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Northrop Grumman · 6 days ago

Flight Software Engineer/Principal Flight Software Engineer - R10217095

Manhattan Beach, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$92K/yr - $171K/yr

2+ years exp

Northrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company that invites candidates to join their collaborative teams as a Flight Software Engineer or Principal Flight Software Engineer. The role involves driving program execution, developing and testing software for flight systems, and ensuring adherence to software development best practices.

AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Support program execution toward software delivery schedule

Leverage software development best practices to right-size the needs of the effort (e.g. configuration management, unit testing)

Requirements decomposition/generation

Report status and metrics to program leadership

Design, develop, document, integrate, test, and debug applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions

Conduct multidisciplinary research and collaborate with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, integration, and utilization of electronic data processing systems for product software

Determine overall system and user needs; analyze system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls; prepares operating instructions; designs and develops utility programs

Ensure software standards are met

Design and execute tests to ensure the software's functionality, performance, and reliability

Other duties as assigned

Qualification

C/C++ programmingRTOS experienceSoftware development lifecycleAgile processesConfiguration managementData analysis algorithmsCommunication skillsTeam collaboration

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related STEM degree with 2+ years of software development experience OR Master's Degree in STEM with 6 months of software development experience

Strong proficiency in C/C++ programming, executing in an RTOS environment (i.e., VxWorks, FreeRTOS, RT-Linux, GH Integrity)

Candidate must currently have an active DoD Secret clearance at the time of application and be able and willing to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related STEM degree with 5+ years of software development experience OR Master's Degree in STEM with 3+ years of software development experience

Strong proficiency in C/C++ programming, executing in an RTOS environment (i.e., VxWorks, FreeRTOS, RT-Linux, GH Integrity)

Candidate must currently have an active DoD Secret clearance at the time of application and be able and willing to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance