Principal / Senior Principal Application Software Engineer
Northrop Grumman
LinuxPythonRTOSTypeScript
Principal / Sr. Principal, Embedded Software Engineer
Northrop Grumman
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Linthicum • Maryland • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $105,400 - $206,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
LinuxPythonShell ScriptingTypeScript
About the role
- Design, develop, operate and maintain software and firmware components and computing systems software to be applied to and integrated with engineering, scientific and manufacturing requirements
- Apply the appropriate standards, processes, procedures and tools throughout the system development life cycle to support the generation of engineering applications and products
- Participate in full software development life-cycle activities: requirements, design, coding, testing, and integration
- Test, debug and integrate on embedded systems
- Work on complex systems involving parallel/distributed/multi-core processing and secure processing
- Collaborate with engineering teams to integrate software with hardware and manufacturing requirements
- Serve on-site in the greater Baltimore, MD area and travel approximately 10% as required
Requirements
- Principal: Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 5 years of experience, a Master's degree in a STEM discipline with 3 years of experience or a PhD in a STEM discipline with 1 year of experience
- Senior Principal: Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 8 years of experience, a Master's degree in a STEM discipline with 6 years of experience or a PhD in a STEM discipline with 4 year of experience
- Knowledge in programming embedded software using object-oriented design principles in C/C++
- Knowledge in operating system concepts for embedded systems (Linux or VxWorks)
- Ability to test, debug and integrate on embedded systems
- Knowledge in using requirement management, configuration management and change management tools
- Experience with full software lifecycle: specification, design, implementation, integration, debug and maintenance
- This position requires the applicant to be a U.S. citizen
- Current active DoD Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI w. Polygraph prior to start
- Preferred: Experience with scripting languages such as: Python, Linux shell scripting
- Preferred: Experience on complex systems of systems utilizing parallel processing, distributed processing, multi-core, secure processing
- Preferred: Experience with Requirements Management tools such as DOORS, CAMEO
- Preferred: Experience using Model Based Engineering, UML, OOAD and OOP
- Preferred: Experience with Agile and/or Rapid prototyping software methodologies
- Preferred: Experience in embedded software programming on microcontrollers, DSPs or ARM cores embedded in FPGAs/SoCs
- Willingness/ability to travel ~10% of the time
Benefits
- Relocation assistance may be available
- Health insurance coverage
- Life and disability insurance
- Savings plan
- Company paid holidays
- Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
- Eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay
- Annual bonuses designed to reward individual contributions
- Potential Long Term Incentives for Vice President or Director positions
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
C/C++embedded software programmingLinuxVxWorksscripting languagesPythonLinux shell scriptingModel Based EngineeringUMLOOP
Soft skills
collaborationproblem-solvingdebuggingtestingintegration
Certifications
DoD Secret ClearanceTS/SCI w. Polygraph