RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

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.

Join the Northrop Grumman team to develop the next generation of software for the next generation of platforms. Support development and integration of the latest technologies - AI/ML, Quantum computing, cloud, and digital design – to impact future generation aircraft. Become part of the team that will give our war fighters the advantage over our adversaries. Bring your bold new ideas, and pioneering spirit to our team to invent the future and have some fun along the way. 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

We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our Software team. The location for this opportunity is Melbourne, Florida and will be primarily based within our office spaces to support program and business needs. Operating on our 9/80 schedule meaning you will get every other Friday off. The position has NO remote or Hybrid work available.

This is a vital position to the program in support of developing and integrating mission critical software with legacy and next generation sensors. Candidate will work under only general direction, independently determines, and develops approaches to solutions supporting the program needs. Candidate will act as a liaison from time to time with frequent inter-organizational and outside customer contacts. The Candidate shall be willing to travel to other sites to support TIMs, integration efforts, and other software related tasking. The Candidate shall also be willing to adjust work schedule to meet the needs of across the nation as required.

Essential Functions:

• Support the development of system/software/tests as a member of a team employing AGILE-focused processes

• Provide technical solutions to a wide range of complex difficult problems that are imaginative, thorough, practicable, and consistent with programs objectives

• In depth understanding and wide application of technical principle, theories, and concepts in the field listed under the basic qualifications

• Conduct multidisciplinary research when needed and collaborates with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers

• Follows and ensures software standards are met.

• Supports the Integrated Product Team (IPT) lead

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university with 12 years of software engineering experience OR a master’s degree in (STEM) with 10 years of software engineering experience OR a PhD Degree in (STEM) with 8 years of software engineering experience
• Experience with sensor integration – ground and flight support.
• Experience with Resource Management
• Experience developing / integrating / testing with model and simulation tools.
• Experience developing software in a real-time, multi-threaded architecture
• Experience with developing and debugging on embedded operating systems
• Experience with developing and integrating Open Mission System (OMS) ICD and Service Contract development
• Working knowledge developing in C/C++
• Ability to obtain and maintain DoD Secret Clearance
• Ability to obtain and maintain Special program Access

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with containerization and container orchestration
• Knowledge of AFSIM, NGTS, and DIS model and simulation tools
• Knowledge of AMS GRA
• Experience in leading a small agile product team
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills are required
• Systems Engineering and Cameo Modeling
• Comms Experience
• Experience collecting and analyzing CPU throughput utilization, data bus bandwidth utilization, and CPU memory utilization statistics
• Experience developing on a program that delivers periodic releases in a process-driven environment for a government customer
• Python scripting knowledge
• Git source control knowledge
• Atlassian Suite (Jira, BitBucket, etc) knowledge
   

Salary Range: $142,500.00 - $213,700.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.