Expand your horizons, advance your career, and contribute to a secure future for generations. Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector invites you to bring your pioneering spirit to our collaborative teams. As a Software Developer you’ll be a linchpin in missions of paramount importance, defining the art of the possible from day one. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work.
In these roles, the focus will be on development, integration, deployment, and sustainment of satellite ground software.
This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off.
Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
Fullstack development at the OS, platform, and missionunique software layer.
Develop client and server applications and services using serviceoriented or objectoriented architectures, microservices, and messagebusbased data exchange that include firstofakind capabilities.
Tech stack Primary language Python (with C++ and occasional Java), PostgreSQL, Qpid message broker (AMQP) exploring gRPC (both use Protocol Buffers).
GUIs built in Qt (transitioning to webbased GUIs using Elixir).
Containerization with Docker for local development and Kubernetes for production orchestration.
Operating systems: RedHat Enterprise Linux and Windows workstations.
Act as a selfstarter capable of making decisions with overall project budget and schedule in mind.
Support groundsoftware operations and associated configurations, including troubleshooting software errors and hardware affecting ground software.
Support Acceptance Test events, run tests, and provide test automation.
Configure groundsegment software, resolve and remediate software defects, and deliver enhancements per customer change requests or mission needs.
Provide groundsoftware support during launch and launchrehearsal events.
This position is contingent upon the candidate obtaining final clearances and program access(es) within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company.
This position can be filled at either a Level 3 or Level 4.
Basic Qualifications for Level 3:
Bachelors degree in STEM field with 5 years of professional experience OR Masters degree with 3 years of professional experience OR PhD with 1 year of professional experience.
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Top-Secret clearance.
Demonstrated software development experience.
Python application development, C++, Bash scripting experience.
Design and implement missionplanning tools (trajectory generation, timeline creation, resource allocation).
Build graphical user interfaces and APIs that enable operators to create, edit, and validate mission plans.
Integrate realtime data feeds (ephemeris, weather, spaceenvironment models) via the Qpid message bus.
Automate plan validation and collisionavoidance checks using Pythonbased rule engines.
Basic Qualifications for Level 4:
Bachelors degree in STEM field with 8 years of professional experience OR Masters degree with 6 years of professional experience OR PhD with 4 years of professional experience.
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Top-Secret clearance.
Demonstrated software development experience.
Python application development, C++, Bash scripting experience.
Design and implement missionplanning tools (trajectory generation, timeline creation, resource allocation).
Build graphical user interfaces and APIs that enable operators to create, edit, and validate mission plans.
Integrate realtime data feeds (ephemeris, weather, spaceenvironment models) via the Qpid message bus.
Automate plan validation and collisionavoidance checks using Pythonbased rule engines.
Preferred Qualifications:
Knowledge of orbital mechanics basics (or willingness to learn), experience with GUI frameworks (e.g., Flask/Django, Plotly/D3), familiarity with realtime data streaming (Kafka, RabbitMQ), understanding of missiontimeline concepts.
Strong preference given to Top Secret.
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https://www.northropgrumman.com/space
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