Northrop Grumman Australia · 1 week ago
SW Dev Analyst 3 (26-025)
Northrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company, seeking a Principal SW Development Analyst – Performance Assessment Engineer to join their team in Huntsville, AL. This role focuses on software development for the C2BMC program, which is crucial for the U.S. missile defense operations, requiring the candidate to write efficient code, conduct performance analyses, and collaborate across teams.
Defense & Space
Responsibilities
Focus on software development, including building post-processing analysis tools and visualizations to evaluate C2BMC performance
Write efficient Java and Python code to:
Refactor legacy components to improve scalability, latency, and resource utilization
Perform detailed performance analyses, produce actionable insights, and suggest architectural or algorithmic enhancements
Support and develop the Jenkins/HTCondor automation platform by creating, maintaining, and troubleshooting pipeline jobs, scripts, and plugins
Collaborate across teams to understand and conduct high-level analysis of C2BMC performance
Create and deliver analysis reports or briefs
Maintain the C2BMC analysis utilities, visualization dashboards, and data exploration notebooks to ensure they are current and thoroughly documented
Convert current MATLAB tools into Java or Python
Keep up to date with emerging Java/Python performance techniques, CI/CD tools, and database technologies, and actively suggest improvements
Qualification
Required
A Bachelor's Degree in the following preferred majors: Computer Science, Software Engineering, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field from an accredited university, along with 5 years of experience; or a Master's degree in a related field with 3 years of relevant work experience; or 9 years of relevant work experience may be considered as an alternative to a degree
Applicants must have a current, active in-scope DoD-issued Secret security clearance at the time of application, which is required to start
Focus on software development, including building post-processing analysis tools and visualizations to evaluate C2BMC performance
Write efficient Java and Python code to: Refactor legacy components to improve scalability, latency, and resource utilization
Perform detailed performance analyses, produce actionable insights, and suggest architectural or algorithmic enhancements
Support and develop the Jenkins/HTCondor automation platform by creating, maintaining, and troubleshooting pipeline jobs, scripts, and plugins
Collaborate across teams to understand and conduct high-level analysis of C2BMC performance
Create and deliver analysis reports or briefs
Maintain the C2BMC analysis utilities, visualization dashboards, and data exploration notebooks to ensure they are current and thoroughly documented
Convert current MATLAB tools into Java or Python
Keep up to date with emerging Java/Python performance techniques, CI/CD tools, and database technologies, and actively suggest improvements
Preferred
Relevant applied experience in Software Engineering and additional skills such as: Programming languages, including Java, C++, Python, database management, networking, or data communications
Microsoft Office, including PowerPoint, Word, and Excel
Experience producing tooling and products to assist with the analysis or assessment of a system or project is desired, preferably in Java and Python
Experience with DevOps-related tooling (Jenkins, HTCondor, GitLab, etc.) is desired
Familiarity with applying statistical distributions to hypothesis testing, model validation, inferential statistics, confidence-interval estimation, and the interpretation of goodness-of-fit tests is preferred
Experience in systems engineering for DoD Information Systems is desirable
Experience creating and briefing chart packages for tooling or analysis performed
Benefits
Health Plan
Savings Plan
Paid Time Off
Education Assistance
Training and Development
Flexible Work Arrangements
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.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase