Principal Engineer Software

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Melbourne, FL +1 · Software

Principal Engineer Software role at Northrop Grumman focusing on the full lifecycle of software development for simulation applications, including requirements, design, development, testing, integration, and maintenance. Requires a Bachelor's or Master's degree in STEM, experience with C/C++ or other OOP languages, database management, UI development, and Agile methodologies. A DoD Secret clearance is mandatory.

What you'd actually do

  1. Full lifecycle design, implementation, and unit testing of software.
  2. Apply extensive technical expertise and has full knowledge of other related disciplines.
  3. Provide technical solutions to a wide range of complex difficult problems that are imaginative, thorough, practicable, and consistent with programs objectives.
  4. In depth understanding and wide application of technical principle, theories, and concepts in the field listed under the basic qualifications.
  5. Design, develop, document, test and debug simulation applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 5 years of experience in software engineering OR a Master’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 3 years of experience in software engineering
  • US citizen with ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret level security clearance
  • Interim clearance is required to start
  • Development experience developing software in a Linux and Windows environment
  • Development experience with debugging software in both the desktop and target environments
  • Experience with designing, managing, querying, and maintaining databases
  • Experience with UI development
  • Development experience with software and system test
  • Experience with Agile software development
  • Development experience with C/C++ or other OOP languages

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with the Atlassian tool suite with add-ons like Git and Confluence
  • Familiarity with the Agile software development process
  • Full software development life cycle experience
  • Rhapsody and/or Cameo UML Modeling experience
  • Experience with Oracle databases
  • Experience with formal software test and Weapon System evaluations
  • Currently the holder of a special program access

What the JD emphasized

  • critical that you understand the software development life cycle
  • in-depth knowledge of automated testing
  • facilitate and analyze large data sets
  • US citizen with ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret level security clearance
  • Interim clearance is required to start