Sr Principal Software Engineer (Active Secret Clearance Required)

Northrop Grumman•San Diego, CA

1d•$142,200 - $213,400•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman is seeking an experienced Sr Principal Software Engineer to join our dynamic team. This position will support our Aeronautics Systems sector in San Diego, California. The selected candidate will join our team of software engineers to support the development of Strategic Operating Units, executing both sustainment and modernization programs. They will contribute to software engineering initiatives for several programs with software design & development, software test and integration, and DevOps expertise, using a variety of software languages, technologies, and industry best practices. This role will support all phases of the development life cycle for flight, mission, lab and tools software.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 8 years of experience in software engineering OR a Master’s degree in a (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 6 years of experience in software engineering OR a PhD degree in a (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 4-years of experience
Familiar with Safety-Critical Embedded Real Time Software
Familiar with all phases of the software development life cycle and Agile framework as a Product Owner, SCRUM Master, and/or team member
Experience with developing software and scripts on various programming languages: C, C++, Python, PowerShell, VBScript, Bash, AND/OR KornShell for Safety-Critical applications/Systems
Familiar with Architecting, Designing, Implementing, Integrating, Verifying and Qualifying Safety-Critical Embedded Real Time Software running on various RTOS (VxWorks, Integrity, Real Time Embedded Linux)
Familiar with Static & Dynamic Code Analysis Tools and Fuzzing Tools such as: Coverity, Fortify, AND/OR SonarQube
Familiar with Software Change Control, Change Management, and CI/CD tools
Active U.S. government Secret level or higher clearance (in-scope), with the ability to obtain (and maintain) special program access (PAR)
U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated leadership, teamwork capabilities, excellent oral and written communication skills, and strong interpersonal communication skills at all levels of employees and management
Experience with Agile Software Development, object-oriented architectures, designs, programming, debugging, and hardware-software integration and testing
Experience with Software Change Control, Change Management, Code Quality, Static Analysis, and CI/CD tools such as: Atlassian tool suite, Jira, GitHub, GitLab, SonarQube, Coverity, AND/OR Jenkins
Experience architecting, Designing, Modeling (Rhapsody or Cameo), Implementing, Maintaining, integrating, and Debugging OO C++ software running on Real-Time Operating systems such as: VxWorks, Integrity, AND/OR Real Time Embedded Linux
Experience with DOORs AND Software Requirement Specification Testing using Simulators, automated scripting languages such as Python, MATLAB, JavaScript, AND/OR Bash
Experience with Static & Dynamic Code Analysis Tools and Fuzzing Tools such as: Coverity, Fortify, AND/OR SonarQube
Experience with software network interfaces -and troubleshooting networks (TCP/IP, UDP, LAN, VLAN, SNMP or others)

Responsibilities

Support the development of Strategic Operating Units, executing both sustainment and modernization programs
Contribute to software engineering initiatives for several programs with software design & development, software test and integration, and DevOps expertise
Use a variety of software languages, technologies, and industry best practices
Support all phases of the development life cycle for flight, mission, lab and tools software