Position Overview

Title: Principal (Level 3) Software Engineer

Location: Aurora, CO

Salary Range: USD 110,300.00 - 165,500.00 per year

Clearance Type: Top Secret

Travel: Yes, 10% of the time

Relocation Assistance: May be available

About the Role

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.

Are you a multi-talented engineer looking for your next opportunity? We support a small but mighty team that continues to innovate and set new benchmarks for our customer. If this sounds like the opportunity for you, Northrop Grumman Space Systems Sector would love to have you join our team.

This is a great opportunity for a flexible self-starter to work in a dynamic environment with real world technical content supporting several tools and systems. Plenty of opportunity for career advancement into leadership positions.

Responsibilities

• 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

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree + 5 years of relative experience; OR Master's degree + 3 years of relative experience; OR PhD + 0 years of experience. An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree
• Requires an active Top-Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance at time of application
• Ability to pass a Counterintelligence Polygraph (CI-Poly) (not required to start)
• Strong knowledge of software engineering concepts (OOP, unit testing, etc.)
• Experience with Python programming
• Understanding of AWS services (SQS, S3)
• GitLab familiarization
• Exposure to Agile processes

Preferred Qualifications

• CompTIA Security+ Certification
• Experience with Data Lake ingestion, indexing, and querying

Compensation and Benefits

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
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

Working at Northrop Grumman is more than just a paycheck. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards and benefits package designed to help you thrive at work and in life. For more information on our Total Rewards package, please visit Northrop Grumman Total Rewards.

Application Timeline

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.

Equal Opportunity Statement

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.

Learn More

Curious about all the exciting developments with the Northrop Grumman Space Sector? Visit https://www.northropgrumman.com/space.