Software Engineer/Principal Software Engineer - Melbourne, FL, United States - Northrop Grumman

Description

Category:
Engineering

Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)

Travel Required:
Yes, 10% of the Time

Relocation Assistance:
Relocation assistance may be available

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 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.

Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems sector is seeking a Software Engineer or Principal Engineer Software to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals located in Melbourne, FL , at the Melbourne campus.

The Software Engineer/Principal Engineer Software will join the Software Quality Assurance organization within Mission Assurance providing highly technical feedback during code review ensuring compliance with standards and best practices and that code is correct, efficient, and maintainable.

They will implement tools which aid in the collection and analysis of data relevant to Software Quality's statement of work.

Within Software Quality Assurance, the Software Engineer/Principal Engineer Software will also:
Perform process audits of software development processes to assure compliance to policies, both onsite and at supplier sites
Review customer, system and software requirements to ensure the flow down of requirements is complete and unambiguous
Participate in contractual reviews and audits, program meetings, and configuration control board meetings
Examine the products associated with the preparation and configuration control of software test environments to assess the team's readiness to enter formal testing
Collect and analyze quality metrics on software activities
Peer review software documents to ensure appropriate content and adherence to standards
Interpret customer technical, software, and quality requirements and ensure those requirements are integrated into program plans, specifications, and product documents
Ensure compliance with contract program, quality, organizational, and industry alert requirements
Provide oversight in discrepancy review and software failure investigations as well as cause and corrective action determinations. Facilitate thorough root cause analysis on deficiencies and ensure appropriate corrective actions are developed and implemented in a timely manner
Monitor execution of formal software tests to ensure tests are executed in accordance with approved test procedures, requirements are fully verified, and that all test procedures and software anomalies are documented and tracked to closure
Software Engineer

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, another STEM degree or equivalent and at least 2 years of software experience or a Master's degree in one of the above disciplines with 0 years of experience.

Experience coding in Java, C++, or Python
Understanding of software engineering principles, practices, and theories
Ability to understand and work with multiple enterprise-wide systems and software problem tracking tools such as DOORs, Jira, Confluence, and BitBucket
Knowledge of waterfall, spiral, or Agile life cycles
Active in-scope Secret Clearance and ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access

​ Principal Software Engineer:
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Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, another STEM degree or equivalent and at least 5 years of software experience or 3 years with a Master's degree or 0 years with a PhD in one of the above disciplines.

Experience coding in Java, C++, or Python
Understanding of software engineering principles, practices, and theories
Ability to understand and work with multiple enterprise-wide systems and software problem tracking tools such as DOORs, Jira, Confluence, and BitBucket
Knowledge of waterfall, spiral, or Agile life cycles
Active in-scope Secret Clearance and ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access

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.

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.