Principal Embedded Software Engineer

3 weeks ago


Linthicum, United States Northrop Grumman Full time

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS) is seeking a Principal Embedded Software Engineer 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++.


This position is located in Linthicum, MD.


Summary of Role:

As a Principal Embedded Software Engineer within the Software and Digital Technologies Organization 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.


Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Identifying risks, suggesting mitigation, tracking defects, developing resolutions, and reporting status.
  • Develop and execute unit tests and build verification test plans, and track and report test status.
  • Conduct reviews of software related products, software designs, and additional technical documents.
  • Active participation in Integrated Product Teams (IPT), design reviews, and other reviews, as required.
  • Actively participate in the technical peer reviews to ensure system/software requirements are being met from an end-to-end system point of view.


The Software and Digital Technologies Organization is hiring for 3 different sub-organizations:

  • Software Technologies: Radars and Sensors for ground and air-based platforms. Our organization has stable work spread across multiple customers and platforms. This work covers Ship based countermeasures, battle space awareness, real time radar processing, aerial target detection and tracking, cognitive and adaptive electronic warfare, and much more
  • Product Line Software: Develop distributed, real-time & embedded (DRE) OT software systems for general purpose and higher performance embedded computing (HPEC) applications right on your Windows or Linux desktop – no special hardware required.
  • Secure Processing: Defending the warfighting capability by “keeping secret things from getting out” and “keeping malicious things from getting in”.


Basic Qualifications for a Principal Embedded Software Engineer:

  • 5 years of relevant professional experience with a bachelor's degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or other STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline; 3 years with Masters; 0 years with a PhD
  • An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
  • 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
  • U.S Citizenship
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Clearance prior to starting


Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience in real-time embedded software development knowledge of Radar, Electronic Warfare, or Space technologies
  • Experience in algorithmic application development and optimization
  • 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


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


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.


Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) provide benefits for the member, our leaders and the company. Our ERGs offer opportunities to be a friend, be active, be a volunteer, be a leader, to be recognized and to be yourself Every ERG is inclusive of all employees


Our diverse portfolio of programs means there are endless paths to cultivate your career. We are well-known for our inclusive environment, as well as our excellent work/life balance. We also offer exceptional benefits/healthcare, a 9/80 schedule, and a great 401K matching program.



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