Software Engineer – Embedded Test (Level 3 or 4)

About the role

The Western Region Software Engineering organization comprises more than 800 highly skilled professionals—Software Engineers, DevOps Engineers, Database Administrators, and Network Engineers—at every career stage, from early-career talent to senior chief engineers and architects. This group supports a wide array of programs and offers clear pathways for advancement into senior technical or leadership roles.

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

• Familiarity with diverse processor, memory, and I/O architectures.
• Proficient in both procedural and object-oriented C++ development.
• Experience with real-time operating systems such as VxWorks or Linux—and their associated development environments and tools.

Qualifications

• Principal Software Engineer – Embedded Test (Level 3)

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with 5+ years of relevant software development experience.
• Master’s degree in STEM with 3+ years of stated experience.
• Ph.D. in STEM with 1+ year 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).

• Sr. Principal Software Engineer – Embedded Test (Level 4)

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with 8+ years of relevant software development experience.
• Master’s degree in STEM with 6+ years of stated experience.
• 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).

Preferred 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.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage.
• 401k.
• Educational Assistance.
• Life Insurance.
• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions.
• Paid Time Off.
• Health & Wellness Resources.
• Employee Discounts.
• Flexible Schedules.

Pay

• Annual salary range: $114,000.00 - $171,000.00 for the Primary Level.
• $142,200.00 - $213,400.00 for the Secondary Level.

Schedule

• Full-time.