Principal Embedded Software Engineer
About the role
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. Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS) is seeking a Principal Embedded Software Engineer to join our innovative Software Technologies organization. The new team member will work on software systems for mission systems in all phases of the software development lifecycle, primarily in C/C++. This position is located in Baltimore, MD.
Responsibilities
- Analyze, develop, and modify existing software, apply modern development techniques that take advantage of all that current technology has to offer
- Identify risks, suggest mitigation, track defects, develop resolutions, and report status
- Design, construct, and execute unit tests, and build verification test plans, and track and report test status
- Work alongside a multi-disciplined engineering teams to test and verify software products on simulators and actual production hardware in our System Integration Laboratories
- Identify and assess new technologies prior to implementation
- Active participation with systems engineering in technical peer, design, architecture, and system reviews to ensure system/software requirements are being met from an end-to-end system point of view
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related STEM Degree
- 4 years of related experience
- US Citizenship
- Must be able to obtain a Secret Clearance. Secret Clearance is required to start. Must be able to maintain this level of clearance for continued employment.
Qualifications
- 4 years’ experience working in C/C++
- 4 years’ experience with real-time embedded software
- 4 years’ experience with full software lifecycle: specification, design, implementation, integration, debug and maintenance
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in algorithmic application development and optimization
- Experience with VxWorks and/or Linux Operating Systems
- Experience with Visual Studio
- Experience with Matlab
- Experience with Coverity, SonarQube and/or KlocWork tools
- Experience in Open Architecture Solutions
- Experience with the Atlassian tool set, Kubernetes, Model Based Engineering, and DevSecOps best practices
- Experience in Electronic Warfare, Built in Test, or Calibrations
Clearance
Must be able to obtain a Secret Clearance. Secret Clearance is required to start. Must be able to maintain this level of clearance for continued employment.
Travel
Yes, 10% of the Time
Pay
Primary Level Salary Range: $108,800.00 - $163,200.00