Northrop Grumman UK

About the Company

Northrop Grumman in the UK is the UK-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation. We are a diverse group of innovators and pioneers, defining what’s possible in security and defence technology.

We are programmers, engineers, data scientists, manufacturers, project managers and more -working together across 10 specialist sites to develop and deploy pioneering, next-generation technologies. Together, we are helping to transform the defence and national security capabilities for the Royal Navy, the Royal Air Force and the British Army and wider UK Government.
The work we do here is critical to the future safety and prosperity of the UK and its allies. That’s why we’re investing in research and development, sovereign and exportable IP, and home-grown talent to create high-quality jobs that give pioneers the opportunity to put their STEM skills to work for the UK.

When you come to Northrop Grumman we give you the opportunity, teams and tools needed to solve uniquely challenging problems. Discover what’s possible at: https://www.northropgrumman.com/uk

Listed Jobs

Company Name

Northrop Grumman UK

Job Title

Principal Software Engineer

Job Description

Define Possible at Northrop Grumman UK
At Northrop Grumman UK, our mission is to solve the most complex challenges by shaping the technology and solutions of tomorrow. We call it Defining Possible.
This mind-set goes beyond our customer solutions; it’s the foundation for your career development and the impact we have within the community. So, what’s your possible?

Opportunity:
This is more than just a job; it’s a mission.

As a Lead Engineer you play a pivotal role in designing, developing and maintaining the critical infrastructure that powers our services. You will be self-driven and organised with a passion for building elegant and stable solutions. You will have the chance to work on a variety of exciting projects with complex challenges within a unique space. You’ll be at the forefront of delivering core solutions that have real world impact.

In addition, you will have a strong leadership mentality, guiding your team through both technical and delivery challenges to accommodate the customer’s requirements.
“My purpose is to lead a team of engineers, rise to the challenges presented, push the boundaries and define possible together.” – Chris Rayner, Engineering Authority at Northrop Grumman UK.

Responsibilities:
Ownership of the team deliverables, working with the Scrum Master to define a path forward that meets the customer’s requirements.
Get involved in the entire software development lifecycle from requirements gathering to design, implementation, test and deployment.
Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams including product, front-end development and QA.
Mentor and guide junior developers contributing to the overall team’s growth.

Benefits:
We can offer you a range of flexible, hybrid and options to suit you, including optional compressed working schedule with every other Friday off. Our benefits including private health care, career development opportunities and performance bonuses. For a comprehensive list of benefits, speak to our recruitment team.

We are looking for:
Experience as a Software Developer with a strong focus on one of:
Backend Java development and it’s ecosystem (Spring boot, Maven)
Frontend development and it’s ecosystem (React, Npm)
Proven experience in designing, developing & deploying scalable backend systems.
Familiarity with CICD, containerisation, deployment technologies & cloud platforms (Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS).
Excellent communication, collaboration & problem solving skills, ideally with some experience in agile ways of working.

Security clearance:
You must be able to gain and maintain the highest level of UK Government clearance .

Why join us?
A mission to believe in – Every day we contribute to building a more secure and connected world, expanding our reach from land, sea, and air to space and cyberspace. From engineering data and intelligence solutions, to developing maritime navigation and control systems and innovating command and control systems for the UK and NATO, what we do together matters.
A place to belong and thrive – Every voice matters at our table meaning you can bring your authentic self to work. From our Employee Resource Groups backed by thousands of employees, to sponsoring Cheltenham Pride and our partnerships with Association For Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers, Forces Transition Group, Mind, and Women in Defence – we are passionate about growing and supporting our inclusive community where everyone can belong.
Your career, your way - Shape your career journey with diverse roles, mentorship, and development opportunities that fuel your curiosity, channel your expertise and nurture your passion. Looking for flexibility? Balance your professional career with your personal life, health and wellbeing benefits, discount schemes, pension benefits and investment in your future development. Speak to our team to find the balance that’s right for you..

