2027 Embedded Software Engineer Intern – Rolling Meadows IL
About The Position
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking Embedded Software Engineers for an internship opportunity. This position will be located at our Mission Systems sector in Rolling Meadows, IL. The qualified candidate will become part of Northrop Grumman’s Multidomain Sensing, Targeting and Survivability (MSTS) Division. Rolling Meadows, IL employees are all about redefining what’s possible in the realms of navigation, targeting, and state-of-the-art self-protection. The systems that they design, build, integrate and test are created with the dynamics of present and future operational stakes in mind.
Requirements
- Be a student who is enrolled full-time and pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree from an accredited college/university and will be enrolled full time in Fall 2027
- Be majoring in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering or a closely related STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) degree
- Be available to work full-time (40 hours per week) for at least 10 weeks during summer 2027.
- Be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite) as well as Program Special access within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite)
Nice To Haves
- Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.0/4.0 or higher
- A current/active U.S. Government Secret clearance
- Structured Programming (C)
- Object Oriented Programming (C++, Java)
- Software architecture (design patterns, multithreaded programming, objected oriented design)
- Operating system concepts for embedded systems
- Software development methodologies or frameworks (Waterfall Methodology or Agile)
- Version control (Git, GitLab, Visual Studio, GitHub, or Bitbucket, etc.)
- Agile software planning tools (Jira or Rally, etc.)
Responsibilities
- Engage in a full life-cycle approach-- design, implementation, test verification, production of digital electronic equipment and other hardware systems
Benefits
- health insurance coverage
- life and disability insurance
- savings plan
- Company paid holidays
- paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
- overtime
- shift differential
- discretionary bonus
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
Associate degree
