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Northrop Grumman · 20 hours ago

Senior Principal Engineer Software - Embedded & Real Time (California & Oklahoma) - R10219686-2

Northrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense company seeking a Senior Principal Embedded & Real Time Software Engineer to join their Software organization. This role involves designing, developing, integrating, and testing software for embedded and real-time systems while collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams in an Agile environment.

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Responsibilities

Work in a fast-paced environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, and collaborative team settings across all levels
Participate in the full SW development life cycle including requirements, design, implementation, qualification, and delivery of SW products to our customer
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 SW products for multiple SW baselines

Qualification

Embedded systems programmingReal-time operating systemsCC++PythonSoftware architectureAgile software developmentFull software development life cycleMulti-threaded softwareSoftware integrationTestingJiraCrucibleBitbucketSubversionBambooJenkinsSonarqubeFortifyCoverityData interfacesPowerPC assemblyARM assemblyModeling toolsAirworthiness certifications

Required

Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 8 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master's degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline and 4 years of related engineering experience
Experience with the full SW Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Experience with the following programming and scripting languages: C, C++, and Python
Experience with developing multi-threaded SW used for one of the following real-time applications: flight critical SW, Safety critical SW, medical SW, or mission critical SW
Experience with two of the following tools: Jira, Crucible, Bitbucket, Subversion, Bamboo, Jenkins, Sonarqube, Fortify, or Coverity
Experience with Agile SW development, embedded system programming, SW integration and testing
Familiarity with at least two of the data interfaces: 1553, 1394, 422, 429, Serial, CAN, Discrete & Analog I/O, Ethernet/IP, or Fibre Channel
Recent experience and proficiency in software architecture, design, implementation, integration, and debugging C++ SW running on Real-Time Operating systems such as: VxWorks, Integrity, AND/OR Real Time Embedded Linux
Active in-Scope, DoD Top Secret clearance
Ability to obtain and maintain initial Special Program Access (SAP/PAR). This SAP/PAR must be obtained prior to commencement of employment and must be obtained within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs

Preferred

Current applicable SAP access
Basic understanding of PowerPC or ARM assembly
Able to read assembly and use CPU documentation to understand behaviors
Can identify moderate execution defects by only reading code
Understanding of how their embedded SW component will fit into a larger SW system / architecture
Able to document, capture, and present software architectural components in modeling or diagramming tools
Familiarity with OS partitions and isolation architectures
High level understanding of architectural requirements for airworthiness certifications

Benefits

Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

Company

Northrop Grumman

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Northrop Grumman is an aerospace, defense and security company that provides training and satellite ground network communications software.

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$3.7B
Key Investors
U.S. Department of DefenseNASA
2025-05-27Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2024-01-29Post Ipo Debt· $2.5B
2023-12-20Grant· $72M

Leadership Team

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Tom Wilson
Corporate Vice President, Enterprise Business Development
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Jeffrey Worsham
Chief Product Owner - Advanced Technology Development
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