RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: 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.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems—Launch and Missile Defense Systems has an exciting career opportunity for a Principal Software Engineer to join our team of skilled and diverse professionals. This position, based in Colorado Springs, CO, is crucial in supporting the U.S. President, the Secretary of Defense, and combatant commanders at strategic, regional, and operational levels.

Relocation assistance is not provided for this position, and this role requires on-site presence with no remote options.

Position Overview:

The Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) program is a vital part of the Missile Defense System. It provides an essential operational platform that enables the U.S. president, the secretary of defense, and combatant commanders at strategic, regional, and tactical levels to systematically plan ballistic missile defense operations, monitor battle progress, and actively manage networked sensors and weapon systems to meet global and regional mission goals.

C2BMC offers a layered missile defense capability that delivers an optimized response to threats across all ranges and flight phases. It functions as a force multiplier by connecting, integrating, and synchronizing autonomous sensor and weapon systems and operations both worldwide and locally to enhance overall performance. Additionally, C2BMC is a critical component of all ground and flight tests that verify and demonstrate the missile defense system's current and future capabilities.

The primary responsibilities of this role mainly involve implementing features and developing a new backend system called Forge, which the program uses from scratch. This system is designed to serve as a supplementary backend tool to help reduce the difficulties faced when using the other backend systems currently in place on the C2MBC-Global program.

Essential Functions:

Assistance and maintenance of the C2BMC-Global's CI/CD pipeline, which uses in-house scripts and applications to ensure a streamlined, straightforward approach to expanded integration testing within the extensive system of applications used in the program

Managing GitLab merge requests

Helping other teams with troubleshooting problems, bugs, and issues related to tools provided by the Tools Team, and addressing high-priority problems known as PRs

Basic Qualifications:

Please include your current security clearance and IAT or relevant certifications on your resume, if applicable.

Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline preferred from an accredited university and 5 years of related experience, or a Master's Degree and 3 years of related experience, or 1 years of related experience with a PhD. Or 9 years of related experience in lieu of a degree may be considered.

Applicants must possess a current, active in-scope DoD-issued Secret security clearance at the time of application, which is required to start

Ability and willingness to travel 10% to support business needs.

Applicants must have hands-on direct experience working with Java , especially with Swing and the use of reflection within Java

Experience working with the typical IDE for Java development Eclipse , but VSCode is also an acceptable option

Experience with automation and CI/CD pipelines, along with experience working in fast-paced, collaborative team environments

Preferred Qualifications:

Bash/Unix , Python , and MATLAB for maintaining existing applications and frameworks within the tools team

Familiar with Agile workflows

Experienced with Jira and Confluence

Knowledge of using Microsoft Teams and Mattermost

Proficient with Git and GitLab

Background experience in backend software engineering—particularly with Java or MATLAB —is highly preferred for the Tools Team's current needs

Experience in maintaining and improving frameworks and similar systems is also a significant advantage

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Primary Level Salary Range: $100,300.00 - $150,500.00

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.

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 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 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.