Sentinel Sr Principal Embedded Software Engineer - 17793

Northrop Grumman•Roy, UT

12d•$122,800 - $184,200•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking Sr. Principal Embedded Software Engineers for the Flight / Guidance Navigation & Control (GN&C) Software Team. This position will be located in Roy, Utah and will support the Sentinel Program. 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.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 8 years of relevant engineering experience, Master's in STEM with 6 years of relevant experience; PhD with 4 year of relevant experience.
Active DoD Secret clearance with a reinvestigation date occurring in the last 6 years.
US Citizenship with Ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP).

Nice To Haves

Previous internship/co-op or other work experience, leadership & teamwork capabilities, interpersonal communication skills, and activities (professional/community/extracurricular).
Able to assimilate information from multiple sources, create coherent plans and then execute those plans.
Familiarity with security coding standard best practices, static and dynamic scanning tools, i.e., SonarQube, Fortify, Coverity, PCLint, etc.
Programming and scripting experience in a UNIX environment (C++, Perl, Python, Bash, Ruby, Shell, Scripts).

Responsibilities

Design, develop, document, test, and debug software/system applications.
Conduct multidisciplinary research and collaborate with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of embedded systems for safety and mission critical software.
Work and collaborate with a team of software engineers in an Agile environment to meet critical milestones.
Ensure program mandated software standards and compliance criteria are met.
Understand and develop in a continuous integration tool chain environment meeting technical and compliance requirements.
Create and maintain continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
Write scripts and configurations to automate software testing, deployment, and maintenance in a manner consistent with software engineering best practices.
Proactively monitor build and deployment pipelines and infrastructure, apply patches, troubleshoot issues, and resolve errors.
Automate infrastructure and/or cloud resource deployments and configuration using infrastructure-as-code tools.