Principal / Sr. Principal Software Engineer (C++ and TS Clearance)

Principal or Senior Principal Software Engineer role at Northrop Grumman, onsite in Los Angeles, CA, focusing on C/C++ development with TS clearance and a path to scalable, secure software architectures.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for junior software engineers
• Develop software using C/C++ to modernize and productionize a research codebase with modern C++ features
• Build software infrastructure to support CI/CD, software metrics collection, and MLOps
• Design and implement software systems, applications, and architectures that improve modularity, scalability, and reliability while preserving precision, accuracy, and speed to meet performance requirements
• Ensure adherence to industry software engineering best practices and standards
• Collaborate with Software Leads and Architects to understand program intent, system capabilities, and output requirements

Technologies

• C
• C++
• Git
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• CUDA
• Linux

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Life and disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company paid holidays
• Paid time off for vacation and/or personal business
• Discretionary bonus
• Long Term Incentives

Basic Qualifications for Principal Software Engineer (T03)

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 5+ years of relative experience; Master's degree in a STEM discipline with 3+ years of relative experience; PhD + 1 year of relative experience
• Active Top Secret security clearance and enrolled in Continuous Evaluation
• Willingness and ability to work onsite full-time
• Experience working in C/C++
• Familiarity with modern C++ standards and features (eg, C++17 onwards)
• Ability to analyze system requirements to derive software design and performance requirements
• Proven ability to design and code new software, as well as modify existing software to add new features
• Ability to debug existing software and correct defects
• Experience with open software/system architecture solutions
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders
• Experience with developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with Git-based or other software configuration management tools

Basic Qualifications for Sr Principal Software Engineer (T04)

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 8+ years of relative experience; Master's degree in a STEM discipline with 6+ years of relative experience; PhD + 4 years of relative experience
• Active Top Secret security clearance and enrolled in Continuous Evaluation
• Willingness and ability to work onsite full-time
• Experience working in C/C++
• Familiarity with modern C++ standards and features (eg, C++17 onwards)
• Ability to analyze system requirements to derive software design and performance requirements
• Proven ability to design and code new software or modify existing software to add new features
• Ability to debug existing software and correct defects
• Experience with open software/system architecture solutions
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders
• Experience with developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with Git-based or other software configuration management tools

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading the performance of tasks on schedule, at cost, and achieving specified requirements
• Experience with modern C++ standards and features (eg, C++20 onwards)
• Experience with containers (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with Linux operating systems
• Experience with CUDA and GPUs
• Experience with high performance numerical and scientific computing, parallel computing
• Experience developing for SWaP constrained environments
• Familiarity with signal processing algorithms
• Familiarity with Agile lifecycle processes including Scrum and DevSecOps