Cheltenham, United Kingdom

Hybrid

19-02-2025

Company Name

Northrop Grumman UK

Job Title

Software Engineer

Job Description

Define Possible at Northrop Grumman UK

At Northrop Grumman UK, our mission is to solve the most complex challenges by shaping the technology and solutions of tomorrow. We call it Defining Possible.

This mind-set goes beyond our customer solutions; it’s the foundation for your career development and the impact we have within the community. So, what’s your possible?

Here is a summary of the Software Engineering opportunities on offer here at Northrop Grumman:

Job Titles: Senior, Lead and Principal Software Engineer
Salary Ranges: £42,700.00 - £105,000 (DoE)
Locations: Cheltenham, London, Manchester or Harrogate (5 days on site per week)
Clearance required: Active highest level of government clearance

Opportunity in more detail:

This is more than just a job; it’s a mission.

As a Senior/Lead/Principal Software Engineer you play a pivotal role in designing, developing and maintaining the critical infrastructure that powers our services. You will be self-driven and organised with a passion for building elegant and stable solutions. You will have the chance to work on a variety of exciting projects with complex challenges within a unique space. You’ll be at the forefront of delivering core solutions that have real world impact.

Our UK Cyber & Intelligence business combines modern software development approaches with a rich heritage and experience in the Defence and security sectors. Our customers have complex and sensitive data and information requirements requiring a mission partner who quickly understands the context, delivering and sustaining a portfolio of challenging technology projects at scale and pace, supporting them through an ambitious digital transformation programme.

Responsibilities:

Perform hands-on development and actively contribute to the code base including peer review of code
Support the Delivery Lead/Project Manager in developing project roadmaps, understanding delivery time scales, and communicating these to the customer
Liaison with the Product Owner to manage the product road map and communicating the impact of changing customer requirements
Identifying technical risks/opportunities and proactively developing plans to mitigate and realise them

We are looking for:

Hands on experience of developing software in Java, JavaScript or Python
Understanding of Cloud-based architectures in AWS or Azure
Use of DevOps Automated Deployment tools such as Jenkins, Gitlab, Docker, OpenShift or Kubernetes
Understanding of database technologies such as SQL, Elasticsearch or MongoDB

Security clearance:

You must already hold highest level of UK government clearance.

Why join us?

A mission to believe in – Every day we contribute to building a more secure and connected world, expanding our reach from land, sea, and air to space and cyberspace. From engineering data and intelligence solutions, to developing maritime navigation and control systems and innovating command and control systems for the UK and NATO, what we do together matters.
A place to belong and thrive – Every voice matters at our table meaning you can bring your authentic self to work. From our Employee Resource Groups backed by thousands of employees, to sponsoring Cheltenham Pride and our partnerships with Association For Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers, Forces Transition Group, Mind, and Women in Defence – we are passionate about growing and supporting our inclusive community where everyone can belong.
Your career, your way - Shape your career journey with diverse roles, mentorship, and development opportunities that fuel your curiosity, channel your expertise and nurture your passion. Looking for flexibility? Balance your professional career with your personal life, health and wellbeing benefits, discount schemes, pension benefits and investment in your future development. Speak to our team to find the balance that’s right for you.

Benefits:

We can offer you a range of flexible working options to suit you, including optional compressed working schedule with every other Friday off. Our benefits including private health care, career development opportunities and performance bonuses. For a comprehensive list of benefits, speak to our recruitment team.

We are looking forward to seeing your application

England, United Kingdom

On site

05-03-2025

Company Name

Northrop Grumman UK

Job Title

Platform Engineer

Job Description

Define Possible at Northrop Grumman UK

At Northrop Grumman UK, our mission is to solve the most complex challenges by shaping the technology and solutions of tomorrow. We call it Defining Possible.

This mind-set goes beyond our customer solutions; it’s the foundation for your career development and the impact we have within the community. So, what’s your possible?

