Principal/Senior Principal Engineer Software
Quick Summary
Full lifecycle design, implementation, and unit testing of software Work with various team members to integrate functionality with other software components.
The Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems Sector (NGAS), Global Surveillance division is looking for Principal Engineer Software/Senior Principal Engineer Software to join our software team. This position will be in Melbourne, Florida.
The ideal candidate will have the ability to take ownership of hard problems and drive to a solution, while working in a team environment and provide leadership for its implementation. It is critical that you understand the software development life cycle and have an in-depth knowledge of automated testing to facilitate and analyze large data sets. The Software Engineer will participate in the full life cycle of software development, to include requirements development, modeling and design, application development, unit to CSCI testing, integration, formal system testing, release, installation, and maintenance. The Software Engineer will apply technical expertise in solving complex integrations problems. The Software Engineer will interact with Program Management, external suppliers and/or government customers. Therefore, excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills are required. A solid experience in bash scripting, Java, C++, and other OOP languages, in a Linux environment is required.
Responsibilities
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Full lifecycle design, implementation, and unit testing of software
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Work with various team members to integrate functionality with other software components.
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Supporting the gathering and reporting software metrics.
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Follow program software best practices.
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Develop software products within all phases of the software lifecycle.
This requisition may be filled at either a Principal Level or a Sr. Principal Level.
Requirements
~2 min readDevelopment experience with debugging software in both the desktop and target environments.
Development experience with software integration of supplier software.
Experience with Agile software development
Development experience with C/C++ and other OOP languages.
Software Supplier Management interfacing experience.
Excellent oral and written communication skills and Strong interpersonal skills.
Experience with integrating software and hardware
Experience with Open Mission Systems (OMS) architecture and standards
Experience with linux/unix operating systems
Experience with Agile software development and Atlassian tools (JIRA, Confluence, BitBucket, Bamboo, Fisheye, etc)
Experience with Cameo modeling for software design
Familiarity with the Atlassian tool suite with add-ons like Git and Confluence.
Familiarity with the Agile software development process.
Full software development life cycle experience.
Experience with formal software test and Weapon System evaluations.
US citizen, with a current in scope DoD Top secret or higher clearance.
Location & Eligibility
About this job
- Posted
- 7 days ago
Listing Details
- First seen
- October 8, 2026
- Last seen
- October 14, 2026
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- October 15, 2026
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