2026 Associate Software Engineer or Software Engineer - Aurora CO

Northrop Grumman•Aurora, CO

3d•$76,200 - $137,600•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Software Engineer – Level 1 or 2 to join our team based in the Aurora, Colorado area at Buckley AFB. This role involves designing, developing, documenting, testing, and debugging application software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions. The engineer will conduct multidisciplinary research and collaborate with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems for product and commercial software. Responsibilities include determining computer user needs, analyzing system capabilities to resolve problems, preparing operating instructions, and designing and developing compilers, assemblers, utility programs, and operating systems. The role also ensures software standards are met. This requisition may be filled as either an Associate Software Engineer Level 1 or a Software Engineer Level 2.

Requirements

Must be able to maintain and obtain a Top Secret/SCI clearance
A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university (for Associate Software Engineer Level 1)
Bachelor’s degree with 2 years of relevant experience; 0 years of relevant experience with a Master's. An additional 4 years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree (for Software Engineer Level 2)
Experience with software architecture, design, and development (for Software Engineer Level 2)
Experience with Agile leadership (product owner and scrum master), planning, and scheduling (for Software Engineer Level 2)
Experience with Technical customer engagement and interaction (for Software Engineer Level 2)
Experience using Jira and Confluence (for Software Engineer Level 2)
Experience with Perl and Python desirable (for Software Engineer Level 2)

Nice To Haves

Adjudicated Top Secret/SCI clearance
Counterintelligence Polygraph (CI-Poly)
Ability to juggle many activities simultaneously
Experience with software architecture, design, and development (for Associate Software Engineer Level 1)
Experience with Agile leadership (product owner and scrum master), planning, and scheduling (for Associate Software Engineer Level 1)
Experience with Technical customer engagement and interaction (for Associate Software Engineer Level 1)
Experience using Jira and Confluence (for Associate Software Engineer Level 1)
Experience with Perl and Python desirable (for Associate Software Engineer Level 1)

Responsibilities

Designs, develops, documents, tests and debugs applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions.
Conducts multidisciplinary research and collaborates with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems for product and commercial software.
Determines computer user needs; analyzes system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls; prepares operating instructions; designs and develops compilers and assemblers, utility programs, and operating systems.
Ensures software standards are met.