Embedded Software​/Firmware Engineer Level 7; AHT

Description

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’s Defense Systems is looking for an Embedded Software / Firmware Engineer Level 7 with Anti‑Tamper Solution Experience to work with our talented Advanced Weapons team in one of the three locations listed below. An Active Clearance is required to start this role.

As an integral part of our multi‑discipline engineering team in Advanced Weapons, you will be on the forefront of developing next‑generation solutions to protect technology for our nation’s warfighter. The ideal candidate will be supporting our Advanced Programs for defining and architecting a secured missile weapon system—this position will require close collaboration with team members of other projects within the organization for security architecture designs as well as external partners and customers.

This position requires the selected candidate to work on‑site in either of the following locations:
Northridge, CA, Tucson, AZ or Linthicum, MD. Salary range based on location will be listed at the bottom. Telework is not available for this position. Relocation assistance, although not guaranteed, may be available.

• Provide analysis, development, implementation, and security assessments of embedded systems to ensure compliance with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication (SP) 800‑53, CNSSI 1253, and DoD RMF Knowledge Service guidance
• Analyze customer’s concept of operations/employment and cybersecurity/anti‑tamper requirements to propose, design, develop, and implement security/protection controls
• Define system architectures that are resistant to tampering and cyber‑attacks
• Support system requirements development by following standard processes for assessing, implementing, and verifying security requirements
• Interface with inter‑organizational management and external customers to communicate technical briefings and program status
• Participate in the development of training plans to grow the team

• B.S. degree in an engineering/computer science discipline and a minimum of 16 years of related experience in such as Digital Design, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering or Embedded Software Engineering, or M.S. with 14 years, or PhD with 12 years
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience designing, developing and implementing FPGA solutions as a Security Controller (i.e. Root of Security / Root of Trust) for embedded weapons systems
• Demonstrated expertise with firmware and software requirements derivation for security applications
• Demonstrated expertise with designing and implementing firmware (VHDL or Verilog) and software (C, C++) solutions for security applications
• Expertise in the following FPGA families:
  Xilinx, Micro Semi and Intel
• Knowledgeable in current cryptographic algorithms used for encryption/decryption, digital signatures, and hashes and how to apply them in the development of security solutions
• Understanding of cryptographic based vulnerabilities
• Familiarity in working both US Only and FMS efforts
• Technical problem solving, to include leading Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) analysis, solution development, implementation and monitoring
• Previous experience directing and managing an engineering team in the execution of security solution development, integration and test, and verification activities
• Knowledgeable…