Senior Principal Engineer Software - Embedded Development R10215722-2

Senior Principal Engineer Software - Embedded Development

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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.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is looking to add a Senior Principal Software Engineer – Embedded Development to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals. This position can be located in San Diego, CA;
El Segundo, CA;
Palmdale, CA; or Oklahoma City, OK.

• Design, development, maintenance, and execution of automated software tests for qualification of embedded software products.
• Experienced in working in a lab environment on an Agile project.
• Knowledge of, and experience working in, all phases for the Software Development Life‑Cycle.
• Analyze requirements allocated to computer software configuration items (CSCI).
• Develop detailed, clear, and concise technical documentation.
• Work with software developers and other engineers to diagnose and identify the root cause of problems found during software installation, integration, acceptance test, and operational events.
• Submit detailed problem reports for errors found.

Candidates must be comfortable in development, lab, and operational environments, and be able to collaborate closely with system engineers, hardware designers, integration/test engineers, and program leadership.

The selected candidate will be required to work full‑time, on‑site at our facility. Travel up to 10% may be required.

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline with 8 years of related engineering experience; OR Master’s degree and 6 years; OR PhD and 4 years.
• Experience with safety‑critical embedded real‑time software.
• Experience with UAV route planning, routing algorithms, or other geometrically based algorithms.
• Experience developing software and scripts in C/C++ and Python.
• Experience with software development methodologies and frameworks such as waterfall and/or Agile for all phases of the life‑cycle.
• Experience with software change control, change management, and CI/CD tools such as Atlassian, Git Hub, Git Lab, or Jenkins.
• Experience with software architecture, design, implementation, integration, debugging, and testing safety‑critical embedded real‑time software written in C/C++ running on real‑time operating systems such as VxWorks, Integrity, or Real‑Time Embedded Linux.
• Familiarity with static code analysis tools such as Coverity, Sonar Qube, and Fortify.
• Familiarity with using MATLAB.
• Active DoD Top Secret clearance.
• Ability to obtain and maintain initial Special Program Access (SAP/PAR) before commencement of employment and thereafter.

• Current Special Program Access.
• Previous experience with existing system.
• Demonstrated leadership, excellent teamwork, and excellent oral and written communication.
• Recent experience with multi‑threaded programming in C/C++ for real‑time systems.
• Experience with SOAP and Java services.
• Recent experience with scripting languages such as Python, MATLAB, JavaScript, or Bash.

Primary Level Salary Range: $ – $. The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may…