Sr Staff Engineer Software

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.

Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world's biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.

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!

We have an opening for Sr. Staff Software Engineer to join our qualified, diverse team in Redondo Beach, CA. The Sr. Staff Software Engineer is responsible for leading multiple IRADs and proposals. The successful candidate works with diverse teams across the company and industry to establish pursuit strategies, define software baselines, and develop content for competitive proposals and capture efforts. The candidate is expected to have experience working with multiple customers, a broad understanding of multiple programming languages and technologies, and bring expertise to bare in the domain of mission management and/or mission control. The candidate is expected to have experience working with multiple DoD and/or Intelligence Community customers and will lead the team in defining software architectures including ground and space execution environments. The candidate is expected to produce customer demonstration level software as a discriminator in shaping capture efforts and proposals. The role ensures software standards are met, develop proposal technical volume content, estimate software lines of code (SLOC), and provides basis of estimate (BOE). Additionally, the Sr. Staff Software Engineer is expected to perform independent reviews for other capture efforts and established programs throughout the development lifecycle outside of primary areas of responsibility.

The job will require work to be performed on-site regularly. Depending on the customer and assignment occasional remote work opportunities may be available.

Basic Qualifications:

• 14 Years with B.S degree; 12 Years with Masters; 9 Years with PhD
• Working knowledge of software engineering principles and processes
• Demonstrated experience quickly learning new concepts and approaches
• Must have a current active TS/SCI security clearance
• Ability to travel 10%

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) with Cameo EA
• Familiar with DoD and/or IC Enterprise
• 5+ years Ground C2 and/or Mission Management Systems
• Experience with Analysis of Alternatives and Modelling and Simulation.
• Experience with Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and microservices
• Familiarity and direct experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering languages (SysML/UML) and concepts
• Familiarity with open software standards and task management standards
• Excellent technical writing and team building skills

This position reports to Manhattan Beach, CA, USA, however, this position can also be worked from Aurora, CO, CO, USA.

Salary Range: $178,700 USD - $268,100 USD

Employees may be eligible for 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 health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/ .

Northrop 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 http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO . U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.