Senior/Principal Software Engineer (PGS Space) - OneTen Coalition
Redondo Beach, CA
About the Job
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.
We are seeking either a Principal Software Engineer or a Senior Principal Software Engineer to join our talented, diverse team. This position is located in Redondo Beach, CA.
In this role you will be joining our growing Software and Digital Engineering 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. As a Software Engineer you will act as a lead and mentor. You may also get into informal and formal technical leadership roles within our program, as applicable and per interest. We have plenty of opportunities for career advancement into higher-level technical roles or leadership positions. Our Software Department is part of a larger organization that includes Systems Engineering, Integration, and Test Engineering, as well as Hardware Engineering. This larger 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.
Core responsibilities:
This requisition may be filled at a higher grade based on qualifications listed below.
Basic Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
Salary Range: $110,300 - $165,500
Salary Range 2: $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 http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO . U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.
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.
We are seeking either a Principal Software Engineer or a Senior Principal Software Engineer to join our talented, diverse team. This position is located in Redondo Beach, CA.
In this role you will be joining our growing Software and Digital Engineering 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. As a Software Engineer you will act as a lead and mentor. You may also get into informal and formal technical leadership roles within our program, as applicable and per interest. We have plenty of opportunities for career advancement into higher-level technical roles or leadership positions. Our Software Department is part of a larger organization that includes Systems Engineering, Integration, and Test Engineering, as well as Hardware Engineering. This larger 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.
Core responsibilities:
- Working with Java as Object-Orientated programming language
- Working on an agile development team using modern development practices tackling both new development and operational support of systems that advance National Security
- Many of our programs are using a micro-service event-driven architecture using Docker Containers, Kubernetes, Helm charts, and AWS services
- Programs also in Operations have maintenance and sustainment engineering needs on existing deployed baselines which may require troubleshooting and programming in C++/C
- Many programs have a mixture of other languages in use such as Python or JavaScript
This requisition may be filled at a higher grade based on qualifications listed below.
Basic Qualifications:
- Principal S/W Engineer: 5 Years with Bachelors; 3 Years with Masters; 1 Year with PhD; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree
- Senior Principal S/W Engineer: 8 Years with Bachelors; 6 Years with Masters; 4 Years with PhD; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree
- Active DoD Top Secret Clearance at the time of application, and the ability to obtain TS/SCI
- Experience as a front-end, back-end, or full-stack developer
- Expertise in Spring Boot java development (cloud focus preferred)
- Multiple backend datastores (H2 Database, PostgreSQL, etc)
- Full Stack web development
- Agile development process to include test driven development.
- Containerization and cloud native software deployments
- Experience developing on teams using Agile methodology, process, and tools
- Experience designing, developing, and troubleshooting in Java
- Experience using object oriented design
- Experience using version control software
Preferred Qualifications:
- Active TS/SCI
- Current Counterintelligence Polygraph (CI-Poly) completed within the last 5 years
- Experience with GraphQL
- Experience designing, developing, and troubleshooting in C++, C, Python, and/or JavaScript
- Experience designing, developing, and troubleshooting distributed systems
- Experience designing, developing, and troubleshooting in virtualized environments (VMs, AWS Cloud Instances)
- Experience as a full-stack developer
- Experience with software development on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Experience with range of software development phases from research, to new development, and to operations
- Experience with Dockerization and Container Management (Dockers and Kubernetes)
- Experience with Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket)
- Experience with AWS Services
- Experience with ground command/control or ground processing systems (scheduling, tasking, antennas, hardware interfaces, data processing)
- Experience with software system integration, testing, and deployment, including but not limited to automation
- Experience with DevOps and/or Site Reliability Engineering
- Experience in leading software engineers in roles such as Scrum Master, Team Lead, Product Owner, or similar
Salary Range: $110,300 - $165,500
Salary Range 2: $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 http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO . U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.
Source : OneTen Coalition