RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available
CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes
CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret
TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time
Description
Basic Qualifications:
Level 3: Bachelor’s degree in science with 5+ years of software development experience; 3+ years with a Master's; or 4 additional years of experience in lieu of a degree.
Level 4: Bachelor’s degree in science with 8+ years of software development experience; 6+ years with a Master's; or 4 additional years of experience in lieu of a degree.
Must have an active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility at time of application.
Deep expertise in ML fundamentals – supervised, unsupervised, reinforcement learning, and statistical modeling.
Hands‑on experience with LLMs – model configuration, prompt engineering, output validation, and building agentic workflows.
Strong statistical background – hypothesis testing, experimental design, A/B testing, and data‑driven inference.
Proficient in Python – production‑grade code, testing, and refactoring.
Experience with the scientific Python stack – NumPy, pandas, PyTorch.
Version control & containerization – Git (branching, PR workflow) + Docker (or OCI‑compatible containers).
Linux‑based development – strong Bash/Unix scripting skills.
End‑to‑end problem‑solving – troubleshoot and optimize data pipelines, model training, and serving.
Self‑starter attitude – takes ownership and drives projects forward.
Preferred Qualifications:
Data engineering & cleaning – robust pipelines for noisy, imbalanced, or sparse real‑world datasets; experience with feature stores.
Database expertise – SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Redis) systems.
MLOps & productionization – CI/CD for ML (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI), experiment tracking (MLflow, Weights & Biases), model registry, automated testing, and monitoring/drift detection.
Model serving & APIs – FastAPI, Flask, gRPC, TorchServe, ONNX Runtime
Security & compliance awareness – data‑privacy regulations and secure model deployment practices.
Software engineering rigor – test‑driven development, code reviews, static analysis, design patterns, documentation.
Agile teamwork – Scrum/Kanban, cross‑functional collaboration, mentoring junior engineers.
MATLAB – for legacy code or signal‑processing tasks.
Fast‑paced, results‑driven environment – comfortable with shifting priorities and tight timelines.
Outstanding communication – clearly articulate technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders; produce thorough documentation.
Knowledge of bias mitigation, fairness metrics, and responsible AI practices.
Primary Level Salary Range: $137,800.00 - $206,800.00
Secondary Level Salary Range: $172,100.00 - $258,100.00
The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.
Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.
