Melbourne, Florida, United States · On-site
$77k–$143k/yr
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunit…
Skills: C/C++, Object Oriented Programming, Linux, Windows, Ansible
Melbourne, Florida, United States · On-site
$112k–$168k/yr
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunit…
Skills: RF Systems Testing, System Verification and Validation, Test Plan Development, Instrumentation Setup, 5G Communications
Melbourne, Florida, United States · On-site
$81k–$122k/yr
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportuniti…
Skills: Earned Value Management, Financial Forecasting, Cost Control, Schedule Control, Cobra
Melbourne, Florida, United States · On-site
$98k–$184k/yr
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunit…
Skills: Linux/RHEL, Bash Scripting, Ansible, Atlassian Suite, ACAS
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Inc.Melbourne, Florida, United States · On-site
$98k–$184k/yr
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunit…
Skills: Systems Architecture, Model-Based Systems Engineering, DODAF, SysML, Functional Analysis
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Inc.Melbourne, Florida, United States · On-site
$112k–$168k/yr
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunit…
Skills: RF Systems Testing, System Verification and Validation, Test Plan Development, Instrumentation Management, 5G Communications
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Inc.Melbourne, Florida, United States · On-site
$98k–$184k/yr
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunit…
Skills: Linux/RHEL, Bash Scripting, Ansible, Atlassian Suite, ACAS
Melbourne, Florida, United States · On-site
Director of AI & Innovation Melbourne, Florida Build the AI playbook for a top-ranked national design and construction firm. We have an opening to support our client, a nationally ranked AEC firm with expertise in aerosp…
Skills: AI Strategy, Digital Transformation, AEC Industry Expertise, Change Management, BIM Automation
Melbourne, Florida, United States · On-site
$98k–$184k/yr
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunit…
Skills: Systems Architecture, Model-Based Systems Engineering, DODAF, SysML, Functional Analysis
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Inc.Melbourne, Florida, United States · On-site
$98k–$184k/yr
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunit…
Skills: Flight Deck Equipment Design, COTS/MIL-COTS Hardware, Systems Engineering, Requirements Analysis, Model-Based Systems Engineering
Melbourne, Florida, United States · On-site
$81k–$122k/yr
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunit…
Skills: Earned Value Management, Financial Analysis, Cost Performance Reporting, Budget Baselining, Variance Analysis
Melbourne, Florida, United States · On-site
$123k–$184k/yr
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunit…
Skills: Java, C++, Object Oriented Programming, Software Development Life Cycle, Automated Testing
Melbourne, Florida, United States · On-site
$60k–$108k/yr
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunit…
Skills: Integrated Master Plan, Integrated Master Schedule, Risk Analysis, Critical Path Method, Network Logic
Melbourne, Florida, United States · On-site
$153k–$229k/yr
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opport…
Skills: Model Based Systems Engineering, Cameo Suite, Systems Architecture, Agile Framework, Requirements Analysis
Melbourne, Florida, United States · On-site
$123k–$184k/yr
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunit…
Skills: Fuel Subsystem Design, Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, System Test & Verification
Melbourne, Florida, United States · On-site
$89k–$134k/yr
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportuniti…
Skills: Integrated Master Plan, Integrated Master Schedule, Earned Value Management, Risk Analysis, Microsoft Project
Melbourne, Florida, United States · On-site
$153k–$229k/yr
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunit…
Skills: Fuel Subsystem Design, System Test & Verification, Thermodynamic Analysis, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer
Melbourne, Florida, United States · On-site
$139k–$209k/yr
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunit…
Skills: Systems Engineering, Configuration Management, Software Configuration, Leadership, Data Management
Melbourne, Florida, United States · On-site
$98k–$184k/yr
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunit…
Skills: Airframe Structural Design, Composite Materials, Metallic Materials, GD&T, Model Based Engineering
Melbourne, Florida, United States · On-site
$81k–$122k/yr
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities …
Skills: Project Management, Risk Management, Opportunity Management, Change Management, Cost Management
Melbourne, Florida, United States • On-site
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Responsible for deploying, automating, and maintaining software infrastructure within an agile development team. This includes designing application builds, releases, and configuration activities while troubleshooting operational issues.
Requires a STEM degree and 2-5+ years of software engineering experience depending on the level, with proficiency in C/C++ and Linux/Windows environments. Must be a US citizen capable of obtaining a Secret government clearance.
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems Sector has an opening for a Software Engineer or a Principal Software Engineer to join our Global Surveillance Division supporting the team of qualified, diverse individuals. The location for this opportunity is Melbourne, Florida and will be primarily based within our office spaces to support the program and business needs. Operating on our 9/80 schedule means you will get every other Friday off. The position has NO remote or Hybrid work available
Responsibilities will include deploying, automating, maintaining, troubleshooting, and improving the systems and software infrastructure running smoothly. This role requires you to have hands-on technical experience and a can-do approach towards environmental automation and management along with continuous improvements. You will be a member of an agile development team. You will be responsible for the design and implementation of application builds, releases, deployment along with configuration activities.
