Staff Engineer Embedded Software
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 Mission Systems (NGMS) is seeking a Staff Embedded Software Engineer to join our innovative Software Technologies Organization. The new team member will work on software systems for mission systems in all phases of the software development lifecycle, primarily in C/C++. This position is located in Baltimore, MD.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related STEM Degree and 12 years of related experience
- US Citizenship
- Must have a current/active Secret Clearance. Must be able to obtain Special Program Access. Secret Clearance and Special Program Access is required to start. Must be able to maintain this level of clearance and Special Program Access for continued employment.
- Must have 10 years’ experience working in C/C++
- Must have 10 years’ experience with real-time embedded software
- Must have 10 years’ experience with full software lifecycle: specification, design, implementation, integration, debug and maintenance
Nice To Haves
- Experience in algorithmic application development and optimization
- Experience developing software that interfaces with FGPAs
- Experience working with RF systems
- Experience designing, developing, and integrating embedded software for SWaP constrained systems
- Experience developing Radar tracker modes
- Experience with VxWorks Operating Systems
- Experience with Visual Studio
- Experience with Matlab
- Experience with Coverity, SonarQube and/or KlocWork tools
- Experience in Open Architecture Solutions
- Experience with the Atlassian tool set, Kubernetes, Model Based Engineering, and DevSecOps best practices
Responsibilities
- Analyze, develop, and modify existing software, apply modern development techniques that take advantage of all that current technology has to offer
- Identify risks, suggest mitigation, track defects, develop resolutions, and report status
- Design, construct, and execute unit tests; build verification test plans, track and report test status
- Work alongside multi-disciplined engineering teams to test and verify software products on simulators and actual production hardware in our System Integration Laboratories
- Identify and assess new technologies prior to implementation
- Active participation with systems engineering in technical peer, design, architecture, and system reviews to ensure system/software requirements are being met from an end-to-end system point of view
Benefits
- health insurance coverage
- life and disability insurance
- savings plan
- Company paid holidays
- paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
- overtime
- shift differential
- discretionary bonus
- Annual bonuses
- Long Term Incentives (for VP/Director positions)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
