Principal/Sr. Principal Software Engineer – Embedded Test

About the role

The Principal/Sr. Principal Software Engineer – Embedded Test will develop and test software that runs on resource-constrained targets with soft- and hard-real-time requirements for flight, space, and ground systems. The software typically implements complex data-analysis, routing, and control-algorithm functions.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, document, integrate, test, and debug application software and systems that implement logical and mathematical solutions.
• Conduct multidisciplinary research and collaborate with equipment designers and hardware engineers to plan, design, develop, and deploy electronic data-processing solutions for product software.
• Determine overall system and user requirements; analyze system capabilities to resolve issues related to program intent, output specifications, input data acquisition, programming techniques, and controls; author operating instructions; and create utility programs.
• Ensure adherence to established software standards.

Requirements

• Basic Qualifications – Principal Software Engineer – Embedded Test (Level 3): Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with 5+ years of relevant software development experience or Master’s degree in STEM with 3+ years of stated experience or Ph.D. in STEM with 1+ year of stated experience
• Basic Qualifications – Sr. Principal Software Engineer – Embedded Test (Level 4): Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with 8+ years of relevant software development experience or Master’s degree in STEM with 6+ years of stated experience or Ph.D. in STEM with 4+ years of stated experience
• Active U.S. Government Secret clearance required at the time of application
• Proficiency in C/C++ programming
• Experience with formal verification processes following TLYF methodology to sell off embedded flight software requirements (functional/performance)

Qualifications

• Familiarity with real-time operating systems, such as VxWorks or Linux
• Ability and willingness to obtain U.S. Government Top Secret clearance and/or SCI Access
• Prior work experience in developing and debugging embedded real-time systems
• Curious about all the exciting developments with the Northrop Grumman Space Sector