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Principal Engineer Software

Northrop Grumman

$131,100 - $196,700
Aug 27, 2025
Halethorpe, MD, USA • Annapolis Junction, MD, USA
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Northrop Grumman Microelectronics Center (NGMC) is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead development of new technologies for the Microelectronics Design and Applications (MDA) team, focusing on emerging supercomputing technologies that combine superconductivity and quantum mechanics for energy-efficient computing systems.

Requirements

  • Experience with the Agile software development lifecycle.
  • Experience developing and communicating software architecture constructs.
  • Experience and knowledge of object-oriented programming languages such as Python, C++, Matlab, etc.
  • Experience leading teams through the entire development lifecycle.
  • Willingness to learn transformational computing technology concepts and domain appropriate for a lead engineering role
  • Ability to learn and aid in ways to improve an existing code base
  • Experience with creating design artifacts such as UML and SysML

Responsibilities

  • Work in an engineering leadership role that executes all facets of building complex software in an Agile development environment.
  • Work in an engineering role that executes all facets of building complex software in an Agile development environment.
  • Perform engineering activities, focusing on software, across the full spectrum from conceptual design to system deployment
  • Define, implement, and verify software capabilities and tools supporting novel technologies and applications
  • Collaborate with multi-disciplined teams to define technical architectures for software-intensive systems
  • Lead and collaborate the development of technical requirements and synthesize software architectures
  • Collaborate in the development of technical requirements and software architectures

Other

  • RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available
  • CLEARANCE TYPE: SCITRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time
  • This position is contingent upon clearance.
  • This position will serve 100% onsite in Linthicum / Annapolis Junction, MD*
  • This position requires the applicant to be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain/maintain a security clearance.