Staff Software Engineer
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.
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. Our Engineering and Sciences (E&S) organization pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission!
We are looking for you to join our team as a Staff Software Engineer based out of Woodland Hills, CA. As a Staff Software Engineer at Northrop Grumman, you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation. Through the use of Model-based Engineering, DevSecOps and Agile practices we continue to evolve how we deliver critical national defense products and capabilities for the warfighter. Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly and continuously drive innovation. The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment & shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of innovation.
For this role, responsibilities include but are not limited to :
- Provide technical leadership for a team of software engineers
- Develop software utilizing C / C++ to modernize and productionize a research codebase
- Identify and define software infrastructure to support CI / CD, software metrics collection, and MLOps
- Design and implement software-systems, applications, and architectures that leverage techniques to support achieving increased modularity, scalability, and reliability, while also maintaining precision, accuracy, and speed to meet performance requirements
- Ensure industry software engineering best practices and standards are applied and maintained
- Present your ideas to internal and external groups; lead proposal activities; and represent Northrop Grumman at technical conferences and working groups
- Work closely with Software Architects to define and understand program intent, system capabilities, and output requirements
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 12+ years of relative experience; Master's degree in a STEM discipline with 10+ years of relative experience; PhD + 8 years of relative experienceActive Top Secret security clearanceAbility to meet customer-specific security screening requirements within a timeframe set forth by managementWillingness and ability to work onsite full-timeExperience working in C / C++Demonstrated experience with open software / system architecture solutionsDemonstrated ability to analyze system requirements to derive software design and performance requirementsProven ability to design and code new software, as well as modify existing software to add new featuresAbility to debug existing software and correct defects1 or more years of experience leading the performance of tasks on schedule, at cost and achieving all requirements1 or more years of demonstrated success leading teams through the entire development lifecycleProven experience presenting complex topics to management and other stakeholders.Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholdersExperience with Git-based or other software configuration management toolsPreferred Qualifications
Ability to define technical strategy to modernize / productionize research codeExperience with model-based system engineering tools (Cameo)Experience with containers (Docker, Kubernetes)Experience with Linux operating systemsExperience with CUDA and GPUsExperience with high performance numerical / scientific computing, parallel computingExperience with developing for SWaP-constrained environmentsExperience with MLOps and integrating ML models into production codeFamiliarity with signal-processing algorithmsFamiliarity with Agile lifecycle process including Scrum, CI / CD, and DevSecOpsThis position is contingent upon clearance and Special Program Access.