Northrop Grumman

Senior Principal Engineer, Software – Embedded, Real Time

Northrop Grumman

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: PalmdaleCaliforniaOklahomaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $142,200 - $213,400 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Design, develop, integrate and test software (SW) for our end-user customers and businesses.
  • Responsible for the design, architecture, development, and administration of embedded and real time systems.
  • Work with multi-disciplinary teams, such as Systems Engineering, Cloud & Application, Test Automation, DevSecOps and Systems Test, in an Agile SW development environment.
  • Analyze system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls.
  • 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, SWintegration 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 in-Scope, DoD Top Secret clearance.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain initial Special Program Access (SAP/PAR).
Benefits
  • Health insurance coverage
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Savings plan
  • Company paid holidays
  • Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
CC++Pythonmulti-threaded software developmentsoftware architecturesoftware designsoftware implementationsoftware integrationdebuggingreal-time operating systems
Soft Skills
collaborationproblem-solvingadaptabilitycommunicationteamworkorganizational skillsleadershipanalytical skillstime managementattention to detail
Certifications
Bachelor’s Degree in STEMMaster’s Degree in STEMPhD in STEMDoD Top Secret clearanceSpecial Program Access (SAP/PAR)