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Principal Software Engineer - Forge

Northrop Grumman

$110,300 - $206,000
Oct 1, 2025
Boulder, CO, USA
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Northrop Grumman is seeking a Software Engineer to join the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) Sensor Specific Processing (SSP) Team to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come, specifically in the missile warning, missile defense, battlespace awareness, and technical intelligence mission areas.

Requirements

  • Linux experience
  • C/C++ and Python proficiency
  • Object Oriented Programing (OOP) experience
  • OO design pattern and modern data structure experience
  • Configuration management software experience (i.e. Git, etc.)
  • Experience with containerization
  • Java and shell scripting language experience

Responsibilities

  • Software engineering support for multi-language (C/C++, Python, and Java) and complex software systems
  • New feature implementation that allows for smooth integration with pre-existing systems
  • Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
  • Software development using Agile Methodology
  • Utilizing Jira to document bugs and enhancements
  • Enhance usability, performance, and maintainability of systems via analysis and bug fixes
  • Coordinate, integrate, and resolve defects in conjunction with the test team

Other

  • Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline preferred from an accredited university
  • Ability and willingness to travel up to 10% to support business needs
  • Applicants must have either a current active in-scope U.S. Government DoD issued Secret security clearance, or an inactive U.S. Government DoD issued Secret clearance within the past 2 years at the time of application
  • U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI (TS/SCI) security clearance