US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION: Yes
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available
CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret
TRAVEL: Yes, 25% 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.
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Principal Embedded & Real Time Software Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Software organization. This role can be located in San Diego, Redondo Beach or Palmdale, California.
In this role you will design, develop, integrate and test software for our end-user customers and businesses. Specifically, you will be responsible for the design, architecture, development, and administration of embedded and real time systems. You will work with multi-disciplinary teams, such as with Systems Engineering, Cloud & Application, Test Automation, DevSecOps and Systems Test, in an Agile software development environment. You will analyze system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls.
Essential Functions:
Work in a fast-paced environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, and collaborative team settings across all levels
Participate in the full software development life cycle including requirements, design, implementation, qualification, and delivery of software products to our customers
Operate in an embedded technology development environment working with real time operating systems for use in flight and mission critical systems
Work in Agile Scrum teams to develop software products for multiple software baselines
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) with 5 years of related engineering experience; OR a Masters degree in STEM with 3 years of related engineering experience, or a PhD in STEM with no experience
Experience with the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Experience with at least two of the following programming or scripting languages: C, C++, and Python
Experience with developing software used for one of the following real-time applications: flight critical software, Safety critical software, medical software, or mission critical software
Experience with two of the following tools: Jira, Crucible, Bitbucket, Subversion, Bamboo, Jenkins, Sonarqube, Fortify, or Coverity
Experience with one of the following real time operating systems: Wind River VxWorks, Green Hills Integrity, or Realtime Linux
Experience with Agile software development, embedded system programming, software integration and testing
Familiarity with at least two of the data interfaces: 1553, 1394, 429, Serial, CAN, Discrete & Analog I/O, Ethernet/IP, or Fibre Channel
Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management
Ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense (DoD) Secret clearance
Preferred Qualifications:
Basic understanding of PowerPC or ARM assembly
Able to read assembly and use CPU documentation to understand behaviors
Can identify moderate execution defects by only reading code
Understanding of how their CSC will fit into a larger software system / architecture
Able to document, capture, and present software architectural components in modeling or diagramming tool
Familiarity with OS partitions and isolation architectures
High level understanding of architectural requirements for airworthiness certifications
Strong understanding of layered software architectures (e.g. Application, System, Device)
Strong understanding of the following concepts:
+ Software hardware interfaces and where they exist in the architecture
+ Event driven (Interrupts), polling and synchronous software architectures
Ability to collaborate with systems engineers, hardware designers and integration/test engineers to develop and maintain complex software systems
Experience with leading a small size (1-5) technical team with technical decision making
Active Secret DoD Clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret Clearance
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) with 2 years of related engineering experience; OR a Masters degree in STEM with 0 years of related engineering experience
Experience with the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Experience with at least one of the following programming or scripting languages: C, C++, and Python
Experience with one of the following tools: Jira, Crucible, Bitbucket, Subversion, Bamboo, Jenkins, Sonarqube, Fortify, or Coverity
Experience with one of the following: Software Requirements, Software Integration, Software Testing, Embedded Software Programming
Familiarity with at least 1 of the data interfaces: 1553, 1394, 429, Serial, CAN, Discrete & Analog I/O, Ethernet/IP, or Fibre Channel
Ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense (DoD) Secret clearance
Preferred Qualifications:
Strong understanding of C and C++ languages including templates, memory storage, and compiler/linker
Strong understanding of python language constructs as well as familiarity with commonly used modules
Understands differences between embedded and application software architectures
Basic understanding of layered software architectures (e.g. Application, System, Device)
Basic understanding of least two of the following:
+ Overall software architecture on current/past program
+ Software hardware interfaces and where they exist in the architecture
+ Event driven (Interrupts), polling and synchronous software architectures
Ability to collaborate with systems engineers, hardware designers and integration/test engineers to develop and maintain complex software systems
Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management
Active Secret DoD Clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret Clearance
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In this role you will design, develop, integrate and test software for our end-user customers and businesses. Specifically, you will be responsible for the design, architecture, development, and administration of embedded and real time systems. You will work with multi-disciplinary teams, such as with Systems Engineering, Cloud & Application, Test Automation, DevSecOps and Systems Test, in an Agile software development environment. You will analyze system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls.
Essential Functions:
Work in a fast-paced environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, and collaborative team settings across all levels
Participate in the full software development life cycle including requirements, design, implementation, qualification, and delivery of software products to our customers
Operate in an embedded technology development environment working with real time operating systems for use in flight and mission critical systems
Work in Agile Scrum teams to develop software products for multiple software baselines
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) with 5 years of related engineering experience; OR a Masters degree in STEM with 3 years of related engineering experience, or a PhD in STEM with no experience
Experience with the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Experience with at least two of the following programming or scripting languages: C, C++, and Python
Experience with developing software used for one of the following real-time applications: flight critical software, Safety critical software, medical software, or mission critical software
Experience with two of the following tools: Jira, Crucible, Bitbucket, Subversion, Bamboo, Jenkins, Sonarqube, Fortify, or Coverity
Experience with one of the following real time operating systems: Wind River VxWorks, Green Hills Integrity, or Realtime Linux
Experience with Agile software development, embedded system programming, software integration and testing
Familiarity with at least two of the data interfaces: 1553, 1394, 429, Serial, CAN, Discrete & Analog I/O, Ethernet/IP, or Fibre Channel
Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management
Ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense (DoD) Secret clearance
Preferred Qualifications:
Basic understanding of PowerPC or ARM assembly
Able to read assembly and use CPU documentation to understand behaviors
Can identify moderate execution defects by only reading code
Understanding of how their CSC will fit into a larger software system / architecture
Able to document, capture, and present software architectural components in modeling or diagramming tool
Familiarity with OS partitions and isolation architectures
High level understanding of architectural requirements for airworthiness certifications
Strong understanding of layered software architectures (e.g. Application, System, Device)
Strong understanding of the following concepts:
+ Software hardware interfaces and where they exist in the architecture
+ Event driven (Interrupts), polling and synchronous software architectures
Ability to collaborate with systems engineers, hardware designers and integration/test engineers to develop and maintain complex software systems
Experience with leading a small size (1-5) technical team with technical decision making
Active Secret DoD Clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret Clearance
Salary Range: $101,400.00 - $152,200.00
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.
