Job Description

Description

At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We rsquo;re looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we rsquo;ll support yours of expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field or an industry thought-leader. At Northrop Grumman, you rsquo;ll have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems Sector (NGMS) is a leading global provider of secure software-defined, hardware enabled mission systems. Our company is pioneering capabilities in a wide variety of sectors that keep our nation and our allies safe from undersea to space and cyberspace.

NGMS is seeking Principal and Senior Principal Embedded Software Engineers with the desire to learn new technologies to join our innovative Software Technologies Organization to help develop, enhance and maintain software on cutting edge products and systems. Candidates will work on software systems for mission systems in all phases of the software development lifecycle, primarily in C/C++. As a Principal and Senior Principal Embedded Software Engineer at Northrop Grumman you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation. Through the use of Model-based Engineering, DevSecOps and Agile practices we continue to evolve how we deliver critical national defense products and capabilities for the warfighter. Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly and continuously drive innovation. The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and teamoriented with a focus on team empowerment amp; shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning and a culture of automation.

The selected individual will interface with systems engineering to develop flow down software requirements and technical specifications. Responsibilities include identifying risks, suggesting mitigation, tracking defects, developing resolutions, and reporting status. The individual will also be expected to develop and execute unit tests and build verification test plans, and track and report test status.

Additionally, the selected individual will conduct reviews of software related products, software designs, and additional technical documents. The responsibilities include active participation in Integrated Product Teams (IPT), design reviews, and other reviews, as required. The selected individual will actively participate in the technical peer reviews to ensure system/software requirements are being met from an end to end system point of view. Individuals must be selfstarters and able to efficiently operate in a team environment. Existing engineering and system specialists will be made available to assist with any activities associated with executing primary tasking. However, the selected individuals will be expected to prioritize and make recommendations to Technical Leads, as required, to implement tasking assigned.

This position is located in Linthicum, MD.

This position description does not represent a current opening but may be used to identify candidates with skills and experience for positions within Northrop Grumman that frequently become available. Candidates who express an interest may be considered for future positions at Northrop Grumman.

This position may be filled at a higher grade based on the qualifications listed below.

Qualification

This position may be filled at either a Principal or Senior Principal Level.

Basic Qualifications for the Principal Level:

* Bachelor rsquo;s degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or other STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline
* 5+ years of software engineering experience. (3 years for MS degree, 0 years for PhD)
* Experience working in C/C++
* Proficiency in working with real time embedded software
* Experience with full software lifecycle: specification, design, implementation, integration, debug and maintenance is required
* Active security clearance at the Secret Level (or higher)

Basic Qualifications for the Senior Principal Level:

* Bachelor rsquo;s degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or other STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline
* 9+ years of software engineering experience. (7 years for MS degree, 4 years for PhD)
* Experience working in C/C++ - Proficiency in working with real time embedded software
* Experience with full software lifecycle: specification, design, implementation, integration, debug and maintenance is required
* Active security clearance at the Secret Level (or higher)

Preferred Qualifications:

* Experience in algorithmic application development and optimization
* Experience in real-time embedded software development knowledge of Radar, Electronic Warfare, or Space technologies
* Experience with VxWorks and/or Linux Operating Systems
* Experience with Visual Studio
* Experience with Matlab
* Experience with Coverity and/or KlocWork tools
* Experience in Open Architecture Solutions
* Experience with the Atlassian tool set, kubernetes, Model Based Engineering, and DevSecOps best practices