Job Description

At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We’re looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we’ll support yours of expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field or an industry thought-leader. At Northrop Grumman, you’ll have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security.  Our Engineering and Sciences (E&S) organization pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter.  Come be a part of our mission!

We are looking for you to join our team as a Principal Software Engineer based out of  McClellan, CA in the Sacramento area. As a Software Engineer at Northrop Grumman you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation. Through the use of Model-based Engineering, DevSecOps and Agile practices we continue to evolve how we deliver critical national defense products and capabilities for the warfighter.  Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly and continuously drive innovation.  The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment & shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation.

What You’ll get to Do:

Design, develop, document, test and debug applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions.
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.
Determine computer user needs; analyze system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls; prepare operating instructions. Ensure software standards are met.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree with 5 years of relevant work experience, or Master's degree with 3 years of relevant work experience; note, an additional 4 years relevant work experience may be considered in lieu of degree
Experience with C, C++ or Java
Understanding of systematic testing methods 
Understanding of all phases of software development, and practical experience in an Agile / Dev*Ops environment 
US citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI (access) security clearance

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor degree in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math)
Experience with leading small teams, projects, or working as a Scrum Master
SIGINT Domain knowledge
Experience with Web development UI
Experience with Geospatial applications such as ArcGIS
Experience with Hardware integration
Experience with Python, JavaScript or other scripting languages
Experience with CI/CD pipeline
Current active TS/SCI (access) security clearance