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. Northrop Grumman Advanced Weapons has an opening for a Principal/Sr Principal Embedded Software Engineer (Product Owner) with an active clearance, to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. The selected candidate for this position is required to be on-site in one of the following locations based on preference: Northridge, CA, Linthicum, MD, or Tucson, AZ. The engineer reports to the program software IPT lead and is responsible for leading multiple software teams for development activities. As an integral part of our multi-discipline engineering team in Advanced Weapons, you will be on the forefront of developing next generation solutions to protect technology for our nation's warfighters. The ideal candidate will be supporting one of our programs for defining and architecting a secured missile weapon system. This position will require close collaboration with team members of other projects within the organization for security architecture designs as well as external partners and customers.
Responsibilities
- Create, maintain, and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring it reflects the current needs and priorities of the project.
- Write clear and concise user stories and acceptance criteria for the development team.
- Serve as the main point of contact between the development team and stakeholders, including customers, management, and other departments.
- Gather and incorporate feedback from stakeholders to refine the product requirements.
- Participate in sprint planning meetings to help the team understand the product backlog items and their priorities.
- Review completed work to ensure it meets the acceptance criteria and provides the desired value.
- Leverage technical expertise to provide guidance and insights to the development team, ensuring that technical decisions align with the product vision.
- Help resolve technical challenges and support the team in implementing solutions efficiently.
- Promote a collaborative environment between different disciplines and organizations resulting in teams that can effectively solve problems as they arise and proactively prevent things from becoming issues.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 5 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master's degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline with 0 years of related engineering experience.
- Product Owner or similar role experience with responsibilities for product vision, backlog management, and stakeholder communication using Agile methodologies and practices, including Scrum or Kanban.
- Proficiency in using Jira for tracking tickets, managing the product backlog, and facilitating Agile workflows.
- Experience in embedded real-time software development, with a focus on embedded C++ and VxWorks.
- Current US Government Secret Security clearance adjudicated within the past 5 years.
Nice-to-haves
- Clearable to Special Access Program (SAP).
- Experience with complex issue resolution with internal and external stakeholders.
- Experience with Flight Software.
- Extensive experience with software and system architecture.
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- Life and disability insurance
- Savings plan
- Company paid holidays
- Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
