Principal Engineer Embedded/Sr Principal Engineer Embedded Software

Northrop Grumman•McClellan Park, CA

1d•$114,000 - $177,800•Onsite

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. At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to our customers’ most critical missions. In a rapidly changing global security environment, Northrop Grumman delivers informed insights and secure, advanced software solutions to enable strategic planning and decisive action. We’re looking for software engineers and innovators who can help us build on our wide portfolio of affordable, integrated, multi-domain systems and mission-critical applications. By joining our shared mission, you’ll have opportunities to expand your professional network and grow your technical skills—whether you are new to software engineering or an established industry leader. At Northrop Grumman, you’ll have the tools, resources, and support you need to do some of the most meaningful engineering work of your career. As an Engineer of Embedded software you will 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 such engineering applications and products such as laboratory simulation systems, aircraft flight control and display systems, pacemakers, defibrillators, mechanical and electrical systems. Interfaces with customers, suppliers, application users and other technical and support personnel.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 5 years of related experience, or a Master's Degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of related experience, or PhD in a STEM discipline with 1 year of experience (for Principal Engineer)
Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 8 years of related experience, or a Master's Degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of related experience, or PhD in a STEM discipline with 4 year of experience (for Senior Principal Engineer)
Must be a US Citizen in order to meet the security clearance requirement
Secret clearance with ability to obtain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company to meet its business need
Experience with software lifecycle: specification, design, implementation, integration, debug, and maintenance
Experience leading Software Engineering teams
Experience with Agile, Git, GitLab, or Bitbucket and working in cross-functional Scrum team
Experience in software development using languages such as C/C++, Python, Java, Docker

Nice To Haves

Experience in Deliverables Management
Active Secret clearance with SAP Access
Experience with Software Testing Process
Experience in Software Test Planning
Current and active Secret security clearance with an investigation completed within the last 6 years.
Green Hills INTEGRITY RTOS: Experience with INTEGRITY-178, including task management, partitioning, and resource allocation.
Green Hills MULTI IDE: Experience with MULTI IDE for debugging, tracing, and profiling on target hardware.
Understanding of RMS scheduling for RTOS

Responsibilities

Design, develop, operate and maintain software and firmware components and computing systems software
Apply appropriate standards, processes, procedures and tools throughout the system development life cycle
Support the generation of engineering applications and products such as laboratory simulation systems, aircraft flight control and display systems, pacemakers, defibrillators, mechanical and electrical systems
Interfaces with customers, suppliers, application users and other technical and support personnel
Team plan, execute, and manage the technical scope
Support leadership planning