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Northrop Grumman · 3 months ago

Sr. Principal Software Engineer - GWS - R10209128

Huntsville, AL

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$131K/yr - $197K/yr

6+ years exp

Northrop Grumman is a leading technology company with a focus on revolutionary systems that impact lives globally. They are seeking a Sr. Principal Software Engineer to join the GMD Weapon System Fire Control software team, where the successful candidate will develop software for missile defense systems and support reviews of requirements and test cases.

AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Write software that evaluates and manages the threat scene for the missile defense system

Understand, implement, and test existing and new capabilities and algorithms

Participate in code modernization and translation of Ada code to C++

Support reviews of requirements and test cases developed in support of the GFC software team

Qualification

AdaC++Math backgroundPhysics backgroundJavaUnix/LinuxMATLABPythonAgile Project ManagementDevSecOps toolsQuick learnerIn-person supportCollaborative environment

Required

Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline preferred from an accredited university and 8 years of related experience, or a Master's Degree and 6 years of related experience, or 4 years of experience with a PhD

Recent and extensive Experience Developing Software in Ada, C++ or Java

Willingness to become highly proficient with Ada software development

Extremely Strong Math and Physics background required

Quick to learn and absorb new concepts and information

Unix/Linux Operating System Experience

Must be able to support an in-person / closed-area work environment

Ability and willingness to travel up-to 10% to support business needs

Applicants must have a current active in-scope DoD-issued Secret security clearance at the time of application, which is required to start

Preferred

Advanced degree in mathematics or physics

Highly experienced with Linux, scripting, and operations

Experience with automated, software requirements testing and analysis

Experience with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program

Experience with Agile Project Management tools (Jira/Confluence) and DevSecOps tools and methods (Jenkins, Ansible, Git/Bitbucket) of continuous integration/continuous delivery and deployment (CI/CD) automation

Recent MATLAB and Python Experience

Experience with processing multi-sensor, multi-spectrum sensor tracks with multiple biases