Principal/Sr. Principal Embedded Software Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

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.

Northrop Grumman Space Sector is looking for an Embedded Software Engineer to support our Communications Systems Software (CSS) department. As a member of the CSS department you’ll work in a fast-paced team environment to make our technologies a reality. This position will serve on-site at Redondo Beach, CA in the execution, development, integration and delivery of flight software.

The Embedded Software Engineer should have experience coordinating with different teams and stakeholders, including interfacing with partners from subcontract organizations. The embedded flight software is developed in a resource constrained target environment with soft and hard real time requirements. The software will typically implement complex data analysis, data routing, and/or control systems algorithms. Candidate will need familiarity with various processor, memory, and I/O architectures and be able to implement both procedural and embedded software in C/C++  utilizing real-time operating system (RTOS).

The ideal candidate should have academic and work experience in software engineering and development across the full life cycle for software systems on space programs. Experience working in a process-oriented environment utilizing agile processes is also desired. The Embedded Software Engineer should also have strong verbal and written communication skills and be comfortable working on teams with engineers from other engineering disciplines. Must be comfortable working in a lab environment and executing to aggressive schedules.

The organization is seeking a candidate who demonstrates long term vision and execution as well as system level understanding. The ideal candidate has corporate experience in a full time role that requires cross-collaboration with systems and hardware engineering teams.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, document, integrate, test, and debug real-time embedded flight software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions.
• Conduct multidisciplinary research and collaborate with systems and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of data processing systems for target software.
• Coordinate with different teams and stakeholders, including interfacing with partners from subcontract organizations.
• Determine overall system and user needs; analyze system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls; prepares operating instructions; designs and develops utility programs.
• Ensure software standards are met.
• Design and execute tests to ensure the software's functionality, performance, and reliability.

Basic Qualifications – Principal Embedded Software Engineer:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related STEM discipline with 5+ years of software development experience OR Master’s Degree with 3+ years of software development experience.
• Strong proficiency in embedded C/C++ development with emphasis on object oriented and thread safe programming
• Experience developing embedded software in real-time OS environment (e.g. Embedded Linux, VxWorks, Green Hills, FreeRTOS, etc.)
• Strong background in integrating and troubleshooting embedded software in lab environment
• Proficiency with Python
• Candidate must have an active DoD Secret clearance at time of application with the ability and willingness to obtain and maintain a DoD TS/SCI clearance

Basic Qualifications - Sr. Principal Embedded Software Engineer:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related STEM discipline with 8+ years of software development experience OR Master’s Degree with 6+ years of software development experience.
• Strong proficiency in embedded C/C++ development with emphasis on object oriented and thread safe programming
• Experience developing embedded software in real-time OS environment (e.g. Embedded Linux, VxWorks, Green Hills, FreeRTOS, etc.)
• Strong background in integrating and troubleshooting embedded software in lab environment
• Proficiency with Python
• Candidate must have an active DoD Secret clearance at time of application with the ability and willingness to obtain and maintain a DoD TS/SCI clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience writing driver level software for serial or networking applications (UART, TCP, UDP, CAN)
• Experience working in Agile software development using Atlassian Tool Suite (Bitbucket, GitLab, Jira, Confluence) and Git version control
• Experience with Shell scripting and TCL scripting language
• Experience developing or interfacing with Optical, RF, or IR payloads
• Demonstrated domain knowledge and experience working with satellite bus software

Primary Level Salary Range: $114,000.00 - $171,000.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $142,200.00 - $213,400.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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 application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity 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 and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.