Principal Engineer Software - Support Equipment Software

Northrop Grumman•Melbourne, FL

12d•$98,400 - $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 (NGAS), Global Surveillance division is looking for Principal Engineer Software to join our software team. This position will be located in Melbourne, Florida. Responsibilities will include designing, testing, maintaining, troubleshooting, and improving the systems and software. You will be a team member working in agile development process. 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. It is critical that you understand the software development life cycle to include requirements development, modeling and design, application development, unit to CSCI testing, integration, formal system testing, release, installation, and maintenance.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 5 years of experience in software engineering OR a Master’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 3 years of experience in software engineering.
US citizen with ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret level security clearance and any program accesses needed. Interim clearance is required to start.
Development experience with C/C++ or other OOP languages.
Development experience with a scripting language (e.g. Bash, Python)
Experience developing software in a Linux or Windows environment.
Experience with debugging software in both the desktop and target environments.
Excellent oral and written communication skills and Strong interpersonal skills.
Experience with Agile software development.
Experience with configuration management using industry standard tools and processes.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with the Atlassian/GitLab tool suite, plugins, Git.
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and Atlassian/GitLab tools
Active certification at DOD 8570 IAT Level II (e.g. Security+) or greater
Experience interfacing or presenting to customers

Responsibilities

Work closely with engineers and technicians in a lab environment
Review, analyze, and incorporate technical requirements into end-to-end system architectures
Full lifecycle design, implementation, and unit testing of software.
Occasional travel may be required
Work with various team members to integrate functionality with other software components.
Ability to lead a team and/or provide leadership to drive solutions of complex problems.
Support software working groups with the customer.
Develop and share technical documentation and presentations.