Staff Engineer Software
Northrop Grumman1 day ago
Colorado Springs, CO, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$161k - $241k/yr
Responsibilities
- Serve as the technical leader and subject-matter expert for radar digital signal processing software.
- Design, develop, document, test, debug, and optimize complex radar DSP applications and software systems.
- Lead multidisciplinary research and collaborate with systems, hardware, and equipment designers.
- Analyze mission and user needs, resolve system and software problems, and prepare operating instructions and technical documentation.
- Guide the development of compilers, utility programs, and supporting infrastructure for scalable signal-processing workflows.
- Provide mentorship and technical direction through code reviews, design reviews, and coaching.
- Develop and optimize radar signal-processing algorithms and pipelines using DSP engineering toolchains.
- Use GPGPU acceleration, profiling, and optimization to balance CPU and GPU resources for performance-critical workloads.
- Use AI-enabled engineering tools for code explanation, refactoring, and test generation while maintaining engineering accountability.
Requirements
- Active U.S. Government Secret security clearance that is current and within scope at the time of application.
- Proficiency with C++, Java, Python, and CUDA for performance-critical workloads.
- Experience with Linux development environments, RF signal processing, radar DSP concepts, and GPU optimization for real-time or near-real-time processing.
- Experience with NVIDIA MatX or similar high-performance numerical libraries.
- Experience with AI tooling for software development workflows.
- Experience with high-side development processes and secure handling of classified data.
- Ability to explain radar signal processing concepts including Range-Doppler Maps, sparse-array beamforming, loss budgets, system tradeoffs, and distributed-system calibration.
- Strong modern C++ expertise for real-time processing and maintainable high-performance code.
- Deep understanding of GPGPU signal-processing constraints and benefits, with familiarity with cuFFT or cuSignal; MatX experience is preferred.
- Functional familiarity with Matlab and Python for signal-processing prototyping and data analysis.
- Ability to independently drive solutions, influence cross-team designs, defend technical decisions, own system-level DSP architectures, conduct trade studies, and lead implementation of scalable solutions.
Benefits
- Relocation assistance may be available.
- Health insurance, life and disability insurance, savings plan, company-paid holidays, and paid time off are provided.
- Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base salary.
- The role is based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, requires 10% travel, and requires an active Secret clearance at start.
- U.S. citizenship is required for positions requiring government clearance.
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).