Opportunity:

This is more than just a job; it’s a mission.

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Software Engineer to work as a member of an Operations and Maintenance team member in Harrogate, reporting to the Head of System Operations.

Our Division is a world leading provider for next generation systems capabilities serving national security, military, civil and commercial customers. We are built on a heritage of providing innovative, affordable and reliable aerospace and defence products that our customers rely on to achieve mission success. Join the revolution and make the impossible, possible.

“My purpose is to lead a team of system engineers, identify and find solutions to issues, push the known boundaries and define possible together.” – Systems Engineering Manager at Northrop Grumman UK.

Responsibilities:

Monitoring system and subsystem operation and performance and preparing periodic status reports
Performing system performance improvement tasks involving scripting and standard operating procedure modifications
Investigating and responding to all indications of anomalous system performance
Assisting in the preparation and review of standard operations procedures and system redundancy management documentation
Supporting system reconfiguration and mode changes
Supporting special system operations of a non-routine nature
Monitoring several systems and implementing procedures required in response to anomalous behavior
Monitoring equipment health and status to ensure the highest possible level of mission readiness
Continuous core skill improvement training
Follow-on advanced training
The engineer will be expected to work a non-traditional work week that will include occasional 12 hour shifts and weekends

Benefits:

We can offer you a range of flexible and hybrid working options to suit you, including optional compressed working schedule with every other Friday off. Our benefits including private health care, career development opportunities and performance bonuses. For a comprehensive list of benefits, speak to our recruitment team.

We are looking for:

Bachelor of Science undergraduate degree in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline with relevant technical/engineering experience OR Masters of Science Degree in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline with relevant technical/engineering experience. For exceptional candidates we will review experience on a case-by-case basis.
Must be able to thrive and be an effective leader and contributor
Must be able to lead briefs and offer opportunities to decision makers
Proven leadership experience on a project and/or team in complex and demanding environments

Preferred Qualifications:
Prior operations and/or systems / software engineering experience
Experience with Linux OS and scripting tools e.g. Python and/or Perl
Experience with Atlassian tool suite (e.g. Confluence, JIRA, etc.)
Experience working in a geographically diverse team and matrix organization

Any experience of Flask Web Framework or Jupyter Notebooks is desirable.

Security clearance:

You must be able to gain and maintain the highest level of UK Government security clearance. Our requirement team is on hand to answer any questions and we will guide you through the process: talentenquiries@uk.ngc.com.

Why join us?

Be part of our global team of 100,000 colleagues – The possibilities for your future career are only limited by your drive. Whether you’re looking for a hands-on internship or your next leadership position, we have career opportunities across the world. Northrop Grumman continues to expand and broaden our presence in global markets and strengthen our partnerships with local industry.
A mission to believe in – Every day we contribute to building a more secure and connected world, expanding our reach from land, sea, and air to space and cyberspace. From engineering data and intelligence solutions, to developing maritime navigation and control systems and innovating command and control systems for the UK and NATO, what we do together matters.
A place to belong and thrive – Every voice matters at our table meaning you can bring your authentic self to work. From our Employee Resource Groups backed by thousands of employees, to sponsoring Cheltenham Pride and our partnerships with Association For Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers, Forces Transition Group, Mind, and Women in Defence – we are passionate about growing and supporting our inclusive community where everyone can belong.
Your career, your way - Shape your career journey with diverse roles, mentorship, and development opportunities that fuel your curiosity, channel your expertise and nurture your passion. Looking for flexibility? Balance your professional career with your personal life, health and wellbeing benefits, discount schemes, pension benefits and investment in your future development. Speak to our team to find the balance that’s right for you.

Ready to apply?

Yes – Submit your application online. Your application will be reviewed by our team and we will be in touch.

