Posted:
2/18/2026, 8:12:41 AM
Location(s):
Colorado, United States ⋅ Aurora, Colorado, United States
Experience Level(s):
Mid Level ⋅ Senior
Field(s):
Software Engineering
The Multi-Domain Operations, a division within Northrop Grumman’s Space Systems Sector is known for pushing the boundaries of innovation, redefining engineering capabilities, and driving advances in various sciences through cutting-edge technology. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, and innovative technologies to develop, design, produce, and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter.
We are looking for an experienced Engineer to augment our team. Successful candidates will be experienced as software engineers and perform as an Agile Product Owner for our Processing Services team.
In this position, the candidate will be required to understand system level software architecture and how the software is used in the mission spaces and how to decompose customer requests into stories without formal requirements guiding the process, understanding the best software development practices and the full software development lifecycle. The candidate will be expected to have leadership skills in the areas of motivating a large agile team that supports multiple products, handle prioritization with requests coming from multiple customers and understanding of when to delegate tasks or take them on yourself to prevent distracting the team.
About our organization: As an engineer, you'll be joining our growing Aurora Software department which has 200+ Software Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Systems Administrator, Database Administrator, and Network Engineer peers from entry-level to the most senior chief engineers and architects. Staff Software Engineers frequently get into informal (example: Subject Matter Expert) and formal technical leadership roles within their programs, as applicable and per interest. We have plenty of opportunity for career advancement into higher level technical roles or leadership positions. Our Software Department is part of a larger organization that includes Systems Engineering, Integration, and Test staff as well as a Hardware Engineering unit. This larger organization influences cross-program collaboration, professional development and training, as well as engagement and inclusion activities such as lunch-n-learns, campus events, and leadership mixers.
Basic Qualifications:
Principal Engineer Software (Level 3): Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 5+ years of relative experience; master’s degree in a STEM discipline with 3+ years of relative experience.
Sr. Principal Engineer Software (Level 4): Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 8+ years of relative experience; master’s degree in a STEM discipline with 6+ years of relative experience.
Active Top Secret clearance and SCI eligibility required at time of application.
Must be willing to submit and pass a CI Poly after starting work
Experience with Containerization, Kubernetes, Helm charts, Java, Atlassian tool.
Experience developing in Javascript and helmfile, to the extent the candidate can troubleshoot issues, debug code and perform peer reviews.
Understanding how to decompose customer requests into stories without formal requirements guiding the process.
Leadership skills, including developing/mentoring a team using Agile methodology, process, and tools.
A good understanding of system level software architecture and how the software is used in the mission spaces, understanding the best software development practices and the full software development lifecycle.
Website: https://northropgrumman.com/
Headquarter Location: Falls Church, Virginia, United States
Employee Count: 10001+
Year Founded: 1994
IPO Status: Public
Last Funding Type: Grant
Industries: Data Integration ⋅ Manufacturing ⋅ Remote Sensing ⋅ Security ⋅ Software