Principal/Sr. Principal Embedded Software Engineer

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.

We are looking for you to join our team as an Principal/Sr. Principal Embedded Software Engineer based out of Rolling Meadows, IL.

As a Principal/Sr. Principal Embedded Software Engineer at Northrop Grumman you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our mission to deliver critical national defense products and capabilities for the warfighter. Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly and continuously drive innovation. The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment and shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation.

Northrop Grumman is looking to add to our talented team of Embedded Software Engineers. Our engineers are self-starters who are part of a team of software professionals developing world-class software to meet our customer’s high expectations. The Embedded Software Engineer designs, develops, operates, and maintains software and firmware components and computing systems software to be applied to and integrated with engineering, scientific and manufacturing requirements. The individual shall apply the appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the system development life cycle to support the generation of engineering applications and products within the Targeting Business Unit. This includes interfacing with customers, suppliers, application users and other technical and support personnel. The ideal individual will have experience including the full software development life cycle, which includes requirements, design, coding, testing, and integration.

This position can be filled at a Principal or Sr. Principal level:

Basic Qualifications for Principal Embedded Software Engineer:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or similar engineering discipline with a minimum of 5+ years of engineering experience, or 3+ years with Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or similar engineering discipline.
• Familiar with Object Oriented Programming in C++
• Familiarity with Software architecture (design patterns, objected oriented design)
• Familiarity with scripting languages (Python, Bash, Batch, etc)
• Familiarity with operating system concepts for embedded systems
• Familiarity with software development methodologies and frameworks such as Waterfall Methodology and/or Agile
• Familiarity with various version control systems (Git, Gitlabs, Github, Bitbucket, ClearCase. etc) and Agile software planning tools (Rally, Jira, etc)
• US Citizen and ability to obtain and maintain a government security clearance

Basic Qualifications for Sr. Principal Embedded Software Engineer:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or similar engineering discipline with a minimum of 9+ years of engineering experience, or 7+ years with a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or similar engineering discipline.
• Familiar with Object Oriented Programming in C++
• Familiarity with Software architecture (design patterns, objected oriented design)
• Familiarity with scripting languages (Python, Bash, Batch, etc)
• Familiarity with operating system concepts for embedded systems
• Familiarity with software development methodologies and frameworks such as Waterfall Methodology and/or Agile
• Familiarity with various version control systems (Git, Gitlabs, Github, Bitbucket, ClearCase. etc) and Agile software planning tools (Rally, Jira, etc)
• US Citizen and ability to obtain and maintain a government security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Object Oriented Programming in C++11
• Knowledge in Software architecture (design patterns, objected oriented design)
• Knowledge with scripting languages (Python, Bash, Batch, etc)
• Experience with Software development methodologies and frameworks such as Waterfall Methodology and/or Agile
• Experience Developing Embedded Software running Linux or VxWorks Operating Systems
• Experience testing, debugging, and integrating Embedded Software on target hardware
• Experience with complex systems of systems that utilize Parallel Processing, Multi-Threading, Distributed Processing, Multi-Core, System-on-Chip, and Secure Processing.
• Active Secret Clearance
• Differentiating characteristics include demonstrated leadership and teamwork capability, interpersonal communication skills and activities

Salary Range: $99,800 USD - $149,800 USD

Salary Range 2: $123,800 USD - $185,800 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/.

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.