Sr Principal Engineer Software / AURORA, CO

AURORA, CO Northrop Grumman

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Requisition ID: R10182478

Category: Engineering

Location: Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Clearance Type: Top Secret

Telecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this position

Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)

Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time

Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available

Positions Available: 1

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.

The Payload and Ground Systems, 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. Come be a part of our mission!

About our local organization: You’ll be joining our Aurora Software and Controls Department which has 200+ Software Engineers, DevOps Engineers, Systems Administrators, Database Administrators, and Network Engineers from entry-level to the most senior chief engineers and architects. This engineering organization supports numerous programs within the Payload and Ground Systems organization. We have plenty of opportunity for career advancement into higher level technical roles or leadership positions. We are part of a larger local engineering organization that includes Systems Engineering and Hardware Engineering staff. This overall local engineering 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.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to : Designs, develops, documents, tests and debugs applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions. Conducts multidisciplinary research and collaborates with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems for product and commercial software. Determines computer user needs; analyzes system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls; prepares operating instructions; designs and develops compilers and assemblers, utility programs, and operating systems. Ensures software standards are met.

Software engineers at our Senior Principal (T04) level are expected to quickly gain mission and system domain knowledge coupling that with prior experience to mentor and influence others as well as contribute to advancing the program forward. The program appreciates engineers that identify and propose improvement ideas in technology, process, architecture, or tooling and are fast-learners on existing code bases. If you thrive in this kind of environment, then please apply so we can consider you.

This position requires being onsite and does not support remote or hybrid work.

Basic Qualifications:

Must have an active TS/SCI clearance at time of application.

Candidate must be able to obtain a Counterintelligence Polygraph (CI-Poly)

Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or a comparable STEM degree with 8+ years of software development experience; 6+ years with a Master’s; or 4 additional years of experience in lieu of a degree.

Experience designing, developing, and troubleshooting in Python

Experience as a front-end, back-end, or full-stack developer

Experience developing on teams using Agile methodology, process, and tools

Comfortable using git, including branching, merging, and resolving merge conflicts

Experience with Container Management (Dockers and Docker-Compose) and networking with containers

Experience with software development on Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Experience using object-oriented design

Experience with rapid prototyping and implementation

Preferred Qualifications:

It is preferred that a given candidate has some of the preferred qualification below. No expectation of all.

Experience designing, developing, and troubleshooting in virtualized environments

Experience with Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket) and Kubernetes, Podman

Experience with AWS tools (S3, ECR, EC2)

Experience with software system integration, testing, and deployment, including but not limited to automation

Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills

Quick learning, comfortable with learning new technical concepts and new libraries and APIs

Self-motivated, ability to complete tasking independently

Salary Range: $137,400 – $206,000

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. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

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