Software Engineer / Principal Software Engineer – Test Set or Embedded (Secret Clearance Required)

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 Strategic Space Systems is looking for you to join our team as a Software Engineer with the Software Engineering organization based out of Manhattan Beach, CA.

The Software Engineer will develop software which will operate in a resource constrained target environment with soft and hard real time requirements for various flight/space/ground systems. 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 object-oriented software in C/C++ languages. Candidate must be comfortable in a lab environment.

Designs, develops, documents, tests and debugs applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions. 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 software. Determines overall system and 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 and assemblers, utility programs, and operating systems. Ensures software standards are met.

Candidate should have academic and work experience in software engineering and development across the full life cycle for embedded systems on aerospace programs. Candidate should have experience working in a process-oriented environment utilizing waterfall, spiral, or agile processes. Candidates should also have strong verbal and written communication skills and be comfortable working on large teams with talented engineering from other engineering disciplines.

The selected candidates will have the opportunity to grow and cross-over between test set and embedded engineering to grow with our software organization. You will meet some of the best software engineers that will support your growth and excite you every day!

*This role requires to be onsite daily with no option for remote/hybrid work. Additionally, we are a 100% coding team that develops and tests onsite: requires working in the lab daily with team members.

This requisition may be filled at either a Software Engineer level or Principal Software Engineer level based on the qualifications listed below.

Basic Qualifications – Software Engineer

Salary: $85,000 – 127,400

· Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering discipline with a strong desire to interface and work with hardware

· 2+ years software development experience in a professional environment working with cross-functional teams (i.e., Electronics/Hardware team or similar)

· Experience with Object-Oriented software design and C/C++

· Experience working in a VxWorks or Linux operating systems environment

· Ability to demonstrate critical thinking and innovative problem-solving skills

· Active US DoD Secret Government Clearance

Basic Qualifications: Principal Software Engineer

Salary: $104,600 – 157,000

· Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering discipline with a strong desire to interface and work with hardware

· 4+ years software development experience in a professional environment working with cross-functional teams (i.e., Electronics/Hardware team or similar)

· Experience with Object-Oriented software design and C/C++

· Experience working in a VxWorks or Linux operating systems environment

· Ability to demonstrate critical thinking and innovative problem-solving skills

· Active US DoD Secret Government Clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

· Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or Electrical Engineering from an ABET accredited university

· Experience in multiple programming languages including C/C++

· Experience across the full life cycle including software systems architecture development, requirements definition and analysis, OO development, code and unit test, system integration and test

Salary Range: $82,400 USD - $123,600 USD

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/.

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