Sr Staff Engineer Embedded Software-T6 (AHT)
Northrop Grumman4 days ago
Base Salary
$193k - $289k/yr
Responsibilities
- Translate system requirements into robust embedded-device software solutions.
- Design, develop, code, test, debug, integrate, and maintain system-level software for real-time multicore platforms.
- Participate throughout the software development lifecycle and verify software requirements against implementation and performance targets.
- Collaborate with hardware, firmware, algorithm, electrical engineering, partner, and customer teams on system integration and security architecture.
- Develop board support packages and device drivers and debug hardware interfaces and board-level issues.
- Define and evolve software architectures, including hardware, programmable-logic, software, and system-level partitioning.
- Produce block diagrams, interface control documents, traceability matrices, and trade studies.
- Conduct code reviews, enforce coding standards, and mentor junior engineers.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree with 14 years of experience, master’s degree with 12 years, or Ph.D. with 10 years in a STEM or related technical field; up to four additional years of experience may substitute for a degree.
- Current U.S. Government Secret security clearance and eligibility to work on a cleared U.S. government program.
- Proven system architecture experience spanning hardware, programmable logic, software, and system-level partitioning.
- Strong digital signal processing background and expert-level C++ proficiency.
- Fluency in at least one additional language or technology, such as Java, Python, or C#.
- Proficiency with SPI, UART, 1553, ARINC, and UAI communication protocols.
- Real-time software development experience on multicore System-on-Chip platforms, including board support package and device driver development.
- Full-cycle software development experience and demonstrated ability to define and evolve software architectures.
- Preferred qualifications include Git and Atlassian tool-suite experience, embedded preemptive multitasking RTOS development, VxWorks, hardware integration, oscilloscopes, complex troubleshooting, and system-requirements and code-efficiency tradeoff experience.
Benefits
- Primary base salary range is $192,800.00–$289,200.00 annually.
- Health insurance, life and disability insurance, savings plan, company-paid holidays, and paid time off are provided.
- Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and discretionary bonuses.
- The position is full-time, on-site in Northridge, CA; no remote or telework arrangement is available.
- Relocation assistance may be available and travel is approximately 10% of the time.
About Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman designs and manufactures aircraft, spacecraft, missile defense, C4ISR, and cyber systems for the U.S. government, NASA, and allied nations. The company operates primarily through long-term defense and space contracts, delivering products and services spanning autonomous systems, sensors, software, and sustainment. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, it is a public company listed on the NYSE (ticker: NOC).