Your responsibilities will include working with internal business partners to gather requirements, prototyping, and architecting complex solutions supporting the building and test plan execution, performing quality reviews, and triaging and fixing operational issues. The candidate will assist with the integration, troubleshooting and testing of implemented software changes. The ideal candidate will have the ability to take ownership of ambiguous hard problems and drive them to a solution, while working in a team environment. It is critical that you understand the software development life cycle and have an in-depth knowledge of automated testing to facilitate and analyze large data sets. The Software Engineer will develop, modify, and maintain customized or standardized applications 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 to CSCI testing, integration, formal system testing, release, installation, and maintenance.
The ideal candidate will have the ability to take ownership of hard problems and drive them to a solution, while working in a team environment and provide leadership for its implementation. It is critical that you understand the software development life cycle and have an in-depth knowledge of automated testing to facilitate and analyze large data sets. The Software Engineer will participate in the full life cycle of software development, to include requirements development, modeling and design, application development, unit to CSCI testing, integration, formal system testing, release, installation, and maintenance.
Essential Functions:
Full lifecycle design, implementation, and unit testing of software.
Apply extensive technical expertise and have full knowledge of other related disciplines. Able to communicate effectively and clearly present technical approaches and findings.
Provide technical solutions to a wide range of complex difficult problems that are imaginative, thorough, practicable, and consistent with programs objectives.
In depth understanding and wide application of technical principle, theories, and concepts in the field listed under the basic qualifications.
Design, develop, document, test and debug applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions.
Conduct multidisciplinary research when needed and collaborates with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems
Work with various team members to integrate functionality with other software components.
Support the generating, gathering, and reporting software metrics.
Follow program software best practices.
Able to work independently and identify solutions to complex problems.
Represents the organization as the prime technical contact on contracts and projects. Interacts with senior external personnel on significant technical matters often require coordination between organizations.
Basic Qualifications:
(Engineer Software - Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 2 or more years of experience in software engineering OR a Master’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 0 or more years of experience in software engineering
(Principal Engineer Software) bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 5 or more years of experience in software engineering OR a Master’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 3 or more years of experience in software engineering
Experience with aviation or safety-critical systems.
Development experience with C/C++ or other OOP languages.
Experience developing software in a Linux and Windows environment.
Must be a US citizen with the ability to obtain and/or transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret Clearance, and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company
Preferred Qualifications:
Excellent oral and written communication skills and Strong interpersonal skills.
Master’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university with 5+ year’s of software development experience.
Experience developing software within the SELinux environment.
Comfort with agile development tools such as the GitLab tool suite, including proficiency with version control systems like Git.
Full software development life cycle experience.
Experience configuring RedHat Linux within a secure environment.
Current DOD 8570 IAT Level II or greater certification (Security+)
Experience with Red Hat System Administration
Experience with Ansible automation tools
Experience with IP stack and network configuration
Experience maintaining and upgrading RHEL systems
Experience working with containerization technologies
Experience working with container orchestration technologies
Experience building managing RPMs from source
Experience with multithreaded desktop application development
Familiarity with the Agile software development process.
Experience with Rhapsody and/or Cameo UML Modeling experience or similar tools.
Currently the holder of a special program access.
Proven capacity to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team and demonstrate effective communication skills in technical discussions.
Proficient in creating and maintaining comprehensive software documentation throughout the development lifecycle.
US citizen with a current in scope DoD secret or higher clearance.
Currently the holder of a special program access
We are a close-knit community of big thinkers collaborating to keep the world safe. Our passion, creativity and expertise bring next-level technology solutions to life in autonomous systems, cyber, C4ISR, strike, space, and logistics and modernization for our customers around the globe. On the Northrop Grumman team, you’ll join our pursuit of excellence immersed in a dynamic culture of innovation and respect. Your unique perspective will help achieve our shared vision for the future of global security. Every step of the way, you'll be supported by world-class training, employee resource groups and a comprehensive benefits package that enables greater health and happiness for you and your family. Worldwide and across disciplines, we’re challenging what’s possible for technology to protect people and places from undersea to outer space and into cyberspace. And we see the impact of our performance every day. We are Northrop Grumman, and we work on what matters—now, you too can make a difference. Explore opportunities in engineering, IT, manufacturing, business management, cybersecurity and more at jobs.northropgrumman.com/careers. 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. Our careers site can be found at jobs.northropgrumman.com/careers. If you are contacted about a job at Northrop Grumman, please verify the email came from the domain @ngc.com before engaging with that contact. If you are contacted by a Northrop Grumman recruiter on LinkedIn, please that their profile includes the verified check mark to ensure the contact is legitimate.
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