Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Principal Simulation Software Engineer / Sr. Principal Simulation Software Engineer - to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals ...
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Principal Simulation Software Engineer / Sr. Principal Simulation Software Engineer - to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals ...
Principal / Sr. Principal Simulation Software Engineer
Oklahoma City, OK · On-site
$116K - $160K/yr
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Principal Simulation Software Engineer / Sr. Principal Simulation Software Engineer - to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals ...
Principal / Sr. Principal Simulation Software Engineer
Oklahoma City, OK · On-site
$116K - $160K/yr
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Principal Simulation Software Engineer / Sr. Principal Simulation Software Engineer - to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals ...
Software/Principal Software Engineer
Oklahoma City, OK · Hybrid
$93K - $139K/yr
Our Advanced Test and Support Systems (ATSS) group is seeking Software Engineer/Principal Software Engineer (Level 2/3) to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals in Oklahoma City, OK
Software/Principal Software Engineer
Oklahoma City, OK · Hybrid
$93K - $139K/yr
Our Advanced Test and Support Systems (ATSS) group is seeking Software Engineer/Principal Software Engineer (Level 2/3) to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals in Oklahoma City, OK
Software/Principal Software Engineer
Oklahoma City, OK · On-site
$93K - $139K/yr
Our Advanced Test and Support Systems (ATSS) group is seeking Software Engineer/Principal Software Engineer (Level 2/3) to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals in Oklahoma City, OK
Software/Principal Software Engineer
Oklahoma City, OK · On-site
$93K - $139K/yr
Our Advanced Test and Support Systems (ATSS) group is seeking Software Engineer/Principal Software Engineer (Level 2/3) to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals in Oklahoma City, OK
Principal Software Engineer
Oklahoma City, OK · On-site
$93.30 - $147.60/hr
Position Overview Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Principal Software Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located onsite in ...
Principal Software Engineer
Oklahoma City, OK · On-site
$93.30 - $147.60/hr
Position Overview Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Principal Software Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located onsite in ...
Software Engineer / Principal Software Engineer - Simulation
Oklahoma City, OK · On-site
$93K - $147K/yr
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has openings for Software Engineer / Principal Software Engineer - Simulation to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Software organization.
Software Engineer / Principal Software Engineer - Simulation
Oklahoma City, OK · On-site
$93K - $147K/yr
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has openings for Software Engineer / Principal Software Engineer - Simulation to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Software organization.
Software Engineer / Principal Software Engineer - Simulation
Oklahoma City, OK · On-site
$75.10 - $118.90/hr
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has openings for Software Engineer / Principal Software Engineer - Simulation to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Software organization.
Software Engineer / Principal Software Engineer - Simulation
Oklahoma City, OK · On-site
$75.10 - $118.90/hr
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has openings for Software Engineer / Principal Software Engineer - Simulation to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Software organization.
Software Engineer / Principal Software Engineer - Simulation
Oklahoma City, OK · On-site
$75.10 - $147.60/hr
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has openings for Software Engineer / Principal Software Engineer - Simulation to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Software organization.
Software Engineer / Principal Software Engineer - Simulation
Oklahoma City, OK · On-site
$75.10 - $147.60/hr
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has openings for Software Engineer / Principal Software Engineer - Simulation to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Software organization.
Software Engineer / Principal Software Engineer - Simulation
Oklahoma City, OK · On-site
$93K - $147K/yr
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has openings for Software Engineer / Principal Software Engineer - Simulation to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Software organization.
Software Engineer / Principal Software Engineer - Simulation
Oklahoma City, OK · On-site
$93K - $147K/yr
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has openings for Software Engineer / Principal Software Engineer - Simulation to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Software organization.
Software Engineer / Principal Software Engineer (AHT)
Oklahoma City, OK · On-site
$125K - $168K/yr
Northrop Grumman Defense Systems (NGDS) is looking for a Software Engineer / Principal Software ... Experience with/using and/or managing these DevOps tools: Ansible, Terraform, Chef, or Puppet
Software Engineer / Principal Software Engineer (AHT)
Oklahoma City, OK · On-site
$125K - $168K/yr
Northrop Grumman Defense Systems (NGDS) is looking for a Software Engineer / Principal Software ... Experience with/using and/or managing these DevOps tools: Ansible, Terraform, Chef, or Puppet
Software Engineer / Principal Software Engineer (AHT)
Oklahoma City, OK · On-site
$125K - $168K/yr
Northrop Grumman Defense Systems (NGDS) is looking for a Software Engineer / Principal Software ... Experience with/using and/or managing these DevOps tools: Ansible, Terraform, Chef, or Puppet
Software Engineer / Principal Software Engineer (AHT)
Oklahoma City, OK · On-site
$125K - $168K/yr
Northrop Grumman Defense Systems (NGDS) is looking for a Software Engineer / Principal Software ... Experience with/using and/or managing these DevOps tools: Ansible, Terraform, Chef, or Puppet
Sr Principal Software Engineer
Oklahoma City, OK · On-site
$116K - $174K/yr
Northrop Grumman is seeking an experienced Sr Principal Software Engineer to join our dynamic team ... and DevOps expertise * Use a variety of software languages, technologies, and industry best ...
Sr Principal Software Engineer
Oklahoma City, OK · On-site
$116K - $174K/yr
Northrop Grumman is seeking an experienced Sr Principal Software Engineer to join our dynamic team ... and DevOps expertise * Use a variety of software languages, technologies, and industry best ...
Sr Principal Software Engineer
Oklahoma City, OK · On-site
$116K - $174K/yr
Northrop Grumman is seeking an experienced Sr Principal Software Engineer to join our dynamic team ... and DevOps expertise * Use a variety of software languages, technologies, and industry best ...
Sr Principal Software Engineer
Oklahoma City, OK · On-site
$116K - $174K/yr
Northrop Grumman is seeking an experienced Sr Principal Software Engineer to join our dynamic team ... and DevOps expertise * Use a variety of software languages, technologies, and industry best ...
Principal Software Engineer
Tulsa, OK · On-site
$190 - $230/hr
Principal Software Engineer Department: Gitwit Employment Type: Full Time Location: Tulsa, OK Compensation: $190,000 - $230,000 / year What You'll Build and Shape In this role you will help turn raw ...
Principal Software Engineer
Tulsa, OK · On-site
$190 - $230/hr
Principal Software Engineer Department: Gitwit Employment Type: Full Time Location: Tulsa, OK Compensation: $190,000 - $230,000 / year What You'll Build and Shape In this role you will help turn raw ...
Principal Software Engineer
$93K - $171K/yr
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is looking to add a Principal Software Engineer to join our team on site in San Diego, CA, or Oklahoma City, OK. The candidate should be a self-starter with ...
Principal Software Engineer
$93K - $171K/yr
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is looking to add a Principal Software Engineer to join our team on site in San Diego, CA, or Oklahoma City, OK. The candidate should be a self-starter with ...
Principal Software Engineer
Tulsa, OK · On-site +1
$190K - $230K/yr
Principal Software Engineer Department: Gitwit Employment Type: Full Time Location: Tulsa, OK Compensation: $190,000 - $230,000 / year Description Great zero-to-one builders are becoming more careful ...
Principal Software Engineer
Tulsa, OK · On-site +1
$190K - $230K/yr
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Principal Software Development Engineer
Oklahoma City, OK · On-site
$144 - $288/hr
As a Principal Software Development Engineer, you will operate within a large-scale product ... Exposure to CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and modern software delivery methodologies. * Health ...
Principal Software Development Engineer
Oklahoma City, OK · On-site
$144 - $288/hr
As a Principal Software Development Engineer, you will operate within a large-scale product ... Exposure to CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and modern software delivery methodologies. * Health ...
Principal Software Engineer
$123K - $165K/yr
At Gitwit, principal engineers like this do not sit downstream from product decisions. They help ... Most of the ventures we create are software products, typically full-stack web applications with AI ...
Principal Software Engineer
$123K - $165K/yr
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ABOUT THE JOB As a Principal Software Engineer V (UAV Embedded), you will architect and implement mission-critical software for our next-generation UAV flight computers. You will be the primary link ...
ABOUT THE JOB As a Principal Software Engineer V (UAV Embedded), you will architect and implement mission-critical software for our next-generation UAV flight computers. You will be the primary link ...
Principal Software Engineer
Oklahoma City, OK · On-site
$93K - $139K/yr
... DevOps expertise * Use a variety of software languages, technologies, and industry best practices. * Support all phases of the development life cycle for flight, mission, lab and tools software.
Principal Software Engineer
Oklahoma City, OK · On-site
$93K - $139K/yr
... DevOps expertise * Use a variety of software languages, technologies, and industry best practices. * Support all phases of the development life cycle for flight, mission, lab and tools software.
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Principal / Sr. Principal Simulation Software Engineer
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Job description
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Principal Simulation Software Engineer / Sr. Principal Simulation Software Engineer - to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Software organization in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Accomplish:
In this role you will design, develop, integrate and test software for our end-user customers and businesses. Specifically, you will be responsible for the design, architecture, application development, and flight simulation. You will work with multi-disciplinary teams, such as with Systems Engineering, Cloud & Application, Test Automation, DevSecOps and Systems Test, in an Agile software development environment. Our simulation software is critical to the current and future company projects. You will analyze system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls.
Essential Functions:
- Work in an innovative environment, on significantly diverse assignments, and in collaborative team settings across all levels
- Participate in the full software development life cycle including requirements, design, implementation, qualification, and delivery of software products to our customers
- Architect and develop embedded mission systems software applications on a real time operating system
- Be a part of Agile Scrum teams to develop software products for multiple software baselines
This requisition may be filled at either a Principal Software Engineer level 3 or a Sr. Principal Software Engineer level 4
Basic Qualifications for a Principal Software Engineer (level 3):
- Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 5 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master's degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline and 1 years of related engineering experience.
- Experience with the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) - software design requirements, application development, integration, testing, and deployment
- Experience with at least one of the following programming or scripting languages: C, C++, and Python
- Experience with two or more of the following tools: Jira, Crucible, Bitbucket, Subversion, Bamboo, Jenkins, Gitlab, Sonarqube, Fortify, or Coverity
- Must have an active U.S. Government Secret or higher clearance.
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance prior to the commencement of employment.
Basic Qualifications for a Sr. Principal Software Engineer (level 4):
- Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 8 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master's degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline and 4 years of related engineering experience.
- Experience with the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) - software design requirements, application development, integration, testing, and deployment
- Experience with at least one of the following programming or scripting languages: C, C++, and Python
- Experience with two or more of the following tools: Jira, Crucible, Bitbucket, Subversion, Bamboo, Jenkins, Gitlab, Sonarqube, Fortify, or Coverity
- Must have an active U.S. Government Secret or higher clearance.
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance prior to the commencement of employment.
Preferred Qualifications for level 3 and level 4:
- Strong understanding of C and C++ languages including templates, memory storage, and compiler/linker
- Experience with or knowledge of Joint Simulation Environment (JSE), Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS), or High-Level Architecture (HLA)
- Experience with Full-Motion Flight Training Systems
- Experience with simulated threat environments such as AFSIM or NGTS
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code & configuration management
- Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment concepts and tools such as Gitlab, Bamboo, or Jenkins
- Ability to collaborate with systems engineers, hardware designers and integration/test engineers to develop and maintain complex software systems
- Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management
About Northrop Grumman
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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.
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