Software Engineer / Principal Software Engineer

Location: United States-California-Palmdale, United States-California-San Diego, United States-California-El Segundo

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 25% 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.

Please note that this opportunity is contingent on program funding. Start dates are determined after funding confirmation.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is looking to add a Software Engineer / Principal Software Engineer to join our team of qualified diverse individuals. The candidate should be a self-starter with familiarity working in an Integrated Product Team construct.

This Job will be primarily located in Palmdale CA, but may consider El Segundo, or Rancho Bernardo, CA as possible work locations.

Roles and Responsibilities will include:

• Design, develop, document, test and debug applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions.
• Conduct 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.
• Determine computer user needs; analyze system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls.
• Prepare operating instructions.
• Design and develop compilers and assemblers, utility programs, and operating systems.
• Ensure software standards are met.
• General frequent use and application of technical standards, principles, theories, concepts and techniques.
• Demonstrates the skill and ability to perform moderately complex professional tasks.
• Provide solutions to a variety of technical problems of increasing scope and complexity as assigned
• Work is reviewed for soundness of technical judgment, overall adequacy and accuracy. Works under general supervision.

Impact:

• Contributes to the completion of milestones associated with specific projects. Failure to achieve results or inadequate work product should be detected by supervisory oversight but may cause delay in program schedules and allocation of additional resources

The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility. There is no remote / hybrid / telework available for this position. Travel up to 25% may be required.

Basic Qualifications Software Engineer:

• Bachelor's Degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 2 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master's degree in a STEM discipline and 0 years related engineering experience.
• Experience with a Coding Language.
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret clearance and Special Access Program (SAP) within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.

Basic Qualifications Principal Software Engineer:

• Bachelor's Degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 5 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master's degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years related engineering experience.
• Experience with a Coding Language.
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret clearance and Special Access Program (SAP) within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.

Preferred Qualifications Both Levels:

• Current applicable Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
• Active US Government clearance (with a background investigation within the past 5 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).

Knowledge, familiarity, and/or experience with the following:

• Blazor - Web Assembly, Hybrid Development, Front-End Web Development
• .Net – Front-End and UI Development, Commands, C# Enhancements, Web Apps, Modernization, Backend Web Development, Generative AI Powered Pair Programming for Full Stack Development.
• Azure DevOps CI/CD Solutions
• Selenium – Structure, Scale, Run, and Optimize Automated Tests, Automation Framework, GUI Automation
• Oracle – SQL Basic, (26ai), (19c), and/or advanced
• SQL Basic
• SQL Server
• Transact SQL
• Web application deployment
• AI
• Git – Branches, Merges, Remotes, AI Powered Development
• Web Development
• HTML5
• Javascript
• C#

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Primary Level Salary Range: $91,800.00 - $137,600.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $114,000.00 - $171,000.00

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.