GN&C Flight Software Lead

Relocation Assistance

Relocation assistance may be available.

Yes, Clearance Type:
Secret

Yes, 25% of the time.

At Northrop Grumman, employees have the opportunity to work on revolutionary systems that impact lives around the world today and for generations to come. The company is built on pioneering and inventive spirit, driving innovation through diverse cultures and curiosity. Northrop Grumman employees contribute to history and help invent the future while enjoying a collaborative environment.

• The successful candidate will provide technical leadership within the Flight Systems Guidance, Navigation, and Controls (GNC) Software team, focusing on the development of mission‑critical software products.
• They will architect complex systems and lead the design, development, testing, and deployment phases, ensuring compatibility through board support packages and driver implementations.
• Expertise in real‑time operating systems is essential, including configuring kernel parameters, managing task scheduling, and implementing inter‑process communication.
• Develop and facilitate middleware integration, utilizing appropriate communication models.
• Integrate application, system, and device layers on real‑time embedded systems, perform performance measurements, and optimize throughput to enhance system performance.
• Mentor software engineers.
• Participate and advise in the formal testing approach for embedded software products, closed‑loop simulation integration, and defect troubleshooting and resolution.
• Support the Sentinel Program.

Required:

• 14 years of experience with a Bachelor’s degree, 12 years with Master’s, 10 years with PhD, or 4 additional years in lieu of a degree.
• +10 years of software experience in C++, real‑time embedded software, and object‑oriented design, covering the full software lifecycle.
• +5 years of systems engineering and test experience with architecture, design, requirements decomposition, hardware‑in‑the‑loop, and simulation testing.
• Demonstrated technical leadership and team management skills.
• Effective oral and written communication skills, including executive‑level communication.
• Experience with engineering metrics, schedule planning, technical scope execution, and Earned Value Management System (EVMS).
• Proven track record of coaching and guiding team members for skill development and career growth.
• US Citizen, active DoD Secret clearance, and eligible for a SAP.

• Experience in algorithmic application development and optimization.
• Experience in real‑time embedded software development, including multi‑threaded architecture design and knowledge of guidance and control systems.
• Experience with Integrity Operating Systems and/or VxWorks.
• Experience with Visual Studio.
• Experience with MATLAB.
• Experience with Coverity, Sonar Qube, Code Sonar, Fortify.
• Experience with the Atlassian toolset, Kubernetes, Model‑Based Engineering, Git Lab, and Dev Sec Ops  best practices.
• Excellent integration troubleshooting skills.
• Experience building low‑level code to interact with devices and hardware.
• Experience in compilation and link techniques for achieving memory usage and partitioning design objectives.
• Familiarity with assembly and low‑level code optimization.
• Familiarity with board support package development and testing.
• In‑depth knowledge of Guidance, Navigation, and Control systems.
• Proven experience solving challenging architectural problems in embedded systems.

Primary Level Salary Range: $ – $. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses reward individual contributions and share in company results. Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. Northrop Grumman provides health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, company paid holidays, and paid time off for vacation or personal business.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, visit