Associate Cyber Software Engineer
Northrop Grumman
San Antonio, TXFresher3h agovia LinkedIn
This job at a glance
- Who can apply
- New grads and up to 1 year · Bachelor's degree
- Must know
- AgileExcelTroubleshooting
- Nice to have
- Vulnerability managementPythonJavaC++
- Work
- On-site in San Antonio
- Pay
- Not stated by the employer.
- Skill demand
- Troubleshooting44%Vulnerability management35%Agile30%Excel1%of 99 similar entry-level jobs posted in the US this week
- Listed
- Nov 11, 2026 · still open
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About the Role
Northrop Grumman is seeking an Associate Cyber Software Engineer or Cyber Software Engineer: Vulnerability Research - Reverse Engineering to join Mission Systems in San Antonio, TX.
Key Responsibilities
- Designs, develops, documents, tests, and debugs low-level software and systems.
- 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, assemblers, utility programs, and operating systems.
- Ensures software standards are met.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.
- U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite for clearance.
- Experience developing software on Agile teams.
- Strong ability to collaborate and excel on a team.
- Creative problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
- Ability to visualize and implement innovative solutions.
- Knowledge of software development life cycle.
- Prior Northrop Grumman Internship (preferred).
- Experience in reverse engineering or vulnerability analysis.
- Demonstrated software programming experience in C/C++, Java, and/or Python.
- Familiarity with disassemblers such as IDA Pro, BinaryNinja, or others.
Qualifications
- Must possess an undergraduate or graduate degree from an accredited college/university. Must be completing or have completed their degree (Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD).
- Majored in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) degree.
- Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.0/4.0 or higher.
- Relocation assistance may be available.
- Travel: Yes, 10% of the Time.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience working in Linux and Windows environments.
- Active DoD Top Secret / SCI -SAP security clearance.
- Experience with Development Operations (DevOps).
- Experience with Jenkins and GitHub.
- Experience with Atlassian Jira.
- Experience with scripting languages (bash, bat, etc.).
- Experience with JSON.
- Knowledge of system and network architecture.
- Knowledge of SIGINT operations.
- Majored in Computer Science.
- Understanding of secure / insecure programming concepts (e.g., format string vulnerabilities, heap overflows).