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2027 - Associate Software Engineer - McClellan CA
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation · 🇺🇸 United States-California-McClellan
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About the role
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No CLEARANCE TYPE: 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. Northrop Grumman Mission Systems delivers mission-critical solutions for global security. Our Engineering and Sciences organization advances engineering and scientific capabilities to design, produce, and sustain optimized product lines that give the warfighter a decisive edge. We seek bold, innovative engineers who embrace change, value cognitive diversity, and bring their full selves to work. Our employees don’t just witness history—they make it. Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is hiring a Software Engineer in McClellan, CA to help deliver next-generation national defense capabilities in a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment. What You’ll Get to Do: · The new team member will design, develop, document, test and debug software applications and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions. · Conduct multidisciplinary research and collaborates with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of software solutions. · Determine computer user needs; analyzes system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls; prepares operating instructions; designs and develops compilers and assemblers, utility programs, and operating systems. · Implement solutions in multiple components of the system, including storage, OS, network, application, database, and many more. · Provide system analysis as an actual user, including onsite visits, and contribute to the next iteration of the system through feedback and development. · Ensure software standards are met. Responsibilities: · Build and enhance software, leveraging feedback as an end user and field rep · Use container engines and container tools to develop OCI-compliant container images for existing software applications (e.g. Docker images) · Design, develop, document, test and debug applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions · Follow software development standards for configuration management, software reuse, and Dev*Ops processes Basic Qualifications for a Software Engineer: A candidate must meet ALL of the below criteria. The candidate must: · STEM degree: has completed their degree from an accredited institution o BS · Object-oriented development in Java, or C/C++ · Scripting and web: Python, JavaScript, HTML, CSS · Data and storage: SQL/relational databases; · Linux experience: filesystems/mounts, cron, bash scripting, services, permissions, users/groups · DevOps: GitLab (repos, runners, pipelines), integration with artifact/binary storage, use of monitoring tools (e.g., OpenTelemetry, Grafana) · Networking: practical troubleshooting with tools like ss, nc, netstat, tcpdump, ip addr; understanding of core protocols and debugging strategies · Understandin