Northrop Grumman

Senior Principal Software Engineer, AHT

Northrop Grumman

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Manhattan BeachAlabamaCaliforniaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $135,800 - $213,400 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Define and communicate a clear product vision, strategy, and roadmap aligned with mission objectives
  • Own and continuously groom the product backlog; prioritize features, enhancements, and defect fixes based on business value, risk, and stakeholder input
  • Act as the primary liaison between customers, program managers, engineering, and senior leadership; gather and synthesize requirements, feedback, and constraints
  • Facilitate product demos, sprint reviews, and release planning; ensure transparent communication of status and upcoming milestones
  • Conduct multidisciplinary research and collaborates with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems for product and commercial software
  • Determine computer user needs; analyzes system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls; prepares operating instructions; designs and develops compilers and assemblers, utility programs, and operating systems
  • Ensure software standards are met

Requirements

  • B.S. degree or higher in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) field and 8 years of relevant experience, or Master's degree in STEM with 5 years of experience
  • Hold an active DoD SECRET U.S. Government security clearance (adjudicated within the last 5 years)
  • Experience with/using Agile Methodology and Continuous Integration (CI) / Continuous Deployment (CD) Tools and Practices
  • Proficiency in any combination of C#, Java, or .NET
  • Experience with Object Oriented Design and Software Design Patterns
  • Experience with/using Relational Databases, SQL
  • Experience with/using one or more of the following scripting languages: yaml, Python, PowerShell, Curl
  • Experience with Agile Software Development and DevOps practices
  • Experience with/using one or more of the following configuration management tools: Git, GitHub
  • Experience with the Atlassian Tool Suite: Bitbucket, Jira, Confluence
  • 3+ Years in a Technical Leadership role (i.e. Product Owner or Technical Lead); Required: experience in a Technical Leadership role (i.e. Product Owner or Technical Lead)
Benefits
  • health insurance coverage
  • life and disability insurance
  • savings plan
  • Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
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Hard Skills & Tools
C#Java.NETObject Oriented DesignSoftware Design PatternsRelational DatabasesSQLyamlPythonPowerShell
Soft Skills
communicationleadershipcollaborationproblem-solvingprioritizationstakeholder managementresearchsynthesisfacilitationtransparency
Certifications
B.S. degree in STEMMaster's degree in STEMDoD SECRET U.S. Government security clearance