Principal/Sr Principal Engineer Electronics - DEVSECOPS

Northrop Grumman • San Diego, CA

1d • $114,000 - $213,400 • Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is hiring a Principal or Sr. Principal Electronics Engineer for its DEVSECOPS team in San Diego (Rancho Bernardo), California. The position supports cross-discipline engineering teams by developing, integrating, and maintaining enterprise-level toolsets, including tools that exploit operational data for communication subsystem maintenance and advanced payload technologies. The engineer will collaborate across cloud and application, communications and networking, advanced payload technologies, test automation, DevSecOps, and systems test teams, and work with stakeholders on mission-critical systems. The role also involves identifying technical risks and opportunities, communicating team progress to senior leadership, and maintaining continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines. The selected candidate must work full-time onsite; remote, hybrid, and telework arrangements are not available. Travel of up to 25% may be required. The role may be filled at either the Principal or Sr. Principal level, depending on qualifications. An active U.S. Government Top Secret clearance is required, with the ability to obtain and maintain SCI and SAP clearances.

Requirements

• For Principal level: Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline and 5 years of related engineering experience, or a master's degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of related engineering experience, or a Ph.D. in a STEM discipline and 1 year of related engineering experience.
• For Sr. Principal level: Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline and 8 years of related engineering experience, or a master's degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of related engineering experience, or a Ph.D. in a STEM discipline and 4 years of related engineering experience.
• Hands-on software development experience with Python, Java, C++, and/or MATLAB to enable exploitation of large data sets.
• Experience in at least two of the following: predictive trend analysis, including AI/ML techniques; building and maintaining complex databases across multiple IT infrastructures; container management tools; task automation; or performance monitoring tools.
• Ability to interpret complex Interface Control Documents (ICDs) and drawings to build new data structures from raw source information.
• Experience using collaboration tools such as the Atlassian Suite (Confluence, Jira, Bitbucket).
• Active U.S. Government Top Secret clearance, with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrollment in Continuous Evaluation.
• Ability to obtain and maintain U.S. Government SCI clearance.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.
• Ability to work full-time onsite at the facility; remote, hybrid, and telework are not available.

Nice To Haves

• Strong agile background, willingness to learn, ability to succeed across multiple teams, and adaptability.
• Current applicable Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
• Experience supporting a Delivery Lead or Project Manager in developing project roadmaps, understanding delivery timelines, and communicating them to customers.
• Experience creating or maintaining DevOps CI/CD pipelines using Maven, Bamboo, GitLab, or Bitbucket.
• Experience with migration activities focused on cloud readiness and implementing microservices architecture.
• Experience automating system deployment, operation, and maintenance using Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management tools.
• Experience administering a Kubernetes container platform using Red Hat OpenShift.

Responsibilities

• Develop, integrate, and maintain an enterprise-level toolset in support of cross-discipline engineering teams.
• Develop toolsets to exploit large sets of operational data supporting maintenance of communication subsystems and advanced payload technologies.
• Collaborate across Cloud & Application, Communications & Networking, Advanced Payload Technologies, Test Automation, DevSecOps, and Systems Test.
• Work with stakeholders to design, build, and maintain mission-critical systems.
• Identify technical risks and opportunities and proactively develop mitigation plans.
• Communicate team progress and accomplishments to senior leadership.
• Create and maintain continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines to support stability and quality throughout the software development life cycle.
• Continuously expand skills and maintain and enhance relevant certifications.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company-paid holidays
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
• Potential eligibility for overtime, shift differential, and discretionary bonus, depending on the position

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior