Calling all Cleared Software Engineers!

Location: United States-California-Redondo Beach, United States-Colorado-Aurora, United States-Utah-Roy, United States-Virginia-Dulles, United States-Colorado-Colorado Springs, United States-Virginia-Fairfax, United States-Arizona-Gilbert, United States-Alabama-Huntsville, United States-Maryland-Linthicum, United States-California-Azusa, United States-North Carolina-Morrisville, United States-Arizona-Chandler

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

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 description does not represent a current opening but may be used to identify candidates with skills and experience for positions within Northrop Grumman that frequently become available. Candidates who express an interest may be considered for future positions at Northrop Grumman.

Do you want to work at an international company with endless opportunities for growth and advancement? Are you eager to join a trust-based, globally-connected team, where your contributions will define what’s possible?

We are looking for team members who want to solve interesting, complex problems, which protect our nation. Your talents and passion are most important to us. If you don’t know a language, program, or platform, we will teach you! Become a part of our enthusiastic teams where we have fun working together and take pride in our contributions to the nation’s safety.

We are recruiting for junior, mid-level, and senior engineers with a background in Software Engineering to support our team. This position can be located in either of the following locations: Redondo Beach (CA), Azusa (CA), Gilbert (AZ), Chandler (AZ), Colorado Springs (CO), Aurora (CO), Roy (UT), Huntsville (AL), Morrisville (NC), Dulles (VA), Fairfax (VA), and Linthicum (MD). Due to the nature of this work, this position will be 100% on-site.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the follow:

• 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 does success look like?

As a successful employee, you will:

• Be an active and integral member of your team
• Channel your enthusiasm to innovate
• Be part of a supportive team that develops and deploys technologies that matter to our national security
• Work with agility, flexibility, and collaboration to explore creative ideas

Basic Qualifications for Levels 1-4:

• Bachelor's degree or Master's degree (Level 1)
• Bachelor’s degree with 2 years of professional experience or Master’s degree with 1 year (Level 2)
• Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of professional experience, or Master’s degree with 3 years, or PhD with 1 year (Level 3)
• Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of professional experience, or Master’s degree with 6 years, or PhD with 4 years (Level 4)
• An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree
• Active U.S. Government security clearance required at the time of application
• Experience with programming/scripting languages
• Understanding of all aspects of the software development lifecycle

Preferred Qualifications:

• STEM degree
• Active Top Secret clearance
• Experience in ground software development
• Experience with one or more of the following: C/C++, Python, Node.js, Go, or Java
• Knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system
• Familiarity with Agile principles, processes, and Atlassian tools

Primary Level Salary Range: $65,800.00 - $213,400.00

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.

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.