US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION: Yes
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available
CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret
TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time
**Description**
Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our worlds biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.
Join **Northrop Grumman Xetron,** part of Mission Systems sector, focused on the development of new capabilities for our military and intelligence customers around the globe.
Remember when you were eager about getting to work because of the excitement of the challenge, the importance of the solution, and the fun you had with your team? Northrop Grumman - Xetron is that kind of place!
As a small Operating Unit of the larger Northrop Grumman Corporation located in Cincinnati Ohio, Xetron is a rare example of a company with a small business culture operating collaboratively with its larger business entity. This unique relationship offers employees the ability to literally know everyone at the site at a personal level while still working on technologies and products that are beyond state-of-the-art. Youll get the opportunity to wrestle with the next big problems in an atmosphere of collaboration and cooperation, sharing your expertise with team members at all levels.
We are seeking early career, **cleared or clearable Embedded Software Engineers** in a variety technical disciplines who are self-motivated and energetic with a background in Embedded Systems Design and Software Development.
**Essential Functions:**
The Embedded Software Engineer will be part of a multi-disciplinary program responsible for architecting, designing, testing, and deploying next-generation, specialized communication and sensing systems critical to US intelligence customers and allies. As an Embedded Software Engineer, you will contribute to system requirements generation, hardware-selection trade studies, embedded software development, and integration and testing of systems. Programs at Northrop Grumman Xetron are engineering intensive, rapid schedule jobs for diverse SIGINT/EW applications. Focus areas are advanced waveform development, low size, weight and power (low SWaP) processing systems, specialized space communication payloads, and persistent signal surveillance systems. We are pushing the boundaries of wh at is possible in terrestrial, air, and space domains.
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_These positions can be filled at an Associate Engineer or Engineer level._
**Basic Qualifications**
+ **For Associate Engineer level:** B.S. degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field and 0 years of relevant work experience. NOTE: 4 years of relevant work experience can be substituted for the degree
+ **For Engineer level:** B.S. degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field and 2 years of relevant work experience OR M.S. degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and 0 years of relevant work experience. NOTE: 4 years of relevant work experience can be substituted for the degree
+ **For Both:** US Citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance
+ **For Both:** Demonstrated software programming experience in C, C++, and embedded assembly languages (e.g. ARM, STM32, MSP430)
**Preferred Qualifications:**
+ Active Top Secret security clearance - Advanced degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field
+ Experience with embedded systems debugging and system analysis tools (e.g. JTAG emulators, remote GDB servers, USB or benchtop logic analyzers)
+ Experience with embedded systems development environments such as Xilinx SDK, TI Code Composer Studio, IAR Embedded Workbench, and the GNU compiler collection (GCC) and associated tools
+ Demonstrated experience with embedded commun ications protocols such as SPI, I2C, RS-232, CAN, SpaceWire, and MIL-STD-1553B
+ Interest in digital signal processing
+ Experience with GNU Radio or other software-defined radios (SDRs) and platforms
+ Proficient with MATLAB/Octave
+ Experience with embedded real-time operating systems (RTOS) such as FreeRTOS, VxWorks, Mentor Nucleus, or Linux with PREEMPT_RT
+ Experience with SDLC (software development life cycle)
+ Experience developing software for multiple operating system environments
+ Experience with virtual machine technology and containers
+ Development of lower level networking protocols such as TCP/IP and UDP
+ Ability to understand secure / insecure programming concepts (format string vulnerabilities, heap overflows, etc.)
+ Familiarity with common source control tools (git, Mercurial, etc.) and automated build system workflows (Jenkins, Go, etc.)
+ Experience with the Agile methodology
This position offers the option of a 9/80 work schedule. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.
Salary Range: $60,800.00 - $91,200.00Salary Range 2: $82,400.00 - $123,600.00
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.
