Embedded Flight Software Engineer Level 2
About The Position
At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history. Please be aware that this position is contingent upon capturing program award(s) and obtaining and maintaining associated business and/or customer funding. Furthermore, this position is contingent upon the candidate obtaining final clearances and program access(es) within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company. Continued employment thereafter will be subject to maintenance at the level of clearance and program access required for the position in the future Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector is seeking an Embedded Flight Software Engineer to join our team in Morrisville, NC. The software engineer will design, develop, integrate, and test software that manages a Space payload unit, ensuring compliance with established requirements. Selected individuals will work on an agile development team, primarily using C++, Linux and/or Python. This role will support Payload and Ground Software Engineering Eastern Region. This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off. This position may support a hybrid schedule.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or another STEM discipline with a minimum of 2 years of software development experience working on embedded real-time systems – OR – Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or another STEM discipline.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access.
- US Citizenship required.
- Experience developing object-oriented code using C++
- Ability to debug your own code, as well as trace and understand existing code
- Experience integrating developed software applications, to include usage of tools and logs to examine data to verify correct operation and identify problem areas
- Experience and ability to review work products and provide meaningful feedback
- Experience in embedded software development, cross-compiling with GCC
- Experience developing in a Linux environment
- Experience with using software configuration management tools
Nice To Haves
- Active TS/SCI Clearance
- Experience as a member of an Agile Scrum team
- Experience with developing software in Python
- Experience in embedded C++ optimizations
- Experience debugging with GDB
- Experience with the Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket)
- Experience with software control of digital logic / FPGAs / firmware
- Hands-on hardware integration and testing experience
- Ability to debug complex integrated applications or test setup issues
Responsibilities
- Work through all phases of the software development cycle, including design, development, integration, and test.
- Conduct peer reviews of software-related products, software designs, and additional technical documents.
- Participate in cross-functional scrum team.
- Understand system requirements, how they apply to system design, and be able to implement and debug software to accomplish defined completion criteria.
- Prioritize and make recommendations to Technical Leads, as required, to implement tasking assigned.
Benefits
- Relocation assistance may be available
- health insurance coverage
- life and disability insurance
- savings plan
- Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
- overtime
- shift differential
- discretionary bonus
- Annual bonuses
- Long Term Incentives (for VP or Director positions)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
