About the position
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. Put your skills to the test by pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. From global defense to sustainment and modernization to mission readiness, your experience and ability will make it a reality. Our programs are built on equal parts of curiosity and collaboration. Our combined effort means our customers can connect and defend millions of people around the world. With Northrop Grumman, you’ll have the opportunity to be an essential part of projects that will define your career, now and in the future. Are you ready to put your experience to work at Northrop Grumman? If so, Our Defense Systems Team wants you to join our FROST Software Team as a Principal Engineer Software or Senior Principal Engineer Software based out of Schriever SFB, in Colorado Springs, CO. The FROST Software team works in a dynamic environment to develop new containerized software and maintain existing software for different needs on the program: We maintain software used to remotely establish connections for status & control of ground equipment. We also maintain software that handles scheduling of on-orbit contacts, and orbit calculations. We write software that supports launch operations with trajectory calculations for the SpaceX and ULA vendors. We provide customized telemetry processing solutions for special program requirements. We develop React-based user interfaces for operator interaction. We write microservices that interact with a variety of vendor interfaces for data processing. We deploy new containerized applications in Kubernetes environments. We respond to new customer requests by extend and enhancing existing capabilities and creating new ones where needed.
Responsibilities
- Develop new containerized software and maintain existing software for different needs on the program.
- Maintain software used to remotely establish connections for status & control of ground equipment.
- Handle scheduling of on-orbit contacts and orbit calculations.
- Support launch operations with trajectory calculations for SpaceX and ULA vendors.
- Provide customized telemetry processing solutions for special program requirements.
- Develop React-based user interfaces for operator interaction.
- Write microservices that interact with a variety of vendor interfaces for data processing.
- Deploy new containerized applications in Kubernetes environments.
- Respond to new customer requests by extending and enhancing existing capabilities and creating new ones.
Requirements
- A minimum of 9 years of software development experience and a High School diploma for Principal Software Engineer.
- A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or other STEM related degree with 5 years of software development experience or a Master's and 3 years with a Master’s, or 1 year with a PhD may also be considered.
- A minimum of 12 years of software development experience and a High School diploma for Senior Principal Software Engineer.
- A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or other STEM related degree with 8 years of software development experience or a Master's and 6 years with a Master’s, or 3 years with a PhD may also be considered.
- Active TS/SCI clearance and current CI poly.
- An experienced self-starter who can work and problem solve independently with minimal guidance.
- Experience with Agile software development using Java in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux and/or Microsoft Windows environment.
- Knowledge of object-oriented design and how to apply it in software development.
- Experience using an IDE for Java software development and a debugger.
- Experience with Gitlab DevOps platform and Atlassian toolset (JIRA, Confluence).
- Experience with Git distributed version control system.
- Experience with Java build systems (Maven/Gradle).
- Experience with NoSQL databases, such as MongoDB.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with Spring/Spring Boot frameworks.
- Experience with Docker/Kubernetes.
- Experience using/writing Ansible automation scripts.
- Experience with VMware toolsets.
- Experience with C++ programming language.
- Working knowledge of SQL databases.
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- Life and disability insurance
- Savings plan
- Company paid holidays
- Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
