Northrop Grumman-posted 3 months ago
$91,200 - $136,800/Yr
Full-time • Senior
Colorado Springs, CO
5,001-10,000 employees
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

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 Space Systems-Launch and Missile Defense Systems have an exciting career opportunity for a Principal Systems Engineer - Software System Engineer to join our team of skilled and diverse professionals. Located in Colorado Springs, CO, this role is crucial in supporting the U.S. President, the Secretary of Defense, and combatant commanders at strategic, regional, and operational levels. This position does not offer relocation assistance and requires on-site work with no remote options available.

  • Perform tasks from specifications to develop or modify operating system applications
  • Assist with design, coding, benchmark testing, debugging, and documentation of programs
  • Collaborate with the SEIT organization to break down system requirements into manageable software-level requirements
  • Work with the SEIT organization to drive system use cases, concept of operations, and sequences
  • Collaborate with the SEIT organization to develop or update system external interfaces
  • Author or assist with proposals
  • Conduct software design, including software product-level use cases and sequences
  • Create and maintain software design documents, such as Algorithm Design Documents and Functional Design Documents
  • Bachelor's Degree in a STEM discipline or a related field from an accredited university is preferred, along with 5 years of experience; or a Master's degree in a related field with 3 years of relevant work experience, or a PhD and 1 year of related experience
  • Ability and willingness to travel up-to 10% to support business needs
  • Current, active in-scope DoD-issued Secret security clearance at the time of application
  • Candidates with an active DoD 8140 certification at IAT Level II or higher are strongly preferred
  • Experience developing system engineering artifacts such as Specifications, Interface Control Documents, Use Cases, System Architecture Descriptions, Trade Studies
  • Use of common software development and management tools such as Git, Nexus, JIRA, Confluence, Maven or Gradle, Eclipse
  • Understanding standard system engineering design artifacts such as Use Cases and SysML diagrams
  • Development of command and control system applications
  • Desired experience in automated testing and pipeline development
  • Experience in developing software for Unix/Linux and Windows platforms
  • Experience in software integration testing, including developing automated test scripts
  • Strong problem-solving abilities
  • Experience in performance modeling
  • Understanding build management tools and pipelines
  • Previous C2BMC experience
  • Experience working in an Agile development environment, with domain expertise in both Space and Missile Defense
  • Proven experience managing large multi-site software projects
  • Experience in leading or conducting analyses of alternatives, trade studies, and design evaluations
  • Experience in designing large command and control or weapon systems
  • Knowledge of model-based systems engineering (MBSE) and related tools
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to work effectively independently and adapt to a highly dynamic environment
  • Flexibility and willingness to take on unanticipated tasks
  • Health insurance coverage
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Savings plan
  • Company paid holidays
  • Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
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