About this opportunity
Northrop Grumman Corp. lists this Sr Principal Engineer Software - Embedded and Real Time opportunity in san diego, California. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available
CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes
CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret
TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time
Description
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is looking to add a Sr Principal Embedded & Real Time Software Engineer to assist our Software organization. This position will be based on site in San Diego, CA, El Segundo, CA or Palmdale, CA.
In this role you will design, develop, integrate, and test software (SW) for end‑user customers and businesses.
Duties and Responsibilities
Work in a fast‑paced environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, and collaborative team settings across all levels
Participate in the full SW development life cycle including requirements, design, implementation, qualification, and delivery of SW products to our customers
Operate in an embedded technology development environment working with real time operating systems for use in flight and mission critical systems
Work in Agile Scrum teams to develop SW products for multiple SW baselines
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 8 years of related engineering experience; or Master’s degree and 6 years of experience; or PhD and 4 years of experience.
Experience with the full SW Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Experience with programming and scripting languages: C, C++, and Python
Experience with developing multi‑threaded SW used for flight critical, safety critical, medical or mission critical applications
Experience with two of the following tools: Jira, Crucible, Bitbucket, Subversion, Bamboo, Jenkins, Sonarqube, Fortify, or Coverity
Experience with Agile SW development, embedded system programming, SW integration and testing
Familiarity with at least two of the data interfaces: 1553, 1394, 422, 429, Serial, CAN, Discrete & Analog I/O, Ethernet/IP, or Fibre Channel
Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management
Recent experience and proficiency in software architecture, design, implementation, integration and debugging C++ SW running on Real‑Time Operating systems such as VxWorks, Integrity, and/or Real Time Embedded Linux
Ability to collaborate with systems engineers, hardware designers, and integration/test engineers to develop and maintain complex SW systems
Ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated U.S. government Top Secret clearance (must be in scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access required within a reasonable period of time
Ability to obtain and maintain initial Special Program Access (SAP/PAR) before employment and maintain upgrade
Preferred Qualifications
Current applicable SAP access
Basic understanding of PowerPC or ARM assembly; able to read assembly and use CPU documentation to understand behaviors; identify moderate execution defects by reading code
Understanding of how the embedded SW component will fit into a larger SW system/architecture
Ability to document, capture, and present software architectural components in modeling or diagramming tools
Familiarity with OS partitions and isolation architectures
High level understanding of architectural requirements for airworthiness certificates
Strong understanding of layered SW architectures (Application, System, Device); SW hardware interfaces; event driven (interrupts), polling and synchronous SW architectures
Recent experience and proficiency with SW change control, change management, static analysis, and CI/CD tools such as Atlassian suite, Jira, GitHub, GitLab, SonarQube, Coverity, and/or Jenkins within the last three years
Experience with static and dynamic code analysis
Benefits
Primary Level Salary Range: Not disclosed (placeholder)
Position may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and discretionary bonus in addition to base pay
Annual bonuses reward individual contributions and company results
Employees may be eligible for Long‑Term Incentives
Benefits include health insurance, life and disability insurance, savings plan, paid holidays, paid time off, and more
Equal Opportunity
Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.
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Worksite address
san diego, CA, 92189, US
Who can apply
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