Sr. Principal Software Engineer - GWS

Northrop Grumman

92d • $131,100 - $196,700

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 Space Systems – Launch and Missile Defense Systems has an exciting career opportunity for a Sr. Principal Software Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be in Huntsville, AL.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline preferred from an accredited university and 8 years of related experience, or a Master's Degree and 6 years of related experience, or 4 years of experience with a PhD.
• Recent and extensive experience developing software in Ada, C++ or Java.
• Willingness to become highly proficient with Ada software development.
• Extremely strong math and physics background required.
• Quick to learn and absorb new concepts and information.
• Unix/Linux Operating System experience.
• Must be able to support an in-person / closed-area work environment.
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 10% to support business needs.
• Applicants must have a current active in-scope DoD-issued Secret security clearance at the time of application.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree in mathematics or physics.
• Highly experienced with Linux, scripting, and operations.
• Experience with automated, software requirements testing and analysis.
• Experience with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program.
• Experience with Agile Project Management tools (Jira/Confluence) and DevSecOps tools and methods (Jenkins, Ansible, Git/Bitbucket).
• Recent MATLAB and Python experience.
• Experience with processing multi-sensor, multi-spectrum sensor tracks with multiple biases.

Responsibilities

• Write software for the GMD Weapon System (GWS) Fire Control (GFC) software team.
• Evaluate and manage the threat scene for the missile defense system.
• Collaborate to understand, implement, and test existing and new capabilities and algorithms.
• Participate in code modernization and translation of Ada code to C++.
• Support reviews of requirements and test cases developed in support of the GFC software team.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Savings plan.
• Company paid holidays.
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree