Senior Staff Software Engineer
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.Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.
Northrop Grumman Space Systems, Multi-Domain Operations, Missile Defense Integration Business Unit (BU) has an exciting career opportunity for a Software Engineer supporting an Internal Research and Development (IRAD) to join our team of qualified, diverse, and innovative individuals located in Huntsville, AL.
Description
As a software developer on an Internal Research and Development (IRAD) team. You will work in a collaborative environment to understand system requirements, create and implement new capabilities and algorithms. Many of the algorithms and capabilities implemented by the team will be mathematics and physics intensive complex solutions that will be highly critical to the system performance. In addition to software development you will also be expected to support reviews of requirements and test cases that are developed for the software capability.
Please note that this opportunity is contingent on program funding. Start dates are determined after funding confirmation
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in STEM related field, and 14 years of related experience, or a Master’s degree with 12 years of related experience, or 10 years with a PhD.
Applicants must have a current, active in-scope DoD-issued Secret security clearance at the time of application, which is required to start
Recent and extensive Experience Developing Software in C++ or Java
Quick to learn and absorb new concepts and information
Recent MATLAB and or Python Experience
Must have an Interim or Active Secret Clearance
Unix/Linux Operating System Experience
Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and container orchestration.
Must be able to support an in-person / closed-area work environment
Preferred Qualifications:
Highly experienced with Linux, scripting, and operations
Experience with automated software requirements testing and analysis
Experience with the battle management and or fire control systems
Experience developing and deploying containerized applications in distributed environments.
Experience with Behavior Driven Development (BDD) using tools like Gherkin and Cucumber for automated acceptance testing
Experience with Static & Dynamic Code Analysis Tools and Fuzzing Tools such as: Coverity, Fortify, AND/OR SonarQube
Experience developing software in an Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) environment.
Experience with CI/CD, containers, and pipelines.
Experience with Software Change Control, Change Management, Code Quality, Static Analysis, and CI/CD tools such as: Atlassian tool suite, Jira, GitHub, GitLab, SonarQube, Coverity, and Jenkins.
Familiarity with the Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA)
Experience with Apache Kafka, Prometheus, Grafana, Istio, Elastic Stack (ELK), Terraform, and/or Ansible.
Very solid background in math and physics
Advanced degree in Mathematics or Physics or Computer Science
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