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Principal / Senior Principal Software Engineer - Software Engineering - DevSecOps - Agile - C/C++ - CI/CD

Northrop Grumman

$110,300 - $206,000
Sep 20, 2025
Los Angeles, CA, US
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Northrop Grumman is looking for a Principal/Sr. Principal Software Engineer to join their team in Woodland Hills, CA, to be part of their Enterprise-wide digital transformation, utilizing Model-based Engineering, DevSecOps, and Agile practices to deliver critical national defense products and capabilities for the warfighter.

Requirements

  • Experience working in C/C++
  • Familiarity with modern C++ standards and features
  • Demonstrated ability to analyze system requirements to derive software design and performance requirements
  • Proven ability to design and code new software, as well as modify existing software to add new features
  • Ability to debug existing software and correct defects
  • Experience with open software/system architecture solutions
  • Experience with Git-based or other software configuration management tools

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical leadership for junior software engineers
  • Develop software utilizing C/C++ to modernize and productionize a research codebase with modern C++ features
  • Develop software infrastructure to support CI/CD, software metrics collection, and MLOps
  • Implement software-systems, applications, and architectures that leverage techniques to support achieving increased modularity, scalability, and reliability, while also maintaining precision, accuracy, and speed to meet performance requirements
  • Ensure industry software engineering best practices and standards are applied and maintained
  • Work closely with Software Leads and Architects to understand program intent, system capabilities, and output requirements

Other

  • Active Top Secret security clearance
  • Ability to meet customer-specific security screening requirements within a timeframe set forth by management
  • Willingness and ability to work onsite full-time
  • Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 5+ years of relative experience; Master's degree in a STEM discipline with 3+ years of relative experience; PhD + 1 year of relative experience
  • Travel: Yes, 10% of the Time