CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10 of the TimeDescription

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact peoples 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 nations 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, theyre making history.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Software or Principal Software Developer Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals.  This position will be located in Melbourne, Florida. 

The Aeronautics Systems sector Research & Advanced Design (R&AD) is looking to grow Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) in support of designing and implementing technologies critical to the USAF Open Architecture initiatives. Our work influences the investment decisions of our senior leadership and customer program offices as well as impacting on the Air Force enterprise of acquisition programs.

Duties include deploying product updates, deploying software/containers in software factories, and building CI/CD pipelines. This role will have a large impact on team productivity and as such requires an understanding of the software development lifecycle and various automation tools for developing digital pipelines (CI/CD pipelines).

The AI Software Developer will support software development for use across multi-domain/multi-platform scenarios using software engineering best practices and standards and participate in the full life cycle of software development, to include requirements development, modeling and design, application development, unit testing, integration, and formal system testing within a Kubernetes cluster environment.

Basic Qualifications: 

• Software Engineer: Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 2 years of relevant experience OR Master’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 0 years of relevant experience
• Principal Software Engineer: Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 5 years of relevant experience OR Master’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 3 year of relevant experience  OR a PhD in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 1 year of relevant experience
• Demonstrable experience with Java or C++ and scripting languages (bash, python, yaml)
• Experience writing micro-services in event driven architecture using containers and container management, Helm Charts, Cloud Platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing and deployment
• Proficient with networking concepts
• Demonstrated experience in development and application of AI/ML algorithms
• Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated Secret clearance (DoD must be in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Company.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science
• Experience with data schemas such as OpenAPI, AsyncAPI or customer schemas such as UCI
• Experience integrating and debugging software on hardware
• Experience working within an Agile environment
• Familiarity with software development tools such as Git, CMake, and Eclipse, Visual Studio Code
• Proficiency working in Linux and commands
• Able to work independently and identify solutions to complex problems
• Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills

Primary Level Salary Range: $77,200.00 - $115,800.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $98,400.00 - $147,600.00

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 candidates experience, education, skills and current spanet conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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 an Equal Opportunity 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 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.