Northrop Grumman offers a collaborative engineering culture with a clear focus on data analytics and cross-disciplinary toolset development. This on-site role in Palmdale, CA provides the opportunity to lead mission-critical software work, collaborate across engineering domains, and contribute to systems that support advanced communications subsystems and payload technologies. A Top Secret clearance is required.
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- Life and disability insurance
- Savings plan
- Company paid holidays
- Paid time off for vacation and personal matters
- Overtime eligibility
- Shift differential
- Discretionary bonus
- Long Term Incentives
- Relocation assistance may be available
Compensation
Salary ranges include $114,000.00 - $171,000.00 (primary level) and $142,200.00 - $213,400.00 (secondary level) per year.
Responsibilities
- Lead a team of engineers to build, integrate, and sustain an enterprise toolset that supports cross‑discipline engineering work.
- Develop toolsets to leverage large operational data sets for maintenance of communications subsystems and advanced payload technologies.
- Collaborate within an engineering environment spanning Cloud & Application, Communications & Networking, Advanced Payload Technologies, Test Automation, DevSecOps, and Systems Test.
- Partner with stakeholders to design, build, and maintain mission critical systems.
- Identify technical risks and opportunities, and proactively craft mitigation plans.
- Communicate team progress and achievements to senior leadership.
- Coordinate with the Product Owner to manage the product roadmap and reflect changing customer requirements.
- Establish and maintain continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines to ensure stability and quality across the software lifecycle.
- Continue expanding personal skills and maintaining relevant certifications.
Education and Experience
Level 3 qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline and 5 years of related engineering experience; OR
- Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of related engineering experience; OR
- PhD in a STEM discipline and 1 year of related engineering experience.
Level 4 qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline and 8 years of related engineering experience; OR
- Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of related engineering experience; OR
- PhD in a STEM discipline and 4 years of related engineering experience.
Technical Experience
- Hands-on software development using Python, Java, C++, or MATLAB to enable data exploitation.
- Predictive trend analysis, including AI/ML techniques.
- Designing and maintaining complex databases across multiple IT infrastructures.
- Experience with Parquet, SQL, Neo4j, Elasticsearch, or MongoDB.
- Container orchestration with Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, Docker Swarm, Nomad, or Red Hat OpenShift.
- Automation using Ansible, Bash, PowerShell, Puppet, or Python.
- Performance monitoring with Elastic Stack or Grafana.
- Interpreting complex ICDs and drawings to build new data structures from raw sources.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills using Atlassian tools (Confluence, Jira, Bitbucket).
- Solid agile background with a willingness to adapt across teams.
- Active U.S. Government Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility (background investigation within the last 5 years or Continuous Evaluation).
- Ability to obtain and maintain initial SAP access via PAR, and to obtain subsequent SAP PARs as needed.
Preferred Qualifications
- Active U.S. Top Secret SCI clearance or higher.
- Current SAP clearance.
- Experience in datacenter infrastructure, communications subsystems, or advanced payload technologies.
- Experience leading an Agile software development team of mixed abilities.
- Experience supporting delivery leadership in roadmaps and delivery timelines.
- Experience creating and maintaining DevOps CI/CD pipelines with Maven, Bamboo, GitLab, or Bitbucket.
- Experience migrating to cloud-ready architectures and implementing microservices.
- Experience automating deployment, operation, and maintenance using Infrastructure as Code and configuration management tooling.
- Experience administering a Kubernetes platform using Red Hat OpenShift.
Technologies
- Python, Java, C++, MATLAB
- Parquet, SQL, Neo4j, Elasticsearch, MongoDB
- Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, Docker Swarm, Nomad, Red Hat OpenShift
- Ansible, Bash, PowerShell, Puppet
- Elastic Stack, Grafana
- Atlassian Suite (Confluence, Jira, Bitbucket), Maven, Bamboo, GitLab, Bitbucket
Clearance and Travel
Clearance required for start: Top Secret with SCI eligibility. Ability to obtain and maintain initial SAP access via PAR, and subsequent SAP PARs as needed.
Travel required: Yes, up to 25% of the time.
Location
On-site in Palmdale, CA. The job description notes on-site work in Palmdale or Rancho Bernardo, CA.
About Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman offers opportunities to work on revolutionary systems with broad impact. The Aeronautics Systems division is seeking a Principal or Senior Principal Software Engineer – Data Analyst to join the team on site in California, contributing to cross‑discipline engineering efforts within an Integrated Product Team framework.
