Associate Software Engineer / Software Engineer

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems Sector has an opening for an Associate Software Engineer / Software Engineer to join Global Surveillance Division supporting the team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located onsite in Melbourne, Florida.

Responsibilities will include designing, testing, maintaining, troubleshooting, and improving the systems and software. The role requires you to have hands on technical experience and a can-do approach towards environment automation and management along with continuous improvements. You will be a team member working in agile development process. You will be responsible for the design and implementation of application builds, releases, deployment along with configuration activities. Your responsibilities will include working with internal business partners to gather requirements, prototyping, and architecting complex solutions supporting the building and test plan execution, performing quality reviews, and triaging and fixing operational issues.

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 and have an in-depth knowledge of automated testing to facilitate and analyze large data sets. 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. A solid experience in bash scripting, C/C++, or other OOP languages is expected

Essential Functions:

• Full lifecycle design, implementation, and unit testing of software.

• Work with various team members to integrate functionality with other software components.

• Supporting the gathering and reporting software metrics.

• Follow program software best practices.

• Develop software products within all phases of the software lifecycle.

This requisition may be filled at either an Associate Software Engineer level 1 or a Software Engineer level 2

• (Associate Software Engineer - Level 1) Bachelor’s Degree or higher in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 0 years of related engineering experience

• (Engineer Software - Level 2) Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 2 or more years of experience in software engineering OR a Master’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 0 or more years of experience in software engineering.

• Development experience with C/C++ or other OOP languages.

• Experience developing software in a Linux and Windows environment.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills and strong interpersonal skills.

• Your ability to obtain and/or transfer and maintain the final U.S. adjudicated government Secret clearance and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Company

• Willingness to work off-peak for short term surge support to meet program milestones

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with the Atlassian tool suite with add-ons like Git and Confluence.

• Familiarity with the Agile software development process.

• Experience with Java and Java Swing desktop application development

• Experience with multithreaded desktop application development

• Full software development life cycle experience.

• DOORS and/or Cameo UML Modeling experience or similar tools.

• Experience with formal software test and Weapon System evaluations.

• A current in scope and active Secret or higher clearance.

• Currently cleared to a special program access.

Primary Level Salary Range: $65,800.00 - $98,800.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $79,300.00 - $118,900.00

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.

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.