Harrogate, United Kingdom

On site

12-03-2025

Company Name

Northrop Grumman UK

Job Title

Senior Support Engineer - R10178568

Job Description

Requisition ID: R10178568

Category: Information Technology
Location: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Clearance Type: Highest Level of Government Clearance
Telecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this position
Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time
Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available
Positions Available: 1

Salary: £42,000 - £64,000

Define Possible at Northrop Grumman UK

At Northrop Grumman UK, our mission is to solve the most complex challenges by shaping the technology and solutions of tomorrow. We call it Defining Possible.

This mind-set goes beyond our customer solutions; it’s the foundation for your career development and the impact we have within the community. So, what’s your possible?

Opportunity

This is more than just a job; it’s a mission.

As a Senior Support Engineer you play a pivotal role in maintaining the critical infrastructure and software that powers our services. You will be self-driven and organised with a passion for building elegant and stable solutions. You will have the chance to work on a variety of exciting projects with complex challenges within a unique space. You’ll be at the forefront of delivering core solutions that have real world impact.

Our UK Cyber & Intelligence business combines modern software development approaches with a rich heritage and experience in the Defence and security sectors. Our customers have complex and sensitive data and information requirements requiring a mission partner who quickly understands the context, delivering and sustaining a portfolio of challenging technology projects at scale and pace, supporting them through an ambitious digital transformation programme.

“My purpose; to lead a team of engineers with the brightest minds, to push the boundaries and define possible together.” Rishi Badiani, Engineering Authority at Northrop Grumman UK.

Responsibilities

Perform hands-on maintenance to ensure critical systems remain operational
Monitoring systems to ensure maximum availability
Support the wider development team in working through critical issues remediate them
Identifying technical risks/opportunities and proactively developing plans to mitigate and realise them
Maintain accurate documentation including a record of issues and faults along with solutions
Implementing DevOps and/or SRE best practices as required on relevant systems

Benefits

We can offer you a range of flexible working options to suit you, including optional compressed working schedule with every other Friday off. Our benefits including private health care, career development opportunities and performance bonuses. For a comprehensive list of benefits, speak to our recruitment team.

We Are Looking For

Hands on experience of supporting and debugging of complex live operational systems including monitoring of logs through tools suck as Splunk / ELK stack
Ability to pro-actively manage own tasking and react to higher priority tasks
Experience of Linux server administration
Experience in technologies such as Apache NiFi, MinIO/ AWS S3
Experience managing and patching Java and Python applications
Experience with containerisation technologies such as Docker / Podman and deployment technologies such Kubernetes / OpenShift

Security Clearance

You must already hold highest level of UK government clearance.

Our requirement team is on hand to answer any questions and we will guide you through the process: .

Why join us?

A mission to believe in – Every day we contribute to building a more secure and connected world, expanding our reach from land, sea, and air to space and cyberspace. From engineering data and intelligence solutions, to developing maritime navigation and control systems and innovating command and control systems for the UK and NATO, what we do together matters.
A place to belong and thrive – Every voice matters at our table meaning you can bring your authentic self to work. From our Employee Resource Groups backed by thousands of employees, to sponsoring Cheltenham Pride and our partnerships with Association For Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers, Forces Transition Group, Mind, and Women in Defence – we are passionate about growing and supporting our inclusive community where everyone can belong.
Your career, your way - Shape your career journey with diverse roles, mentorship, and development opportunities that fuel your curiosity, channel your expertise and nurture your passion. Looking for flexibility? Balance your professional career with your personal life, health and wellbeing benefits, discount schemes, pension benefits and investment in your future development. Speak to our team to find the balance that’s right for you.

Ready to apply?

Yes – Submit your application online. Your application will be reviewed by our team and we will be in touch.

Possibly, I’d like to find out more about this role – Reach out to our team for more information and support: .

No, I don’t think this role is right for me – Our extensive UK growth means we have exciting, new opportunities opening all the time. Speak to our team to discuss your career goals.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce, and encourages individuals from all backgrounds and all abilities to apply and consider becoming a part of our diverse and inclusive workforce.

Cheltenham, United Kingdom

On site

12-03-2025