Northrop Grumman · 15 hours ago
Staff Engineer Embedded Software-17568
Huntsville, AL
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$153K/yr - $229K/yr
8+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading company in technological advancements, and they are seeking Embedded Software Engineers for the Flight / Guidance Navigation & Control (GN&C) Software Team. The role involves designing, developing, documenting, testing, and debugging hard real-time embedded software for safety and mission-critical systems.
AerospaceBig DataManufacturingData IntegrationRemote SensingSecurity
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Designs, develops, documents, tests and debugs hard real-time embedded software containing logical and mathematical solutions
Conducts multidisciplinary research and collaborates 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
Ensures program mandated software standards and compliance criteria are met
Understands and can develop in a continuous integration tool chain environment meeting technical and compliance requirements
Apply advanced technical principles, theories, and concepts
Contributes to the development of new principles and concepts
Work on unusually complex technical problems and provide solutions which are highly innovative and ingenious
Works under consultative direction toward predetermined long-range goals and objectives
Assignments are often self-initiated
Determine and pursue courses of action necessary to obtain desired results
Work checked through consultation and agreement with others rather than by formal review of superior
Develops advanced technological ideas and guides their development into a final product
Serves as organization spokesperson on advanced projects and/or programs
Acts as advisor to management and customers on advanced technical research studies and applications
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 12 years of relevant engineering experience, OR a Master's in STEM with 10 years of related engineering experience, OR a PhD in STEM with 8 years of related engineering experience
Active DoD Secret clearance with a reinvestigation date occurring in the last 6 years
Experience in a formal technical lead position
Experience with C++ and object-oriented design
Experience with full life cycle of software development and Agile software development
Experience with architecting and/or writing requirements and/or developing software applications for flight system
Preferred
Experience developing missile flight systems software
Experience with developing software for hardware devices
Experience with DO-178C compliance
Experience with nuclear surety requirements (AFMAN 91-119)
Able to assimilate information from multiple sources, create coherent plans and then execute those plans
Experience developing or debugging operating system software targeted for an embedded system
Familiarity with Jira
Master's degree in engineering or computer science from an accredited institution
Active DoD Top Secret clearance with a reinvestigation date occurring in the last 5 years or ability to obtain
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.
10001+ employees
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
Tom Wilson
Corporate Vice President, Enterprise Business Development
Jeffrey Worsham
Chief Product Owner - Advanced Technology Development
Recent News
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