Northrop Grumman Australia · 1 month ago
Senior Principal Engineer Software - Air Vehicle Modeling & Simulation (Melbourne FL)
United States-Florida-Melbourne
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$123K/yr - $184K/yr
6+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company, seeking a Senior Principal Software Engineer for their Air Vehicle Modeling & Simulation team in Melbourne, FL. The role involves designing, developing, and integrating software for an Integrated Simulation Architecture Framework, focusing on enhancing the continuous development and testing of models and simulations.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Design, develop and integrate software for an Integrated Simulation Architecture Framework
Develop, modify and maintain customized or standardized applications using software engineering best practices and standards
Participate in the full life-cycle of software development, including requirements development, modeling and design, application development, unit to CSCI testing, integration, formal system testing, release, installation, and maintenance
Interface with the customer as needed, requiring excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) with 8 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master's degree in STEM with 6 years of related engineering experience; OR a PHD in STEM with 4 year of related engineering experience
Experience in Air Vehicle simulation, Math, Physics, or Control Algorithms
Experience developing software / writing code in C and/or C++
Must have an active DoD Secret (or higher) clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation)
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance
Preferred
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Math, or Physics
Current program access (PAR)
Current program experience
Control Dynamics experience
Experience in a modeling and simulation environment
Experience in a laboratory environment
Experience in real time software development
Familiarity with Atlassian Tools (Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence, Crucible, Bamboo)
Familiarity with Agile software development process
Experience with Python
Experience with VxWorks, Red Hat Linux, and/or Windows Software Development
Experience with Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS Protocol) and/or ARINC-610
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 Australia
Northrop Grumman Australia is the Australia-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation and committed to generating long-term prosperity, investing in advanced Research & Development, sovereign and exportable Intellectual Property, high-quality jobs and long-term technology leadership across the Commonwealth.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase