Principal / Sr. Principal Software Engineer - Onsite Customer Integration

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 50% of the Time Description 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. Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems Sector has an opening for a Principal / Sr. Principal Software Engineer - Onsite Customer Integration to join Global Surveillance Division supporting the E-2D team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position is located onsite in Patuxent River, MD.   Responsibilities include deploying, automating, maintaining, troubleshooting, and improving the systems and software infrastructure.  This role requires you to have hands-on technical experience and a can-do approach towards environment automation and management along with continuous improvements. You will be involved in the design and implementation of application builds, releases, deployment, and configuration activities.   The Software Engineer will participate in the full lifecycle of software development, including requirements development, modeling and design, application development, unit to CSCI testing, software-hardware 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. Experience in OS configuration, bash scripting, C/C++, or other OOP languages, and networking in a Linux environment is strongly desired.     Essential Functions: • Full lifecycle design, implementation, and unit testing of software • Work with various team members and customers to integrate functionality with other software components. • Supporting the gathering and reporting software metrics. • Follow program software best practices. • Develop software products within all phases of the software lifecycle. • Work closely with engineers and technicians in a lab environment • Review, analyze, and incorporate technical requirements into end-to-end system architectures • Frequent travel required up to 50% • Ability to work with multiple teams and provide leadership to drive solutions of complex problems. • Support software working groups with the customer. • Develop and share technical documentation and presentations.   This position may be filled at either a Principal Software Engineer Level 3 or a Sr. Principal Software Engineer Level 4   Basic Qualifications: • (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. • (Sr. Principal Software Engineer, Level 4 ) Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics