NG Fellow 1 – Software Architect
Northrop Grumman2 days ago
Chandler, AZ, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$189k - $284k/yr
Responsibilities
- Serve as a sector-level technical authority for software architecture supporting advanced weapons, missile systems, guidance applications, mission computing, and mission-critical defense platforms.
- Define technical roadmaps, reference architectures, interface architectures, data models, real-time execution approaches, modular reuse, and digital engineering practices.
- Lead architecture trade studies covering open architectures, software partitioning, hosting, latency, scalability, cybersecurity, fault tolerance, processor utilization, deployment topology, and lifecycle affordability.
- Provide technical leadership for programs and captures, including solution development, technical differentiation, architecture maturity, and customer mission alignment.
- Establish architecture principles, technical guardrails, governance mechanisms, interface patterns, common services, and reusable implementation strategies.
- Guide allocation of software elements to hardware and hosting environments through integration, testing, deployment, sustainment, and modernization.
- Lead through influence across software, systems, hardware, cybersecurity, integration, and mission engineering organizations.
- Mentor chief engineers, IPT leads, and senior technical staff in software architecture, interface design, hardware-software integration, real-time implementation, reuse, and digital engineering.
- Present architecture concepts, risks, trade studies, mitigations, recommendations, and maturity assessments to senior leaders and customers.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s, master’s, and/or PhD in a relevant STEM discipline with 20 years of experience for a bachelor’s degree or 18 years for a master’s or PhD.
- Active U.S. Government Secret security clearance at the time of application and the capability to obtain TS/SCI clearance.
- Demonstrated experience architecting real-time, embedded, or mission-critical aerospace and defense software systems.
- Experience spanning requirements development, architecture definition, integration, test, deployment, and fielding support for complex systems.
- Experience defining software architecture baselines, interface strategies, and hardware-software partitioning approaches for complex defense systems.
- Experience working with IPT leads, chief engineers, and program leadership on complex development efforts.
- Ability to support strategic initiatives and captures tied to portfolio growth objectives.
- Advanced degree in engineering, computer science, software engineering, applied mathematics, physics, or a related technical discipline is preferred.
- Experience with weapon-system software architectures, safety-critical software practices, DO-178C or comparable guidance, modeling and simulation, modular open-system standards, modernization strategies, and capture or proposal leadership is preferred.
- Working knowledge of MBSE, digital engineering, requirements and architecture tools, Agile practices, software-in-the-loop, hardware-in-the-loop, and comparable verification environments is preferred.
Benefits
- Relocation assistance may be available.
- The position requires Secret clearance at start, U.S. citizenship for government-cleared work, and travel up to 25% of the time.
- Benefits include health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, company-paid holidays, and paid time off.
- Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus.
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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).