Top Secret Satellite Ground Software Engineer

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 114,000 - 213,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is recruiting mid-level and senior Software Development Engineers to work on satellite ground software on-site at our Dulles, VA campus. This role focuses on development, integration, deployment and sustainment, requiring a Top Secret clearance at application time.

Responsibilities include full stack development across OS and platform layers, building client/server services, and leveraging Python, C++, and Ansible. Travel is possible; relocation assistance may be available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field (ideally Computer Science or Engineering) and 5 years of experience; OR a master's degree and 3 years.
• Demonstrated software development experience with Python and C++.
• U.S. Citizenship and a current/top-secret clearance at time of application.

Responsibilities

• Full stack development across OS, platform, and mission software layers.
• Developing client/server applications with service-oriented architectures.
• Working with languages/tools including Python, C++, PostgreSQL, Ansible, cloud provisioning.
• Support ground software configurations, testing, and remediation of defects.

Skills

Python

C++

Bash scripting

US Citizenship

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree in STEM

Tools

Ansible

Git

PostgreSQL

Linux

Job description

Northrop Grumman is recruiting mid-level and senior Software Development Engineers to work on satellite ground software on-site at our Dulles, VA campus. This role focuses on development, integration, deployment and sustainment, requiring a Top Secret clearance at application time.

Responsibilities include full stack development across OS and platform layers, building client/server services, and leveraging Python, C++, and Ansible. Travel is possible; relocation assistance may be available.