Principal Software Engineer

Company: Northrop Grumman
Location: Colorado Springs
Posted on: September 11, 2020

Job Description:

Engineering

Qualifications:

At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We're looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we'll support yours of expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field or an industry thought-leader. At Northrop Grumman, you'll have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. Our Engineering and Sciences (E&S) organization 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 Mission Systems (NGMS) is looking for you to join our team as a Software Engineer based out of Colorado Springs, CO.

What You'll get to Do:

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Software Engineer to join a team of highly skilled and diverse individuals specializing in solving cyber challenges of national interest. The successful candidate is self-motivated, energetic, and experienced software engineering with a background in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or a related technical discipline.

Successful candidates will participate in software requirements analysis, design, implementation, unit testing, integration, verification, documentation, configuration management and maintenance of software solutions for a broad range of applications with exposure to a variety of programs that provide critical solutions to US government agencies and the Department of Defense.

This position involves developing software solutions to national security threats with products that will involve development of technologies that support reverse engineering and vulnerability research of network and communication systems as well as RF technologies. The position requires solid software development skills including a familiarity with scripting languages. The position also requires familiarity with developing Human Machine Interfaces. Knowledge of operating systems, computer networking, modern software development environments, machine learning, and software configuration management tools is a plus.

The selected engineer will work with various multi-disciplined product development teams to develop software systems and tools, participate in technical reviews and provide customer support.

This position includes:

-- Software development using languages such as JavaScript, Python

-- Analysis/modification of existing software

-- Generation of applicable documentation, software user manuals and presentations

-- Interfacing with customers, program management and technical staff

-- Problem resolution and improvement recommendations

-- Occasional travel to Northrop Grumman and Government locations within the United States

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