Principal Software Engineer or a Sr. Principal Software Engineer

Northrop Grumman•Redondo Beach, CA

37d•$114,000 - $213,400•Hybrid

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 Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a BSP Principal Software Engineer or a Sr. Principal Software Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Software organization. The location for this opportunity is in Rancho Bernardo, CA and will be primarily based within our office spaces to support the program and business needs. Operating on our 9/80 schedule means you will get every other Friday off. The position has some Hybrid work available . In this role, you will work closely with the Product Architect, Software OFP Engineer and FPGA Design Engineer to design, implement and verify BSPs for a new avionics' product line. The ideal candidate will design board support packages (BSPs) for custom aerospace computing platforms built around AMD MPSoC processors, integrate bootloaders, develop device drivers, and design hardware abstraction layers to enable OS to bring up and application execution. The ability to perform low level debugging (oscilloscope/logic analyzer/JTAG), develop drivers for Ethernet, PCIe, and serial interfaces (SPI, I²C, UART), and comply with RTOS and application-level standards is essential. The candidate will design and implement bootloaders and startup sequences (power on self-test, memory initialization, board configuration) that support secure boot and firmware updates while meeting cybersecurity and safety standards; develop unit and integration tests to support hardware in the loop and system level validation of BSPs and drivers. This requisition may be filled at a Principal Software Engineer (Level 3) OR a Sr. Principal Software Engineer (Level 4) level based on the qualifications below

Requirements

Principal Software Engineer: Bachelor's Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university with 5 Years experience; OR a master's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university with 3 Years experience; OR a PhD in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university with 1 Years experience
Sr. Principal Software Engineer: Bachelor's Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university with 8 Years experience; OR a master's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university with 6 Years experience; OR a PhD in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university with 4 Years experience
Strong proficiency in C and C++
Experience with the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Experience with developing software on VxWorks used for deterministic real-time applications
Hands-on experience with embedded debugging tools
Deep understanding of processor architecture, memory mapping, interruptions and peripheral integration
Your ability to obtain and/or transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret clearance, and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company

Nice To Haves

Prior experience porting and customizing VxWorks for specialized hardware
Working knowledge of the AMD Vivado development toolset
Integration with CI/CD pipelines

Responsibilities

design board support packages (BSPs) for custom aerospace computing platforms built around AMD MPSoC processors
integrate bootloaders
develop device drivers
design hardware abstraction layers to enable OS to bring up and application execution
perform low level debugging (oscilloscope/logic analyzer/JTAG)
develop drivers for Ethernet, PCIe, and serial interfaces (SPI, I²C, UART)
comply with RTOS and application-level standards
design and implement bootloaders and startup sequences (power on self-test, memory initialization, board configuration) that support secure boot and firmware updates while meeting cybersecurity and safety standards
develop unit and integration tests to support hardware in the loop and system level validation of BSPs and drivers