Sr. Staff Software Engineer (Full Stack Software Discipline Lead)

About the role

The Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Sector (NGAS) Software Engineering Center of Technical Excellence (CoTE) is creating an Everything-as-Code (XaC) ecosystem powered by an AI-augmented workforce and a resilient software factory. Our mission is to deliver mission effects at the speed of relevance by continuously evolving the tools, processes, training, and metrics that make the software-engineering ecosystem efficient, measurable, and future-ready.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and define strategic vision for technical priorities within Software discipline, aligned to long-term sector strategy.
• Regularly interface with EI&E discipline leads to identify program needs and close gaps in engineering tools, processes, digital solutions, and technical training.
• Lead the development, deployment, and sustainment of sector-wide engineering tools, standardized processes, digital solutions, and technical training— ensuring they are relevant, scalable, and interoperable across programs.
• Build and sustain a strong Software Community of Practice (CoP), ensuring alignment of sub-CoPs, strategies, and priorities while fostering collaboration across programs and sub-disciplines.
• Act as a trusted advisor to help resolve technical performance shortfalls through root cause analysis, corrective action planning, long-term verification of improvement.
• Capture, share, and embed lessons learned and best practices across programs to continuously raise the bar for technical performance.

Requirements

• Must have a Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 14 or more years of experience in software engineering OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 12 or more years of experience in software engineering OR a PhD in a STEM discipline and 9 years of software engineering experience.
• Subject Matter Expert in one or more technology areas: Front end client-side languages/frameworks such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React or TypeScript, Back-end server-side programming languages such as Python, Java, Node.js, API design experience such as REST, GraphQL or gRPC, Database knowledge in either SQL, NoSQL or MongoDB, Networking basics, such as HTTP or websockets, Cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure and containerization.
• Subject Matter Expert in one or more Core Technical Competency areas: Geospatial Engineering, Human Factors Engineering (HFE), Interoperability Standards, Cross-Domain Governance, Cybersecurity Governance, Open Systems Architectures.
• Must have an active U.S. government Secret clearance that is in-scope (granted or renewed in the last 6 years) and eligibility for TS/SCI.
• Ability to travel as needed (approx. 25%).

Qualifications

• Must have a Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 14 or more years of experience in software engineering OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 12 or more years of experience in software engineering OR a PhD in a STEM discipline and 9 years of software engineering experience.
• Subject Matter Expert in one or more technology areas: Front end client-side languages/frameworks such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React or TypeScript, Back-end server-side programming languages such as Python, Java, Node.js, API design experience such as REST, GraphQL or gRPC, Database knowledge in either SQL, NoSQL or MongoDB, Networking basics, such as HTTP or websockets, Cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure and containerization.
• Subject Matter Expert in one or more Core Technical Competency areas: Geospatial Engineering, Human Factors Engineering (HFE), Interoperability Standards, Cross-Domain Governance, Cybersecurity Governance, Open Systems Architectures.
• Must have an active U.S. government Secret clearance that is in-scope (granted or renewed in the last 6 years) and eligibility for TS/SCI.
• Ability to travel as needed (approx. 25%).

Skills

• Cloud & Distributed Computing: Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, OpenStack), containerization (Docker, OCI), Kubernetes, service-mesh (Istio), CI/CD (Jenkins, GitLab, Azure DevOps), IaC (Ansible).
• Geospatial Engineering: GIS data formats (DTED, GeoTIFF, OGC standards), CesiumJS, Web-GL, map-tiling services, spatial-database (PostGIS), coordinate-system transformations, terrain-rendering pipelines.
• Engineering Foundations: Human-Machine interface, Human Factors Engineering, and CI-integrated security scanning.
• Software Construction: Java, Web Frameworks, UI/UX Standards.
• Human Factors Engineering (HFE): MIL-STD-1472, task-analysis methodologies, workload-assessment tools, usability testing frameworks (Selenium, Cypress), cognitive-load metrics, UI-design systems, accessibility (WCAG).
• Interoperability Standards: Universal Command Interface (UCI), STANAG 4586, NATO/DoD message protocols, API design, and data-format standards.
• Cross-Domain Governance: Ground systems often sit at the boundary between networks at different classification and compartment boundaries. This discipline lead drives the process for Cross-Domain Solutions (CDS), ensuring data flows securely between security enclaves without spillage.
• Cybersecurity Governance: RMF/NIST 800-53: Common software and infrastructure reuse opportunities; automated security-control assessment tools; continuous monitoring pipelines.
• Open Systems Architectures: Proficiency in OMS, Universal Command and Control Interface (UCI), and other GRA standards; ability to define and integrate interoperable service-oriented components.

Benefits

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO.

Pay

Pay ranges by location:

• Oklahoma: $157,800 - $236,600
• Florida: $166,500 - $249,700
• California: $192,800 - $289,200

Schedule

The position is geographically flexible and can be based out of any one of the 5 locations listed above.