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!
We are looking for either a Principal Software Engineer or a Senior Principal Software Engineer experienced in Java (as your primary and most skilled in Object-Orientated programming language) 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 Space Park 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, Helm charts and AWS services. Many programs have a mixture of other languages in use such as Python or JavaScript. 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.
As a Software Engineer, you'll be joining our growing Space Park 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 an Infrastructure 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.
Basic Qualifications:

Principal Software Engineer: 5 Years with Bachelors in Science; 3 Years with Masters; 1 Year with PhD; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree
* Senior Principal Software Engineer: 8 Years with Bachelors in Science; 6 Years with Masters; 4 Years with PhD; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree
* Active TS/SCI required at time of application
* Experience as a front-end, back-end, or full-stack developer
* Experience developing on teams using Agile methodology, process, and tools
* Experience designing, developing, and troubleshooting in Java
* Experience using object-oriented design
* Experience using version control software
Preferred Qualifications:

Front end experience and/or interest in using JavaScript frameworks, (VueJS)
* Working in Agile environment
* Developing using microservice architecture in a Cloud environment
* Experience and/or developing with AWS
* Space/Space Missions Domain Knowledge
* Experience with Rest & JMS
* Data processing knowledge
* Git, maven, helm, harbor
* Experience with Robot Framework, Cucumber, or another Automated Test Framework
* Proclivity for SW/Microservice Architecture and Design
* Full-stack (or with back-end experience and interest in learning front-end at some point)
Salary Range: $107,300 - $160,900
Salary Range 2: *$133,000 - $199,600
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. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.