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Northrop Grumman · 1 day ago

Sr. Principal Flight Software Engineer (Secret Clearance) - R10217096

Manhattan Beach, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$142K/yr - $213K/yr

6+ years exp

Northrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company, seeking a Sr. Principal Flight Software Engineer to play a crucial role in software delivery for flight and space systems. The role involves driving program execution, guiding process improvements, and developing software in a collaborative environment, while ensuring adherence to software standards and effective communication with stakeholders.

AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Direct a team of engineers and coordinate with stakeholders

Effectively drive program execution toward the software delivery schedule

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

Guide process improvement, especially in configuration management, code quality practices, making optimal tasking assignments, and understanding and documenting the technical baseline and architecture

Requirements decomposition/generation

Report status and metrics to program leadership

Design, develop, document, integrate, test, and debug application 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++ programmingVxWorks 6.9/7.0Agile processAtlassian Tool SuiteMIL-STD-1553BSpaceWireCAN bus implementationsSIMICSVectorCastGoogleTestTechnical leadershipCommunication skills

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related STEM discipline with 8+ years of software development experience OR Master's Degree in a STEM discipline with 6+ years of software development experience

Strong proficiency in C/C++ programming

Experience with VxWorks 6.9 and/or 7.0

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