Principal/ Sr Principal Engineer Software (Active TS/SCI clearance required at time of application)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% 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.

The Payload and Ground Systems organization within the Northrop Grumman Space Systems pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems Sector is looking for you to join our team as a Principal or Sr. Principal Software Engineer based out of Aurora, CO. MAC-D is a developing product line that uses signal processing and advanced analytics alongside RF hardware to capture and exploit signals of interest and provide mission-critical data to the users.

What You’ll get to Do: We are looking for a Software Engineer experienced in Python, C++, and JavaScript who wants to work on an agile development team using modern development practices tackling both new development and operational support of systems that advance National Security. Our Aurora campus has numerous programs in all phases on the development and operational lifecycle, from smaller single scrum team efforts to larger multi-team efforts, some that leverage remote teams from other Northrop Grumman sites. Many of our programs are using a micro-service event driven architecture using Docker Containers, Kubernetes. We are flexible and career growth focused permitting staff to either deepen skills on one program or seek other internal opportunities over time to broaden skills, experiences, and mission exposure.

About our organization: As a Software Engineer, you'll be joining our growing Aurora Software and Digital Engineering department which has 200+ Software Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Systems Administrator, Database Administrator, and Network Engineer peers from entry-level to the most senior chief engineers and architects. Principal Software Engineers frequently get into informal (example: Subject Matter Expert) and formal technical leadership roles within their programs, as applicable and per interest.  We have plenty of opportunity for career advancement into higher level technical roles or leadership positions. Our Software Department is part of a larger organization that includes Systems Engineering, Integration, and Test staff as well as a Hardware Engineering unit. This larger organization influences cross-program collaboration, professional development and training, as well as engagement and inclusion activities such as lunch-n-learns, campus events, and leadership mixers.

This position is contingent upon final costumer funding with an anticipated start date in Q2 2025.

Basic Qualifications:

• Principal: Bachelor’s degree in science with 5+ years of software development experience; 3+ years with a Master's; or 4 additional years of relative experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Sr. Principal: Bachelor’s degree in science with 8+ years of software development experience; 6+ years with a Master's; or 4 additional years of relative experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Current and active Top Secret/SCI security clearance required at time of application
• Candidate must be able to obtain a Counterintelligence Polygraph (CI-Poly)
• Experience designing, developing, and troubleshooting in Python
• Experience as a front-end, back-end, or full-stack developer
• Experience developing on teams using Agile methodology, process, and tools
• Comfortable using git, including branching, merging, and resolving merge conflicts
• Experience with Container Management (Dockers and Docker-Compose) and networking with containers
• Experience with PyTorch, Pandas, Numpy, Matplotlib, Scikit-Learn, Ollama, Langchain, Llamacpp
• Experience with software development on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Experience using object-oriented design
• Experience with Transformers, CNNs, DNNs
• Experience utilizing LLMs and pattern of Life
• Experience with rapid prototyping and implementation

Preferred Qualifications:

It is preferred that a given candidate has some of the preferred qualification below. No expectation of all.

• Experience designing, developing, and troubleshooting in C++ and  JavaScript
• Experience designing, developing, and troubleshooting in virtualized environments
• Experience with Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket) and Kubernetes, Podman
• Experience working with self-hosting LLMs with RAG
• Experience with software system integration, testing, and deployment, including but not limited to automation
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills
• Quick learning, comfortable with learning new technical concepts and new libraries and APIs
• Self-motivated, ability to complete tasking independently

Salary Range: $110,300.00 - $165,500.00Salary Range 2: $137,400.00 - $206,000.00

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.

Employees may be eligible for 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 committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA 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.