Senior Principal Embedded Software Engineer

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems Sector (NGMS) is seeking a Senior Principal Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer to join our Tactical Fighters team within the Software Technologies Organization.

This role will work in an exciting area of new and existing technologies that come together in a holistic security architecture on a Tactical Fighter Platform. We are working with system level Security designs, development, and implementation within a digital lab environment in addition to tactical deployment. If you're looking for experience from the lowest level of software development up through userspace applications, that works together harmoniously with system security requirements and digital design architecture, then we have a program role for you! Come work on products that help protect America and protect our warfighters!

Job Duties

The Senior Principal Embedded Software Engineer will join a team of engineers performing new feature development and enhancements, providing secure, embedded security solutions on our Tactical Fighter platform. The selected engineer will aid in the design, development, and integration of complex software solutions in a rapid-pace Agile environment. Primary software solutions in development include C/C++ application and capability development for Linux and/or VxWorks Platforms. The engineer will interface with architects, systems and digital engineers to develop technical specifications. The engineer will help identify technical risks, support defect resolution, and report status to Agile program leads. This person will also assist in the execution of unit, system, and integrations tests as need. We have individual contributor and agile leadership roles available.

We offer phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly collaborative workplace. We are looking for self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented people to help us grow our services and become even better at what we do.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 9 years of experience, a master's degree with 7 years of experience, or a PhD with 4 years of experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Physics, Applied Mathematics, or related technical fields.

• Strong C/C++ background

• Experience working on an Agile (Scrum) team

• Tools: Git, Atlassian (BitBucket, Confluence, Jira), Jenkins, Nexus, static & dynamic code analysis (i.e., SonarQube)

• Applied cryptography and middleware experience (e.g., OpenSSL, TLS)

• US Citizenship

• Active DoD Secret clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Python background, and some knowledge in JAVA, JVM & RMI

• Experience developing boot software (First stage bootloader, U-boot, UEFI, etc.) for custom boards

• Experience developing register-level models of hardware IP in SystemC/TLM2

• Experience developing Device Tree files for custom hardware

• Device Driver development

• Size and speed optimizing software for embedded platforms

• Modifying and integrating open-source software

• DevOps practices and tools

This position is contingent upon Clearance Transfer and Special Program Access approval prior to starting.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.