Northrop Grumman · 1 month ago
Principal/Senior Principal Software Design Engineer (Logging/Telemetry/Data Handling)
Annapolis Junction, MD
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$114K/yr - $171K/yr
5+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading technology company that offers revolutionary systems impacting lives globally. They are seeking a Principal or Senior Principal Software Design Engineer focused on handling and processing large amounts of data, collaborating with engineering functions to advance complex systems and support critical engineering reviews.
AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
As a software engineer focused on handling, storing, processing, and visualizing large amounts of data - works at the Segment level of an extremely complex System comprised of multiple Segments, all of which incorporate mature and emerging technologies
This engineer will support the software design team lead and partner with other engineering functions to progress and mature the segment, and support critical engineering reviews and milestones (e.g. SRR, SFR, SDR, PDR, CDR, SVR, TRR)
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 5 years of experience with Bachelor's degree, 3 years of experience with Master's degree, 1 years of experience with PhD
Experience with Object Oriented Analysis and Software Design Principles and Design Patterns
Experience designing software to handle large amounts of structured or unstructured data
Experience implementing requirements & interface definitions in software, performing code and unit testing
Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering languages (SysML/UML) and concepts
Excellent written and oral communication skills with strong technical briefing skills
This position requires the applicant to be a U.S. citizen
Current active DoD Secret clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph prior to starting
Preferred
Current active DoD TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance
Experience with full software lifecycle: specification, design, implementation, integration, debug and maintenance
Understanding of interaction between different software and hardware components and subsystems; understanding of computer architecture
Data and Visualization tools: SharePoint, Elasticsearch, MariaDB, MongoDB, Tableau, Grafana, Tableau, Prometheus
Experience with development and environment tools, e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, node.js, Jupyter Notebooks, Cypress, Visual Studio, Python, C/C++
Experience with application management tools, e.g. GitLab, Nexus, Trivy, SonarQube, Doxygen
Familiarity with Project & Task Management tools, eg Jira or Confluence, and agile methodologies
Experience with hardware/software integration, test planning & execution, or operational support
Benefits
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Company
Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman is an aerospace, defense and security company that provides training and satellite ground network communications software.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.7BKey Investors
U.S. Department of DefenseNASA
2025-05-27Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2024-01-29Post Ipo Debt· $2.5B
2023-12-20Grant· $72M
Leadership Team
Tom Wilson
Corporate Vice President, Enterprise Business Development
Jeffrey Worsham
Chief Product Owner - Advanced Technology Development
Recent News
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