Northrop Grumman • Camarillo, CA 93011 • Posted 11 days ago
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Northrop Grumman is seeking a highly motivated Principal/Senior Principal Software Engineer to work on complex electronic warfare systems alongside a multi-disciplinary team. The role involves software engineering for the Intrepid Tiger II Family of Systems Electronic Warfare pods, addressing both communication and radar threats. The successful candidate will be passionate, driven, self-starter, and goal-oriented, working on cutting-edge technology to provide adaptable, distributed, and networked electronic warfare capability for USMC aircraft.
About Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman Corporation is an American global aerospace and defense technology company. It specializes in designing, developing, and producing advanced technological systems and solutions for defense, intelligence, space, and air missions. The company's products include military aircraft, autonomous systems, space systems, C4ISR programs, missile defense systems, and electronic warfare solutions.
The Northrop Grumman Mission Systems Sector is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. 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.
We are looking for a highly motivated candidate that enjoys learning and solving problems. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work on complex electronic warfare systems alongside a multi-disciplinary team. We are looking for an individual that is passionate, driven, a self-starter, and goal oriented.
The Joint Electronic Attack Compatibility Office (JEACO) of the Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division (NAWC-WD), Pt. Mugu CA has an opening for a Principal/Sr. PrincipSoftware Engineer. The software engineering work is for the Intrepid Tiger II (IT II) Family of Systems (FoS) Electronic Warfare (EW) pods that currently addresses communication threats. The JEACO IT II FoS systems provide adaptable, distributed, and networked electronic warfare capability for fixed wing and rotary wing USMC aircraft. A new IT II FoS variant is in development that will address radar threats.
This position can be filled at either the Principal or Sr. Principal level:
Basic Qualifications for Principal Software Engineer:
- Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM related discipline and a minimum of 5 years of relevant software design and development experience or a Master’s degree in a STEM related discipline and a minimum of 3 years of relevant software design and development or a PhD in a STEM related discipline or in lieu of a degree, an additional 4 years of experience is required.
- Java programming experience
- Working knowledge of web services development utilizing LINUX, Java, XML, XSD, and DDS
- Must have experience with formal software life cycle development methodologies, requirements through test.
- Must be a U.S. citizen and have interim secret clearance prior to starting. Once started, must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret Clearance.
Basic Qualifications for Sr. Principal Engineer Software Engineer:
- Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM related discipline and a minimum of 8 years of relevant software design and development experience or a Master’s degree in a STEM related discipline and a minimum of 6 years of relevant software design and development or a PhD in a STEM related discipline and a minimum of 3 years of relevant software design and development experience or in lieu of a degree, an additional 4 years of experience is required.
- Java programming experience
- Working knowledge of web services development utilizing LINUX, Java, XML, XSD, and DDS
- Must have experience with formal software life cycle development methodologies, requirements through test.
- Must be a U.S. citizen and have interim secret clearance prior to starting. Once started, must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret Clearance.
Preferred Qualifications:
- U.S. Secret or higher clearance
- Experience with the Agile development methodology
- Experience with Atlassian tool set (Jira, Confluence)
- Experience with GitLab tool
- Experience with open architecture standards and concepts
- Experience with Electronic Attack (EA), Electronic Warfare Support (ES), and Direction Finding
- Experience troubleshooting at the system level (hardware and software)
- Communication equipment experience
- Radar equipment experience
- Experience with signal generators, spectrum analyzers, and network analyzers
- Candidate must have excellent communication skills and be able to work in a self-directed manner.
Salary Range: $107,300 - $160,900Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.
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