Principal or Sr. Principal Engineer Software (DEE)
AI summary of the role
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems seeks a Principal or Sr. Principal Software Engineer to design and manage the digital engineering ecosystem infrastructure in Melbourne, FL.
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What you’ll do
- Design and manage the digital engineering ecosystem infrastructure
- Develop automation workflows for multi-disciplined functional processes captured as Digital Threads
- Perform software development, task delegation/integration, and customer interaction
- Gather product feature requests, develop and integrate product updates
What you’ll bring
- Bachelor's in STEM + 5 years experience (or Master's + 3, or PhD + 1) for Principal level; Bachelor's + 8 years (or Master's + 6, or PhD + 4) for Sr. Principal level
- Experience with backend development
- Experience with Web Application Development
- Experience with CI/CD
Technologies
C · C++ · C# · Java · Python · CI/CD · Cameo Enterprise Architecture · SysML · Atlassian · APIs
About Northrop Grumman
Builds aircraft, missiles, space systems, sensors, cyber and microelectronics for U.S. and allied national-security customers, with strengths in stealth, nuclear modernization and classified space.
Public · 5000+ people
Source and classification
Internal deployment & tooling · Evidence for this classification:
and launch your career today. Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Principal or Sr. Principal Engineer Software (DEE) to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our software organization. This role is located in Melbourne, Florida operating on our 9/80 schedule, meaning you will get every other Friday off. The position has No Remote or Hybrid work available. In this role you will be supporting the Digital Engineering Ecosystem Product Development Team. The selected candidate will be responsible for designing and managing the digital engineering ecosystem infrastructure. Essential Functions: Automation workflow development of multi-disciplined functional processes in support of various engineering and business processes captured as Digital Threads Perform software development efforts, task delegation / integration, and customer interaction. Gather
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