Associate Engineer Software / Engineer Software @ Northrop Grumman - Palmdale, CA

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Associate Engineer Software Job Description: Designs, develops, documents, tests, and debugs applications software, and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions. Conducts multidisciplinary research and collaborates with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems for product and commercial software. Determines computer user needs; analyzes system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques, and controls; prepares operating instructions; designs and develops compilers and assemblers, utility programs, and operating systems. Ensures software standards are met.

Engineer Software Job Description: Experience with data analytics to create and implement data-driven infrastructure to drive efficiency in our organization. Strong project management skills to drive tasks/projects to completion ensuring budget, schedule, and quality requirements are met. Ability to utilize schedule, cost, and performance data to create user-friendly graphics or data visualization (charts, plots, infographics, animations). Ability to create data handling site on SharePoint for the Tooling Sector and support troubleshooting and edits as required. Assist cost account manager in establishing baselines for cost, schedule, and scope, and track actual performance against those measures. Analyze trends and variances to identify potential risks and issues and recommend corrective actions as needed. Develop, analyze, and maintain estimates to completion and perform monthly budget, EAC, actuals, and Variance Analysis for Leadership briefings. Tracking of weekly actuals against monthly/yearly targets and monthly maintenance of cost analysis reports.

Basic Qualifications

Associate Engineer Software

• Bachelor's STEM Required
• Ability to obtain/maintain DOD Secret Clearance and Special Program Access
• Experience with SharePoint, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Tableau, and VBA

Engineer Software

• Bachelor's STEM Required + 2 years of exp or Master's + 0 years of experience
• Ability to obtain/maintain DOD Secret Clearance and Special Program Access
• Experience with SharePoint, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Tableau, and VBA

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.