutions across a portfolio of programs, contracts, and operating units.
• Act as the subject matter expert for all aspects of data acquisition, harmonization, processing, storage, analysis, and dissemination across diverse data formats, technologies, and network/distribution protocols.
• Translate raw sensor and telemetry feeds into actionable information that supports mission‑critical decision making.
• Provide technical leadership and serve as the lead architect for all phases of the product lifecycle, with immediate focus on developing off‑site storage and extensible data dissemination solutions.
• Define enterprise‑level strategy and support expansion of the mission set, emphasizing the conversion of raw data into actionable information.
• Advise senior leadership on analytics value opportunities and roadmap alignment.
• Collaborate with end‑user and customer teams to ensure solutions meet real‑world needs and incorporate direct feedback.
• Lead technical execution of capabilities and products, owning requirements, design, and serving as the primary point of contact for reach‑back support.
• Support risk mitigation and proactively generate opportunity‑driven enhancements.
• Decompose the solution backlog, prioritize epics and user stories, act as the approval authority for feature completion, and define the definition of done.
• Facilitate knowledge share and management activities across data acquisition, analysis, and dissemination disciplines.
• Develop and govern data standards to ensure consistency, quality, and interoperability across programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline and 8 years of related engineering experience, or Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of related engineering experience, or PhD in a STEM discipline and 4 years of related engineering experience.
• Demonstrated experience as a technical project lead and product owner accountable to the outcome of the solutions developed.
• Demonstrated understanding of communications technology, data acquisition, storage, processing and analysis technologies, including big data challenges and solutions.
• General understanding of network protocols and data dissemination strategies.
• Demonstrated ability to stay abreast of developments at the intersection of data science and technology.
• Experience engaging cross‑functional teams to build a strong data infrastructure.
• Self‑directed leader.
• Active U.S. Government Top Secret clearance (with a background investigation within the past 5 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• Ability to obtain and maintain initial Special Access Program (SAP) access via a Program Access Request (PAR). The SAP/PAR must be obtained prior to commencement of employment and within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company.

Preferred Qualifications

• Current applicable Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
• Master’s degree in a STEM discipline.
• Skilled at defining, motivating and driving change across multiple contracts or business areas with a dual focus on supporting the end‑user mission and ensuring business value.
• Advanced technical knowledge of data science and data architecture.
• Proven understanding of statistics, structured and unstructured data analysis, predictive modeling techniques, and data visualization, as well as a good command of emerging methodologies such as artificial intelligence.
• Recognized experience as a thought leader and innovator in the development of new tools, methodologies and problem‑solving approaches.

Primary Level Salary Range: $116,300.00 - $213,400.00.

Benefits include health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, company‑paid holidays, and paid time off for vacation and 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.