Principal/Sr. Principal Embedded Software Engineer (Secret and/or Top Secret and/or SCI Access 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 Principal / Sr. Principal Software Engineer with the Software Engineering organization based out of Manhattan Beach, CA.

The Software Engineer will develop embedded 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++ and Java. Candidate will work with real-time operating systems, such as VxWorks, and their associated host/development environments and tools. 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 the following:

• Academic and work experience in software engineering and development across the full life cycle for embedded systems on aerospace programs.

• Experience working in a process oriented environment utilizing waterfall, spiral, or agile processes.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, strong team building skills, and be comfortable working on large teams with talented engineering from other engineering disciplines. Candidate will also provide technical leadership and mentorship for more junior team members.

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

Basic Qualifications - Principal Software Engineer:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 5+ years software development experience, or Master’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 3+ years of software development experience

• Experience with Object-Oriented software design and C, C++

• Experience with real-time software development for real-time operating systems such as VxWorks and/or Linux or similar

• Candidate must currently have, and be able to maintain, at least ONE of the following active U.S. Government security clearances: Department of Defense Secret level and/or Department of Defense Top Secret and/or SCI Access.

Basic Qualifications - Sr. Principal Software Engineer

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 9+ years software development experience, or Master’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 7+ years of software development experience

• Experience with Object-Oriented software design and C, C++

• Experience with real-time software development for real-time operating systems such as VxWorks and/or Linux or similar

• Candidate must currently have, and be able to maintain, at least ONE of the following active U.S. Government security clearances: Department of Defense Secret level and/or Department of Defense Top Secret and/or SCI Access.

Preferred Qualifications:

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

• Expert level skills in multiple programming languages including C,C++

• Significant 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

• Technical leadership experience in embedded software development for satellite/ground systems

Salary Range: $104,600 USD - $157,000 USD

Salary Range 2: $129,700 USD - $194,500 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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