Sr Principal Software Engineer - Development

About the role

At Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems, we are seeking a Sr Principal Software Engineer – Development to join our team on site in San Diego, California or Grand Forks, North Dakota with a partial hybrid schedule. In this role you will design, develop, integrate and test software for our end-user customers and businesses, and be responsible for the design, architecture, development, and administration of embedded and real time systems. You will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams in an Agile SW development environment to analyze system capabilities and resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls.

Responsibilities

• Work in a fast-paced environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, and collaborative team settings across all levels
• Participate in the full SW development life cycle including requirements, design, implementation, qualification, and delivery of SW products to our customer
• Operate in an embedded technology development environment working with real time operating systems for use in flight and mission critical systems
• Work in Agile Scrum teams to develop SW products for multiple SW baselines

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 8 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline and 4 years of related engineering experience
• Experience with the full SW Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Experience with the following programming and scripting languages: C, C++, and Python
• Experience with developing multi-threaded SW used for one of the following real-time applications: flight critical SW, Safety critical SW, medical SW, or mission critical SW
• Experience with two of the following tools: Jira, Crucible, Bitbucket, Subversion, Bamboo, Jenkins, Sonarqube, Fortify, or Coverity
• Experience with Agile SW development, embedded system programming, SW integration and testing
• Familiarity with at least two of the data interfaces: 1553, 1394, 422, 429, Serial, CAN, Discrete & Analog I/O, Ethernet/IP, or Fibre Channel
• Recent experience and proficiency in software architecture, design, implementation, integration, and debugging C++ SW running on Real-Time Operating systems such as: VxWorks, Integrity, AND/OR Real Time Embedded Linux
• Active U.S. Government Secret Clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Basic understanding of PowerPC or ARM assembly
• Able to read assembly and use CPU documentation to understand behaviors
• Can identify moderate execution defects by only reading code
• Understanding of how embedded SW components fit into a larger SW system / architecture
• Able to document, capture, and present software architectural components in modeling or diagramming tools
• Familiarity with OS partitions and isolation architectures
• High level understanding of architectural requirements for airworthiness certifications

Pay

Primary Level Salary Range: $122,800.00 – $213,400.00. Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate’s experience, education, skills and current market conditions. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

Clearance & Travel

Clearance required for start: Secret. Travel: up to 10% of the time.

Relocation assistance may be available.

This opportunity is contingent on program funding; start dates are determined after funding confirmation.