Software/principal Software Engineer

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · San Diego, CA +1 · Software

Software/Principal Software Engineer at Northrop Grumman in San Diego, CA, focusing on developing enterprise-level toolsets for engineering teams, exploiting operational data for maintenance, and potentially using AI/ML for predictive trend analysis. Requires a Top Secret clearance and experience with software development and databases.

What you'd actually do

  1. Develop, integrate, and maintain an enterprise level toolset in support of cross-discipline engineering teams.
  2. Develop toolsets to exploit large sets of operational data supporting the maintenance of communication subsystems and advanced payload technologies.
  3. Collaborate and work in an engineering environment with Cloud & Application, Communications & Networking, Advanced Payload Technologies, Test Automation, DevSecOps, and Systems Test.
  4. Work with stakeholders to design, build and maintain mission critical systems.
  5. Identify technical risks/opportunities and proactively develop mitigation plans.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 5 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline and 1 year of related engineering experience.
  • Hands-on SW development with Python, Java, C++, and/or MATLAB
  • Experience performing predictive trend analysis including the use of AI/ML techniques.
  • Experience with building and maintaining complex databases across multiple IT infrastructures.
  • Experience with container management tools such as Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, Docker Swarm, Nomad, or Redhat OpenShift.
  • Experience of automating tasks using Ansible, Bash, PowerShell, Puppet or Python.
  • Experience with performance monitoring tools e.g. Elastic Stack, Grafana.
  • Ability to interpret complex Interface Control Documents (ICDs) and drawings to build new data structures from raw source information.
  • Active US Government Top-Secret Clearance
  • Ability to obtain and maintain US Government SCI clearance
  • Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance

Nice to have

  • Current applicable Special Access Program (SAP) clearance
  • Strong collaboration and excellent communication skills verbal and written using collaborating tooling e.g. Atlassian Suite (Confluence, Jira, Bitbucket).
  • Strong agile background, keen to learn and succeed across multiple teams and adapt where required.
  • Experience supporting the Delivery Lead/Project Manager in developing project roadmaps, understanding delivery time scales, and communicating these to the customer.
  • Experience creating/maintaining DevOps CI/CD pipelines: Maven, Bamboo, GitLab, Bitbucket.
  • Experience in migration activities with a focus on positioning projects to become cloud ready and implement micro services architecture.
  • Experience automating system deployment, operation and maintenance using Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management tooling.
  • Experience administering a Kubernetes container platform using Red Hat OpenShift.

What the JD emphasized

  • Top Secret Clearance
  • Top-Secret Clearance
  • SCI clearance
  • Special Access Program (SAP) clearance

Other signals

  • Develop toolsets to exploit large sets of operational data supporting the maintenance of communication subsystems and advanced payload technologies.
  • Experience performing predictive trend analysis including the use of AI/ML techniques.