Northrop Grumman · 15 hours ago
Software Engineer Level 5 - R10219968
Aurora, CO
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$177K/yr - $266K/yr
12+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading company known for its innovative engineering capabilities and technological advancements. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead a team as a product owner, focusing on software architecture and Agile methodologies to support various mission spaces. The role involves motivating the team, managing customer requests, and ensuring adherence to best software development practices.
AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Understand system level software architecture and how the software is used in the mission spaces
Decompose customer requests into stories without formal requirements guiding the process
Understand the best software development practices and the full software development lifecycle
Motivate a large agile team that supports multiple products
Handle prioritization with requests coming from multiple customers
Understand when to delegate tasks or take them on yourself to prevent distracting the team
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 14+ years of relative experience; Master's degree in a STEM discipline with 12+ years of relative experience; PhD + 9 year of relative experience. An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree
Active Top Secret security clearance/SCI eligibility required at time of application
Must be able to obtain a CI Poly after starting work, preferred active CI Poly at time of application
Experience with Containerization, Kubernetes, Helm charts, Java and experience with Atlassian tool
Experience developing in Java, Javascript, helm, helmfile experience to the extent the candidate can troubleshoot issues, debug code and perform peer reviews
Understanding how to decompose customer requests into stories without formal requirements guiding the process
Experience developing/mentoring a team using Agile methodology, process, and tools
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
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