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Graduate Software Engineer
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom-Cheltenham
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About the role
UK CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION: Yes RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Graduate Software Engineer Salary: £32,500 Programme start date: September 2027 Citizenship required: UK citizenship required Security clearance: Security Check (SC) Travel required: Approximately 10% Location: Cheltenham Working arrangement: Flexible working options subject to the role and programme needs Hours: Full-time Requisition ID: R10251077 What’s your possible? At Northrop Grumman UK, you’ll be part of a team driving innovation where it matters most, solving tomorrow’s challenges and shaping the technology solutions of the future. We call it Defining Possible . This mindset goes beyond our customer solutions; it’s the foundation for your career development and the impact we have within the community. This is more than just a job. It’s a mission. Ready to begin your software engineering career by developing technology that supports strategically important national defence programmes? As a Graduate Software Engineer, you will contribute to pioneering projects that use innovative technologies to solve complex customer challenges. Working closely with our customers and experienced engineering teams, you will help create software-centric capabilities that enable them to perform their missions successfully. You will join collaborative Agile development teams made up of experienced engineers and early careers professionals. Depending on your project and development plan, you could work with technologies and approaches including artificial intelligence, microservices, web-oriented architectures, cloud technologies, enterprise integration patterns and open-source products. This is an opportunity to strengthen your technical expertise, explore different areas of software engineering and contribute to work with real purpose. Our Graduate Programme Our structured two-year Graduate Programme is designed to help you turn your academic knowledge and coding experience into practical software engineering expertise. Starting in September 2027, the programme combines on-the-job learning with technical, professional and leadership skills development. There may also be opportunities to rotate across projects, giving you exposure to different types of work and helping you explore your technical interests. You will have a personalised development plan agreed with your line manager, alongside support from a dedicated mentor, buddy, project lead and line manager. From the beginning, you will contribute to meaningful projects while learning from experienced software professionals. What you’ll do • Design, develop and improve software that helps customers achieve their missions • Write clear, effective code using languages such as Python, JavaScript, Java or C/C++ • Work within Agile development teams to deliver high-quality software • Apply software engineering practices across the development lifecycle • Collaborate with colleagues to understand requirements and develop innovative solutions • Deliver agreed requirements within appropriate timescales and help take projects through to completion • Along the way, you could develop experience in: • Cybersecurity • Software architecture and design • Systems and application development • Artificial intelligence and microservices • Web-oriented architectures and cloud technologies • Enterprise integration patterns and open-source products • Agile methodologies and DevSecOps tools • What we’re looking for We are looking for graduates who are passionate about software development and computing, enjoy solving challenging problems and want to use technology to make a meaningful difference. You will be curious, analytical and ready to contribute with