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Embedded Flight Software Engineer

Northrop Grumman

United States-North Carolina-Morrisville, US$109k – $163khybrid

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RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No

CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

*Please be aware that this position is contingent upon capturing program award(s) and obtaining and maintaining associated business and/or customer funding. Furthermore, this position is contingent upon the candidate obtaining final clearances and program access(es) within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company. Continued employment thereafter will be subject to maintenance at the level of clearance and program access required for the position in the future*

Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector is seeking an Embedded Flight Software Engineer to join our team in Morrisville, NC .     The software engineer will design, develop, integrate, and test software that manages a Space payload unit ensuring compliance with established requirements. Selected individuals will work on an agile development team, primarily using C++, Linux and/or Python.  This role will support Payload and Ground Software Engineering Eastern Region.

This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off. This position may support a hybrid schedule .

In this job, you will: The individual will work through all phases of the software development cycle including design, development, integration, and test. The selected individual will conduct peer reviews of software-related products, software designs, and additional technical documents, as well as participation in cross-functional scrum team. Successful candidates are expected to be able to understand system requirements, how they apply to system design, and be able to implement and debug software to accomplish defined completion criteria.  Individuals must be self-starters and able to efficiently operate in a team environment. Existing engineering and system specialists will be made available to assist with any activities associated with executing primary tasking. However, the selected individuals will be expected to prioritize and make recommendations to Technical Leads, as required, to implement tasking assigned.

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This position can be filled at either a Level 3 (Principal) or Level 4 (Sr Principal). Basic Qualifications for Level 3 (Principal) : • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or another STEM discipline with a minimum of 5 years of software development experience working on embedded real-time systems – OR – Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or another STEM discipline with 3 years of software development experience working on embedded real-time systems – OR PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or another STEM discipline with 1 year of software development experience working on embedded real-time systems. • Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access.  Approval must be obtained within a reasonable timeframe, as determined by the company, to meet business needs.  Not required to start, US Citizenship required. • Experience developing Object Oriented code using C++ • Ability to debug your own code, as well as trace and understand existing code • Experience integrating developed software applications, to include usage of tools and logs to examine data to verify correct operation and identify problem areas • Experience and ability to review work products and provide meaningful feedback • Experience in embedded software development, cross-compiling with GCC • Experience developing in a Linux environment • Experience with using software configuration management tools

Basic Qualifications for Level 4 (Sr Principal) : • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or another STEM discipline with a minimum of 8 years of software development experience working on embedded real-time systems – OR – Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or another STEM discipline with 6 years of software development experience working on embedded real-time systems – OR PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or another STEM discipline with 4 years of software development experience working on embedded real-time systems.

• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access. Approval must be obtained within a reasonable timeframe, as determined by the company, to meet business needs. Not required to start, US Citizenship required. • Experience developing Object Oriented code using C++ • Ability to debug your own code, as well as trace and understand existing code • Experience integrating developed software applications, to include usage of tools and logs to examine data to verify correct operation and identify problem areas • Experience and ability to review work products and provide meaningful

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