Engineer / Principal Engineer - Software

Northrop Grumman•Melbourne, FL

14d•$79,300 - $147,600•Onsite

About The Position

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history. Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems Sector has an opening for an Engineer Software or Principal Engineer Software to join Global Surveillance Division supporting the team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Melbourne, Florida. Responsibilities will include designing, testing, maintaining, troubleshooting, and improving the systems and software. The role requires you to have hands on technical experience and a can-do approach towards environment automation and management along with continuous improvements. You will be a team member working in agile development process. You will be responsible for the design and implementation of application builds, releases, deployment along with configuration activities. Your responsibilities will include working with internal business partners to gather requirements, prototyping, and architecting complex solutions supporting the building and test plan execution, performing quality reviews, and triaging and fixing operational issues. The candidate will assist with the integration, troubleshooting and testing of implemented software changes. The ideal candidate will have the ability to take ownership of an ambiguous hard problems and drive to a solution, while working in a team environment. It is critical that you understand the software development life cycle and have an in-depth knowledge of automated testing to facilitate and analyze large data sets. The Software Engineer will develop, modify, and maintain customized or standardized applications using software engineering best practices and standards, and participate in the full life cycle of software development, to include requirements development, modeling and design, application development, unit to CSCI testing, integration, formal system testing, release, installation, and maintenance.

Requirements

(Engineer Software T02) bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 2 or more years of experience in software engineering OR a Master’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 0 or more years of experience in software engineering
(Principal Engineer Software T03) bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 5 or more years of experience in software engineering OR a Master’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 3 or more years of experience in software engineering OR a PhD degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 1 or more years of experience in software engineering.
Development experience with C/C++ languages.
Experience developing software in a Linux or Windows environment.
Excellent oral and written communication skills and Strong interpersonal skills.
US citizen with ability to transfer and maintain a DoD Secret level security clearance. Clearance is required to start.
Ability to obtain and maintain special program access.
Willingness to work off-peak for short term surge support to meet program milestones

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with the Atlassian tool suite with add-ons like Git and Confluence.
Experience with C/C++ desktop application development
Experience with multithreaded desktop application development
Familiarity with the Agile software development process.
Full software development life cycle experience.
Experience with DOORS and/or Cameo UML Modeling experience or similar tools.
Experience with formal software test and Weapon System evaluations.
US citizen with a current in scope DoD secret or higher clearance.
Currently the holder of a special program access.

Responsibilities

Full lifecycle design, implementation, and unit testing of software
Work with various team members to integrate functionality with other software components.
Supporting the gathering and reporting software metrics.
Follow program software best practices.
Develop software products within all phases of the software lifecycle.

Benefits

health insurance coverage
life and disability insurance
savings plan
Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Relocation assistance may be available
overtime
shift differential
discretionary bonus
Annual bonuses
Long Term Incentives (for VP or Director positions)