Sentinel Software Engineer - 18684
Northrop GrummanAbout the role
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.At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems in air and space that impact people’s lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our work preserves freedom, democracy, and advances human discovery and our understanding of the universe. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future and have a lot of 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 has an opening for a Software Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position can be located in Colorado Springs, CO or Roy, UT.
What You'll Get To Do:
We are seeking an Software Engineer who blends strong UI/UX implementation skills with Python development. In this role you will translate wireframes and a company wide style guide(s) into production ready interfaces into mission critical GUIs for the Sentinel Program.
Key Responsibilities:
Design Integration – Receive wireframes, mock ups, and the style guide from the UI/UX design team; implement them in a reusable component library. End to end UI designs and build production UI components.
Collaboration & Traceability – Work with UI/UX designers, GUI specific teams, and hardware engineers; maintain traceability to requirements in IBM DOORS (or similar) and log work in JIRA. Collaborating across interdisciplinary teams (design, product, research, HW) and using Confluence/JIRA for documentation.
Version Control & CI/CD – Manage source code in Git, write unit/integration tests, and support automated pipelines. Proficient with Git, Linux terminal, and test driven development.
Documentation – Produce design docs, API specs, and integration notes for the style guide. Regularly authored research/trade study reports, design specifications, and presentation decks for stakeholders.
Position Benefits:
As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:
Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
401k
Educational Assistance
Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
Paid Time Off
Health & Wellness Resources
Employee Discounts
This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.
Basic Qualifications:
Software Engineer- Bachelors in Science with 2 years of experience, Masters in Science with 1 years of experience, PhD with 0 years of experience, or 04 additional years in lieu of a degree
- U.S. Citizen and ability to obtain Active DoD Secret and Special Program Access (SAP).
- Familiarity with Object Oriented Programming languages: C/C++, C#, Java, etc.
- Familiarity with scripting languages: Python, Bash, etc.
- Familiarity with various version control systems: Git, Gitlab, Github, Bitbucket, etc.
- Familiarity with UI/UX Development: Ingesting wireframes and style guides and translate those assets into clean, reusable UI code.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Professional experience with Software Change Control, Change Management, and CI/CD tools such as: Atlassian tool suite, GitHub, GitLab, AND/OR Jenkins
- Experience with low level graphic manipulation software for HMI and embedded UI
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