Northrop Grumman

Staff Engineer, Software Architect

Northrop Grumman

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: San DiegoCaliforniaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $177,000 - $265,600 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Support virtualization and SW architecture statement of work for a new development effort
  • Understand and decompose customer requirements to support software development and delivery across multiple business areas and baselines
  • Monitor external technology development and maturation both in industry and within the company, applying new technologies and principles across programs to build a consistent technical vision for data center systems
  • Work with Thread Leads and system Responsible Engineers to develop acceptance criteria for engineering design and implementation, ensuring consistency of implementation across multiple business areas and baselines
  • Lead new design and capture efforts across the enterprise to build the foundation for future systems and incorporate opportunities into existing programs
  • Decompose complex issues into high-level executive briefs for program leadership
  • Provide technical leadership to a team of software cloud and infrastructure engineers
  • Provide technical leadership, direction, and knowledge transfer to other team members during implementation of technical solutions

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 12 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 10 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline and 8 years of related engineering experience.
  • Experience with the full SW Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
  • Experience with programming and scripting languages: Java, C++, and Python
  • Experience with developing multi-threaded SW used for near real-time mission critical applications
  • Experience with SDLC tools including at least three of the following: Jira, Crucible, Bitbucket, Subversion, Bamboo, Jenkins, Sonarqube, Fortify, or Coverity
  • Experience with Agile SW development, Software integration, and testing
  • Familiarity with common data interfaces and endpoint wiring
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and ability to interface with all levels of employees and management.
  • Recent experience and proficiency in software architecture, design, implementation, integration, and debugging of Java applications.
  • Ability to collaborate with systems engineers, software designers, hardware designers, and integration/test engineers to develop and maintain complex systems.
  • Active in-Scope, DoD Top Secret clearance.
Benefits
  • Health insurance coverage
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Savings plan
  • Company paid holidays
  • Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
JavaC++PythonSoftware Development Life Cycle (SDLC)Multi-threaded software developmentSoftware architectureSoftware designSoftware integrationDebuggingTesting
Soft Skills
CommunicationInterpersonal skillsTechnical leadershipCollaborationKnowledge transfer
Certifications
Bachelor’s Degree in STEMMaster’s Degree in STEMPhD in STEMDoD Top Secret clearance