The Payload and Ground Systems organization within the Northrop Grumman Space Systems 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.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems Sector is looking for you to join our team as a Software Engineer based out of Aurora, CO.

What You’ll get to Do: We are looking for a Software Engineer experienced in Java (as your primary and most skilled in Object-Orientated programming language) who wants to work on an agile development team using modern development practices tackling both new development and operational support of systems that advance National Security. Our Aurora campus has numerous programs in all phases on the development and operational lifecycle, from smaller single scrum team efforts to larger multi-team efforts, some that leverage remote teams from other Northrop Grumman sites. Many of our programs are using a micro-service event driven architecture using Docker Containers, Kubernetes, Helm charts and AWS services. Many programs have a mixture of other languages in use such as Python or JavaScript. Needs exist for front-end developers, back-end developers, and full-stack developers. We are flexible and career growth focused permitting staff to either deepen skills on one program, or seek other internal opportunities over time to broaden skills, experiences, and mission exposure.

About our organization: As a Software Engineer, you'll be joining our growing Aurora Software and Digital Engineering department which has 200+ Software Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Systems Administrator, Database Administrator, and Network Engineer peers from entry-level to the most senior chief engineers and architects. Principal Software Engineers frequently get into informal (example: Subject Matter Expert) and formal technical leadership roles within their programs, as applicable and per interest.  We have plenty of opportunity for career advancement into higher level technical roles or leadership positions. Our Software Department is part of a larger organization that includes Systems Engineering, Integration, and Test staff as well as a Hardware Engineering unit. This larger organization influences cross-program collaboration, professional development and training, as well as engagement and inclusion activities such as lunch-n-learns, campus events, and leadership mixers.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Science with 15+ years of software development experience; 12+ years with a Master's; or 4 additional years of experience in lieu of a degree..
• Experience as a front-end, back-end, or full-stack developer
• Experience developing on teams using Agile methodology, process, and tools
• Experience designing, developing, and troubleshooting in Java
• Experience using object oriented design
• Experience using version control software
• Current Top Secret/SCI security clearance required to apply
• Candidate must be able to obtain a Counterintelligence Polygraph (CI-Poly)

Offers are contingent upon receiving the Top Secret (TS) / SCI clearance crossover

Preferred Qualifications:

It is preferred that a given candidate has some of the preferred qualification below. No expectation of all.

• Front end experience and/or interest in using JavaScript frameworks, (VueJS)
• Working in Agile environment
• Developing using microservice architecture in a Cloud environment 
• Experience and/or developing with AWS
• Space/Space Missions Domain Knowledge
• Experience with Rest & JMS
• Data processing knowledge
• Git, maven, helm, harbor
• Experience with Robot Framework, Cucumber, or another Automated Test Framework
• Proclivity for SW/Microservice Architecture and Design
• Full-stack (or with back-end experience and interest in learning front-end at some point)