Staff Embedded Software Engineer

Staff Embedded Software Engineer

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 Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. Our Engineering and Sciences (E&S) organization pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission!

We are looking for you to join our team as a Staff Embedded Software Engineer based out of Woodland Hills, CA. As an 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 team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment & shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation.

What You'll get to Do:

In this position you will be developing embedded software for our cutting edge Navigation systems. As a member of our world class software development team, you will have opportunities to improve and expand your capabilities in software design and code development. You will also have opportunities to perform software and system integration on state of the art hardware, learn new software development techniques such as Model Based Engineering (MBE), and work in an agile and collaborative development environment.

As a successful candidate, you will collaborate with peers across our organization and will have clearly demonstrated the strong leadership skills needed to join our top performing team. You will have a track record as an effective communicator and problem solver who is able to develop and maintain good working relationships with our internal and external customers. You will also have demonstrated a commitment to ethics and integrity, and the capability to innovate while challenging our traditional ways of doing business. You will make us even better!

Basic Qualifications for Staff Embedded Software Engineer:

• Bachelor's degree in STEM discipline plus 12 years of hands-on Software Development experience; Master's degree in STEM discipline plus 10 years of hands-on Software Development experience; PhD. in STEM discipline plus 8 years of hands-on Software Development experience
• Demonstrated capability to translate formal software requirements into software designs
• Demonstrated use of high-level programming languages such as C, C++, or Java, or scripting languages such as Python
• Experience using software management and workflow automation tools such as ClearCase, Git, ClearQuest, or Jira
• Demonstrated ability to work in a collaborative development environment
• Experience in the development and performance of software test

Preferred Qualifications:

• Current/Active U.S. Government Secret clearance
• Experience using DOORS for software requirements management
• MATLAB/Simulink model-based software development
• Demonstrated capability to define software requirements for an INS/GPS system
• Familiarity with/Experience in INS/GPS Kalman filter design and requirements definition
• Experience developing, verifying, certifying and releasing mission and safety-critical software systems that comply with RTCA DO-178B/ C or similar guidelines.
• Demonstrated use of MATLAB for simulation and INS/GPS system performance evaluation
• Experience in the development and performance of system tests
• Hands-on experience with one or more communication protocols such as MIL-STD-1553, ARINC-429 or RS-422
• Real-time safety-critical embedded software systems development experience (including APIs, interfaces and device drivers)
• Navigation and/or Integrated Avionics System development experience
• Demonstrated capability to develop UML software designs using design tools such as Rhapsody and/or Model Based Engineering designs using tools such as Simulink or SCADE
• Experience with the full software lifecycle: specification, design, implementation and unit test, integration, and maintenance
• Experience developing, verifying, certifying and releasing mission and safety-critical software systems that comply with RTCA DO-178B/ C or similar guidelines.
• Experience with software test tools such as LDRA and Vector Cast and code analysis tools such as Polyspace