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Software Engineer (3/4) – Mission Planning & Scheduling (MPS) AHT
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation · 🇺🇸 United States-Virginia-Dulles
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About the role
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% 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. Do you want to work at an international company with endless opportunities for growth and advancement? Are you eager to join a trust‑based, globally connected team, where your contributions will define what’s possible? We are looking for team members who want to solve interesting, complex problems that protect our nation. Your talents and passion are most important to us. If you don’t know a language, program, or platform, we will teach you. Become a part of our enthusiastic team where we have fun working together and take pride in our contributions to the nation’s safety. We are recruiting for mid‑level and senior engineers with a background in software development to join our Mission Planning & Scheduling (MPS) Ground Software team. In these roles, the focus will be on development, integration, deployment, and sustainment of satellite ground software with an emphasis on mission planning, scheduling, and satellite operations . These positions are located onsite on our Dulles, VA campus and require a Top Secret clearance at the time of application. What you’ll get to do • Perform full‑stack development at the OS, platform, and mission‑unique software layers for ground systems that plan and execute space missions. • Develop mission planning and scheduling capabilities , including: • Contact/passes planning and schedule generation • Activity and resource scheduling for satellites and ground systems • Integration of ephemeris, constraints, and operations rules into planning tools • Develop client and server applications and services using service‑ or object‑oriented architectures and message‑bus–based data exchange , including first‑of‑a‑kind capabilities for satellite operations. • Build and integrate applications using languages and toolsets such as: • Python and C++ • PostgreSQL/Postgres • Ansible and cloud infrastructure provisioning • PKI and security‑focused tooling • Static code analysis tools and remediation workflows • Work with astrodynamics and mission operations teams to integrate trajectory, ephemeris, and constraints data into mission planning software and workflows. • Support Operations ground software and associated configurations , including: • Troubleshooting software issues and hardware impacting ground software • Investigating and resolving issues in mission planning and scheduling services used by operations teams • Support Acceptance Test events , including: • Executing test procedures • Test automation and validation of mission planning and scheduling functions • Configure and deploy ground segment software , including: • Installation of new ground segment and MPS software in operational, development, and test environments • Resolution and remediation of software defects • Implementing software enhancements as directed by customer change requests o