Northrop Grumman · 9 hours ago
Embedded Software Engineer / Principal Engineer Embedded Software *
Northrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company, seeking Embedded Software Engineers for their Flight / Guidance Navigation & Control (GN&C) Software Team. The role involves designing, developing, documenting, testing, and debugging software/system applications for safety and mission-critical embedded systems, while collaborating with a team in an Agile environment.
AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity
Responsibilities
Design, develop, document, test, and debug software/system applications
Conduct multidisciplinary research and collaborate with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of embedded systems for safety and mission critical software
Must be able to work and collaborate with a team of software engineers in an Agile environment to meet critical milestones
Ensure program mandated software standards and compliance criteria are met
Understand and can develop in a continuous integration tool chain environment meeting technical and compliance requirements
Qualification
Required
Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with an ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need
Embedded Software Engineer: Bachelor's Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 2 years of relevant engineering experience, OR a Master's in STEM
Principal Embedded Software Engineer: Bachelor's Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 5 years of relevant engineering experience, OR a Master's in STEM with 3 years of related engineering experience, OR a PhD in STEM with 1 years of related engineering experience
Active DoD Secret clearance with a reinvestigation date occurring in the last 6 years
US Citizenship with Ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP)
2+ year experience in developing software/writing code in C/C++/C#, Python, Java, or similar programming language
2+ year experience in object-oriented programming and design patterns, hardware/software communication interfaces, real-time and post processing data analytics
2+ years of full life cycle of software development and Agile software development
Preferred
Experience developing software for a hard real time system or hardware devices
Experience developing or debugging software targeted for an embedded system
Experience with the Atlassian Tool Suite
Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering using Cameo
Experience with IBM Rational tool suite (DOORS)
Experience developing ICDs and defining interfaces in an MBSE environment
Familiarity with CSSAM / RVAM Governance
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
Northrop Grumman is an aerospace, defense and security company that provides training and satellite ground network communications software.
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.7BKey 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
Recent News
2026-02-06
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