Requisition ID: R10178824
• Category: Engineering
• Location: San Diego, California, United States of America
• Clearance Type: Secret
• Telecommute: Yes-May consider hybrid teleworking for this position
• Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)
• Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time
• Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available
• Positions Available: 1
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. Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world's biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for an Embedded & Real Time Staff Level Software Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Software organization.  This role is in Rancho Bernardo, CA and will be primarily based within our office spaces to support program and business needs. Operating on our 9/80 schedule meaning you will get every other Friday off. The position may have some Hybrid work available.
In this role you will design, develop, integrate, and test software for our end-user customers and businesses.  Specifically, you will be responsible for the design, development, and administration of embedded and real time systems.  You will work with multi-disciplinary teams, such as with Systems Engineering, Test Automation, DevSecOps and Systems Test, in an Agile software development environment.
Essential Functions:

• Work independently in a fast-paced environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, and collaborative team settings across all levels.

• Participate in the full software development life cycle including requirements, design, implementation, qualification, and delivery of software products to our customers.

• Develop architectures and operate in an embedded technology development environment working with real time operating systems for use in flight and mission critical systems.

• Work in Agile Scrum teams to develop software products for multiple software baselines.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university with 12 Years experience; OR a master's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university with 10 Years experience; OR a PhD in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university with 9 Years experience

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense (DoD) Secret clearance and Special Program Access.

• Experienced with C++ and Python.

• Experience with Object Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD).

• Experience managing the Software Requirements process and their Verification and Validation.

• Experience with developing software used for one of the following real-time applications: flight critical software, Safety critical software, medical software, or mission critical software.

• Experience with one of the following real time operating systems: Wind River VxWorks, Green Hills Integrity, or Realtime Linux.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with CoreVMS and RTCF.

• Experience with three of the following tools: Jira, Crucible, Bitbucket, Subversion, Bamboo, Jenkins, SonarQube, Fortify, or Coverity.

• Experience with multiple serial bus data interfaces (including UDP/IP over Ethernet), communicating and managing the health of external devices.

• Experience with one of the following real time operating systems: Wind River VxWorks, Green Hills Integrity, or Realtime Linux.

• Experience with Agile software architecture, design, development, embedded system programming, software integration and testing.

• Experience with the airworthiness process.

• Strong understanding of closed loop control system architectures.

• Experience with the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

• Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management.

• Strong understanding of PowerPC or ARM assembly language.

• Understands assembly emitted by C/C++ compilers for typical code constructs.

• Has developed code in assembly to support low level drivers, BSPs, or critical performance implementations.

• Strong understanding of redundancy architectures and requirements that drive them such as: Hot/warm restarts, Cross-channel data links, Software synchronization, Duplex vs triplex vs quad computer implementations.

• Strong understanding of embedded software architectures and requirements that drive them.

• Strong understanding of hardware interfaces in the software architecture and their impacts.

• Ability to collaborate with systems engineers, hardware designers and integration/test engineers to develop and maintain complex software systems.

• Experience with leading a medium to large size (6-20) technical team with technical decision making.

• Active Secret DoD Clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret Clearance.

Salary Range: $171,000 - $256,400
The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.
Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.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.PDN-9d9a0653-ba23-4b08-a3f3-ae6914ab27c7