Software Engineer - level 3 or 4

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

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.

Expand your horizons, advance your career, and contribute to a secure future for generations. Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector invites you to bring your pioneering spirit to our collaborative teams.

This Software Engineer – Level 3 or 4 role will be in either our Morrisville, NC, or Linthicum, MD sites.

This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work.   This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off.

In this job, you will:

• Develops, maintains, and enhances complex and diverse software systems (e.g., processing-intensive analytics, novel algorithm development, manipulation of extremely large data sets, real-time systems, and business management information systems) based upon documented requirements.

• Works individually or as part of a team.

• Reviews and tests software components for adherence to the design requirements and documents test results.

• Resolves software problem reports.

• Utilizes software development and software design methodologies appropriate to the development environment.

• Provides specific input to the software components of system design to include hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, use of Commercial Off-the-shelf (COTS)/Government Off-the-shelf (GOTS) in place of new development, and requirements analysis and synthesis from system level to individual software components.

• Perform hands-on development and actively contribute to the code base including peer review of code.

This position is contingent upon clearance verification and transfer to the NG sponsored program as well as continued ability to maintain required clearance level. 

Basic Qualifications (must have/required to be considered):

This requisition may be filled at either a level 3 or a level 4, depending on the candidate’s experience as laid out in the basic qualifications detailed below as well as the interview assessment.

• Requires an active Top-Secret (TS)/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance [TS/SCI] at time of application

• Level 3: (Principal level)

  • Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of software development experience

    • An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a completed Bachelor’s

  • Master’s degree with 3 years of software development experience

  • PhD with 1 year of software development experience

• Level 4: (Senior Principal level)

  • Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of software development experience

    • An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a completed Bachelor’s

  • Master’s degree with 6 years of software development experience

  • PhD with 4 years of software development experience

• Experienced C/C++/Python/Java programmer

• Experience with DevSecOps environments in CI/CD pipelines

• Experience working on Agile programs and methodology.

• Experience with the Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket)

• Experience with Gitlab

• Able to work in a dynamic, in office environment.

Preferred Qualifications (not required, but nice to have):      

• Excellent leadership and interpersonal communications skills, with the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management.

• Familiarity with RF Signal Data Processing

• Simulation Development Experience

• Experience with design and development of national security space or commercial space, interfaces, and ground systems archi