Software Engineer

About our organization: Our Aurora Software & Digital Engineering department comprises 200+ engineers, DevOps specialists, system administrators, DBAs, and network engineers-from entry-level talent to chief architects. Engineers often serve as informal subject-matter experts and may assume formal technical-leadership roles. Career progression into higher-level technical or leadership positions is strongly supported.

What You’ll Have an Opportunity to Do:

• Full stack development at the OS, platform, and mission unique software layer
• Applications will span languages and toolsets including GO, Python, Postgres, Kubernetes/Docker, AWS cloud infrastructure provisioning, PKI, and static code analysis execution and finding remediation.
• Developer will be expected to be a self-starter capable of making decisions with overall project budget and schedule in mind.
• Develop software which provides command and control functionality of a hardware system (sending commands, receiving acknowledgements, working on and integrating across interfaces)
• Develop software which enables activity planning and constraint checking to achieve mission outcomes.
• Develop software which enables the visualization of a complex and dynamic environment in both two and 3 dimensions, complete with decisions tools, intelligent context, and user-centric interface design.

This position may be filled at the Principal Software Engineer (level 3) or Sr. Principal Software Engineer (level 4).

The ideal candidate will have the ability to take ownership of hard problems and drive to a solution, while working in a team environment and provide leadership for its implementation. It is critical that you understand the software development life cycle. The Software Engineer will participate in the full life cycle of software development, to include requirements development, modeling and design, application development, unit to CSCI testing, integration, formal system testing, release, installation, and maintenance. The Software Engineer will apply technical expertise in solving complex integrations problems.

This position requires interfaces between systems analysts/programmers and users located in a specialized area to ensure that information technology designs meet the needs of the end users within an organization. Documents product/service requirements and develop test procedures to ensure user requests are carried out. The Software Engineer will interact with Program Management, and/or government customers. Therefore, excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills are required. A solid experience in bash scripting, Python, or other OOP languages, in a Linux environment is required., Principal Software Engineer Level 3:

• Bachelor’s Degree with 5 years of development experience (3 years with a Master’s Degree, 1 years with a PhD). 4 additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility at time of application.
• 2 Years Experience with Agile programs
• 2 Years Experience with the design, build, and deployment of software products
• 2 Years Experience in producing software architecture documentation
• Experience with Python, GO, AWS, GitLab workflows, and Docker/Kubernetes, * Bachelor’s Degree with 8 years of development experience (6 years with a Master’s Degree, 4 years with a PhD). 4 additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility at time of application.
• 4 years with Agile programs
• 4 years of experience with the design, build, and deployment of software products
• 4 years of experience in producing software architecture documentation
• 5 years of experience with Python, GO, AWS, GitLab workflows, and Docker/Kubernetes
• Prior experience with development of microservice software architecture, * Experience developing satellite ground software with any of the following applications for spacecraft missions is highly preferred: Command and Control, Mission Planning, Visualization, and/or Astrodynamics
• Experience with the creation and use of planning software and constraint checking applications utilized in complex and dynamic space mission planning
• Experience with the creation and implementation of visualization tools for space missions, including dynamic renderings of space vehicles, depiction of space vehicle missions, simulation of space vehicle sensor and mission outputs, and configuration displays of complex contextual and situational awareness information
• Linux, Ansible, Docker, UI/UX experience
• Active CI polygraph

Primary Level Salary Range: $114,000.00 - $171,000.00Secondary Level Salary Range: $142,200.00 - $213,400.00

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., In-Office Boulder, CO, USA 114K-213K Annually Senior level 114K-213K Annually Senior level Aerospace * Logistics * Security * Software * Cybersecurity Design, develop, test, document, deploy, and debug modeling and simulation applications for an autonomous distributed tracking system. Research and implement solutions to complex multidisciplinary software problems, leverage model outputs for system testing, and collaborate across teams. Must work full-time in-person, travel up to 10%, and hold required security clearance. Top Skills: AgileC++ (C++20)DirsigLinuxOptical Signatures Code (Osc)Python Northrop Grumman

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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.