Northrop Grumman

Software Engineer

Posted on: 18 Jan 2021

Palmdale, CA

Job Description

Description

Climb to new heights on your journey when you start Defining Possible with Northrop Grumman. Enjoy a purposeful career in aeronautics that is crucial to the way we connect and protect our world across land, sea, and air. Bring your experience and take advantage of this opportunity to discover how you can start to push past possible and achieve your goals today. Enjoy a diverse, collaborative environment with professionals across the nation ready to help launch your career.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Software Engineer 2 to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Palmdale, CA.

Essential Functions:

* Develop computer systems specifications that address business requirements and that fit with the company 39;s system architecture standards
* Establishes and documents system parameters and formats
* Ensures hardware and software systems compatibility and coordinates and/or modifies system parameters in terms of existing and projected computer capacity and capabilities
* Revises existing systems and procedures to correct deficiencies
* Maintains more effective data handling, conversion, input/output requirements, and storage.
* Experience working in development teams and multiple technical work-streams
* Develops Business Applications and Project Visibility components such as user interfaces, automated workflows, data repositories, charts and dashboards

Candidate should be highly motivated with a strong passion for problem solving and innovation and the ability to provide complex solutions with limited direction.

Qualification

Basic Qualifications:

* Bachelor rsquo;s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 2 years of software engineering experience OR a Master 39;s degree in STEM
* Experience with design, development, and implementation of web applications, services, and REST APIs
* Extensive experience with web front end development including HTML/CSS, React/Angular, Javascript/Typescript
* Experience building web back end with Python/Node/Go and SQL/NoSQL
* Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

* Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Science
* Experience developing rich, web based user interfaces
* Experience building and managing enterprise grade systems software
* Experience building high performance, high scalability, and high availability applications
* Strong conceptual skills and ability to apply rapid prototyping techniques.
* Knowledge and understanding of industry best practices related to Web and JavaScript development
* Experience and understanding of application security and secure coding
* Experience using Git, Agile methodology, develops and site reliability engineering
* Experience with Python web development
* Active DoD Secret/Top Secret security clearance

Northrop Grumman

Falls Church, VA

Northrop Grumman Corporation, a security company, provides products in the areas of autonomous systems, cyber, space, strikes, and logistics and modernizations in the United States, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Aerospace Systems, Innovation Systems, Mission Systems, and Technology Services. The Aerospace Systems segment designs, develops, integrates, and produces manned aircrafts, autonomous systems, spacecraft systems, high-energy laser systems, microelectronics, and other systems and sub-systems for use in the areas of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, strike operations, communications, earth observations, and space science.

The Innovation Systems segment designs, develops, integrates, and produces flights, armaments, and space systems. It offers launch vehicles and related propulsion systems; missile products and defense electronics; precision weapons, armament systems, and ammunitions; satellites and associated space components and services; and advanced aerospace structures. The Mission Systems segment offers products and services that include C4ISR systems; radar, electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR), and acoustic sensors; electronic warfare systems; cyber solutions; space systems; intelligence processing systems; air and missile defense integration systems; navigation systems; and shipboard missiles and encapsulated payload launch systems.

The Technology Services segment provides logistic solutions that supports the full life cycle of platforms and systems. Its products and services include software and system sustainment; modernization of platform and associated subsystems; advanced training solutions; and integrated logistics support. Northrop Grumman Corporation was founded in 1939 and is based in Falls Church, Virginia.