Principal Engineer Software - Morrisville, NC, United States - Northrop Grumman

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 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, but they're also making history
The Payload and Ground Systems organization within the Northrop Grumman Space Systems pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences
Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter
Come be a part of our mission
Northrop Grumman Space Systems (NGSP) seeks to fill a Principal Software Engineer/Senior Principal Software Engineer in the Payload and Ground Systems Division Engineering organization supporting Integrated National Systems (INS) Business Unit (BU) to support a new Ground program
This position can be filled at Morrisville, NC, Fairfax, VA, Linthicum, MD or Aurora CO
What you'll get to do? As a Software Engineer on this team, you will support a team of engineers to define, develop, decompose, analyze, verify, and validate requirements for a Ground Segment
In this role, you will be supporting program leadership and the customer to define and maintain the technical baseline
Ultimately, you will support the program through maturity and milestones to achieve the mission, ensuring everything is synchronized
We have multiple Software Engineering positions across the Ground program, on contract to deliver the ground segment for a restricted space program
This work will span command and control, mission planning and scheduling, mission processing, and system infrastructure
We have anticipated future growth to deliver additional ground capabilities
The successful candidate will have broad Software Engineering lifecycle knowledge, with the ability to digest changes and present them to the technical and management teams in concise briefings
The candidate is expected to operate independently with little oversight in a dynamic environment, to be highly self-motivated, reporting information to IPT leads, and the customer
The individual is expected to handle diverse assignments with efficiency, finding unique solutions and working in a very collaborative and fast paced environment that continues to grow
Experience with system modeling is preferred
Qualifications This position may be performed at a Principal Software Engineer level or Senior Principal Software Engineer level depending on the qualifications, skills, and experience of the candidate

Principal Software Engineer:
Bachelor's degree in STEM and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience; 3 years of relevant experience with a Master's degree Senior
Principal Software Engineer:
B achelor's degree in STEM and a minimum of 9 years of relevant experience; 7 years of relevant experience with a Master's degree

Basic Qualifications:

• Must be a US Citizen with an active TS/SCI
• Proficient in Python programming
• Experience with developing microservices
• Experience working in a cloud environment Preferred Qualifications :
• Polygraph (CI or FSP)
• Experience using Kubernetes
• Experience working with Docker containers and Helm charts
• Familiarity with space vehicle ground segment design
• Experience with Agile development
• Excellent technical writing and team building skills

Salary Range:
$97,500 - $160,900

Salary Range 2:
$121,000 - $199,600 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
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Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.