Staff Software Architect

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Job Description

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security.  Our Engineering and Sciences (E&S) organization pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission!

We are looking for you to join our team as a Staff Software Engineer (Software Architect) based out of Woodland Hills, CA. As a Staff Software Engineer (Software Architect) at Northrop Grumman, you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation. Through the use of Model-based Engineering, DevSecOps and Agile practices we continue to evolve how we deliver critical national defense products and capabilities for the warfighter.  Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly and continuously drive innovation.  The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment & shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of innovation.

For this role, responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Provide technical leadership for a team of software engineers
• Architect/rearchitect and develop software utilizing C/C++ to modernize and productionize a research codebase
• Identify and define software infrastructure to support CI/CD, software metrics collection, and MLOps
• Design software-systems, applications, and architectures that implement techniques to support achieving increased modularity, scalability, and reliability, while also maintaining precision, accuracy, and speed to meet performance requirements
• Ensure industry software engineering best practices and standards are applied and maintained
• Apply your research and development skills to architect real-world products and capabilities well beyond the purely academic or theoretical
• Present your ideas to internal and external groups; lead proposal activities; and represent Northrop Grumman at technical conferences and working groups
• Work closely with Software Leads to define program intent, system capabilities, and output requirements

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 12+ years of relative experience; Master's degree in a STEM discipline with 10+ years of relative experience; PhD + 8 years of relative experience
• Active Top Secret security clearance
• Ability to meet customer-specific security screening requirements within a timeframe set forth by management
• Willingness and ability to work onsite full-time
• Experience working in C/C++
• Demonstrated experience with open software/system architecture solutions
• Demonstrated ability to analyze system requirements to derive software design and performance requirements
• Proven ability to design and code new software, as well as modify existing software to add new features
• 1 or more years of experience leading the performance of tasks on schedule, at cost and achieving all requirements
• 1 or more years of demonstrated success leading teams through the entire development lifecycle
• Proven experience presenting complex topics to management and other stakeholders.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders
• Experience with Git-based or other software configuration management tools

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain a strategic product roadmap, aligning software engineering best practices with business objectives
• Ability to define technical strategy to modernize/productionize research code
• Experience with model-based system engineering tools (Cameo)
• Experience with containers (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with Linux operating systems
• Experience with CUDA and GPUs
• Experience with high performance numerical/scientific computing, parallel computing
• Experience with developing for SWaP-constrained environments
• Experience with MLOps and integrating ML models into production code
• Familiarity with signal-processing algorithms
• Familiarity with Agile lifecycle process including Scrum, CI/CD, and DevSecOps

This position is contingent upon clearance and Special Program Access.

Primary Level Salary Range: $177,000.00 - $265,600.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.