
Sr Principal Engineer Embedded Software
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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 Defense Systems Sector has a need for a Senior Principal Embedded Software Engineer at its Integrated Mission Solutions (IMS) organization in Warner Robins, GA. This engineering position is for a role on our Embedded Software Engineering Team. In this role you will be supporting our B-1B Electronic Warfare Software Program. You will be an integral part of an interdisciplinary team of engineers focused on the modernization and sustainment of the ALQ-161A system for the B-1B platform. Our ideal candidate will possess technical expertise, a drive to lead from where you are, collaborative people skills, and the proven ability to work within a technically diverse and fast-paced team. This position is in Warner Robins, GA and requires that you work on-site daily.
Your responsibilities will include:
Develop, modify, and maintain embedded operational flight programs using software development best practices and standards.
Participate in the full software development life cycle, to include requirements development, modeling and design, unit to CSCI testing, integration, formal system testing, release, installation, and maintenance.
Ability to provide leadership in solving complex problems.
Frequent opportunities to interact with Program Management, external suppliers and/or government customers, therefore excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills are essential to succeeding in this role
Basic Qualifications for Sr. Principal Engineer Embedded Software:
Must have a Bachelor of Science (B.S) degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or an equivalent STEM related discipline.
Minimum of 8 years of direct relevant experience with B.S degree; Minimum of 6 years of direct relevant experience with Masters degree; Minimum of 4 years of direct relevant experience with PhD.
Proficient in C/C++/Ada or other OOP languages
Proficient in all areas of the formal software lifecycle process from requirements to testing
Working knowledge of Electronic Warfare (EW) principles
Highly motivated self-starters and able to efficiently operate in a fast-paced team environment
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Must currently hold and maintain a U.S Department of Defense (DoD) Secret level security clearance
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with developing OFPs targeted at real-time embedded operating systems (VxWorks, pSOS)
Experience leading cross-functional engineering teams
Experience with the Agile software development process
Experience interfacing with customers and/or stakeholders
Experience with digital signal processing
Experience with radar principles
Experience programming in Ada
Experience with analyzing system requirements to derive software design and test specifications
Experience using Jira/Bitbucket/Git
Active Secret Security Clearance
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Job Details
- Category
- Software
- Employment Type
- Full time
- Location
- Warner Robins, GA 31088, United States
- Posted
- Sep 17, 2025, 08:00 PM
- Listed
- Jan 17, 2026, 12:57 PM
- Last updated
- Jan 17, 2026, 02:27 PM
- Compensation
- $118,600 - $178,000 per year
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