Staff Engineer Software

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.

This position is currently contingent on program award and associated program award funding. Start dates are determined after funding confirmation.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems Sector has an opening for a Staff Engineer Software to join Global Surveillance Division supporting our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Melbourne, Florida.

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems in air and space that impact people’s lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our work preserves freedom and democracy and advances human discovery and our understanding of the universe. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future and have a lot of 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.

Essential Functions:
• 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 uses needs; analyzes system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and control
• Designs and develops compilers and assemblers, utility programs, and operating systems
• Ensures software standards are met
• This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret clearance as well as Program Special Access within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs

Responsibilities will include deploying, automating, maintaining, troubleshooting, and improving the systems and software infrastructure running smoothly.  The role requires you to have hands on technical experience and a can-do approach towards environment automation and management along with continuous improvements. You will be a team member working in agile development process. You will be responsible for the design and implementation of application builds, releases, deployment along with configuration activities.  Your responsibilities will include working with internal business partners to gather requirements, prototyping, and architecting complex solutions supporting the building and test plan execution, performing quality reviews, and triaging and fixing operational issues.  The candidate will assist with the integration, troubleshooting and testing of implemented software changes.

The ideal candidate will have the ability to take ownership of hard problems and drive to a solution, while working in a team environment and provide leadership for its implementation.  It is critical that you understand the software development life cycle and have an in-depth knowledge of automated testing to facilitate and analyze large data sets. The Software Engineer will participate in the full life cycle of software development, to include requirements development, modeling and design, application development, unit to CSCI testing, integration, formal system testing, release, installation, and maintenance. The Software Engineer will apply technical expertise in solving complex integrations problems.   The Software Engineer will interact with Program Management, external suppliers and/or government customers.  Therefore, excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills are required.  A solid experience in bash scripting, C/C++, or other OOP languages, in a Linux environment is required along with the ability to design, build and install software for existing or new networks and infrastructures. Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD secret security clearance and Special Program Access is a required.

Job Description

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.

What You’ll get to Do:

The selected individual will play a critical role in the design, development, and delivery of the program’s network architecture.

Roles & Responsibilities include but aren’t limited to:

• Work closely with engineers and technicians in a lab environment
• Advise on integration of new emerging industry technologies with the program’s systems
• Implement engineering changes to the system as required
• Review, analyze, and incorporate technical requirements into end-to-end system architectures
• Occasional travel may be required

• Full lifecycle design, implementation, and unit testing of software.
• Work with various team members to integrate functionality with other software components.
• Ability to lead a team and /or provide leadership to drive solutions of complex problems.
• Support software working groups with the customer.
• Ensure software best practices.
• Develop software products from all phases of the software lifecycle.
• Ensuring compliance with relevant regulations.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and Strong interpersonal skills.

Basic Qualifications:

• Staff Engineer Software requires a Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 14 or more years of experience in software engineering OR a Master’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 12 or more years of experience in software engineering or a PhD with 10 or more years software engineering experience.
• In-depth knowledge of network engineer software tools and coding languages.
• Experience in Systems programming, TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS.
• Development experience with C/C++ or other OOP languages.
• Experience developing and debugging software in a Linux and Windows environment.
• Experience with configuration management using industry standard tools and processes.
• Familiarity with the Atlassian tool suite, plugins, Git and Confluence.
• Active certification at DOD 8570 IAT Level II (e.g. Security+) or greater
• Experience developing lab simulation software
• Clearance: Candidate must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret with the ability to the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret Clearance.
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain special program access as a condition of continued employment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 15 or more years of relevant experience
• Active DoD Top-Secret clearance
• Experience with a scripting language (e.g. Bash, Python)
• Experience with Firewall, VPN, switch, and router configuration.

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 www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.

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.