Software Architect - Level 5
Northrop Grumman4 days ago
Redondo Beach, CA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$177k - $266k/yr
Responsibilities
- Serve as technical leader and software architect for flight and ground systems supporting space missions.
- Oversee program architecture across flight software and ground software while guiding, mentoring, and aligning engineering teams.
- Lead technical solutioning, technology selection, architecture definition, and verification planning.
- Define, document, and evolve end-to-end software architectures across software, systems engineering, hardware, and integration and test teams.
- Perform technical planning and trade studies involving performance, cost, risk, scalability, and supportability.
- Research and recommend frameworks and tools to mitigate technical risks.
- Produce architecture, design, verification, user, and training documentation and present technical briefings to leadership and customers.
- Collaborate on security architecture designs with internal teams, external partners, and customers.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 12 years of relevant experience, or a master's degree with 10 years, or a PhD with 8 years.
- Active SCI access is required at the time of application.
- Experience leading a software team.
- Full-cycle software development proficiency from requirements through testing.
- Background in software development, design, and architecture for complex systems.
- Experience with ground software and/or flight software development.
- Experience with embedded C/C++ development, real-time operating systems such as VxWorks, Jenkins-based CI/CD tools, Agile software development, and comprehensive software documentation is preferred.
Benefits
- Relocation assistance may be available.
- Health insurance, life and disability insurance, savings plan, company-paid holidays, and paid time off are provided.
- The position is located in Redondo Beach, California, requires 10% travel, and requires SCI clearance at start.
- The role is contingent on funding, final clearances, and required program access; continued employment depends on maintaining the required clearance and access.
- Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and discretionary bonuses in addition to base salary.
About Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman designs and manufactures aircraft, spacecraft, missile defense, C4ISR, and cyber systems for the U.S. government, NASA, and allied nations. The company operates primarily through long-term defense and space contracts, delivering products and services spanning autonomous systems, sensors, software, and sustainment. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, it is a public company listed on the NYSE (ticker: NOC).