Engineer Embedded Software
Northrop Grumman8 days ago
San Diego, CA, USAMid Level
Base Salary
$92k - $138k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, architect, develop, administer, integrate, and test embedded and real-time software systems.
- Develop and debug embedded real-time, multi-threaded applications, including cryptographic software code bases.
- Integrate low-level firmware and software in complex embedded applications.
- Analyze system capabilities and resolve issues involving program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques, and controls.
- Collaborate with Systems Engineering, Digital Engineering, Hardware, and Integration & Test teams in an Agile software development environment.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or another STEM discipline with two years of related experience, or a master's degree with zero years of experience.
- Proficiency in C/C++ and object-oriented programming.
- Proficiency across the formal software lifecycle from requirements through testing.
- Experience developing and debugging embedded real-time systems and integrating low-level firmware and software in complex real-time multi-threaded applications.
- Familiarity with static analysis and unit testing.
- Experience using Jira, Bitbucket, and Git and working in an Agile software development process.
- An interim U.S. Government Secret clearance is required to start, with the ability to obtain and maintain an active DoD Secret clearance.
- Preferred qualifications include experience with Software Defined Radios, Avionics Operating System, Xilinx platforms, Yocto/PetaLinux, communication protocols, TCP/IP, cryptographic software libraries, Rust, Xilinx tools, HAIPE, OTNK, IKE, NSA security standards, Linux kernel drivers, assembly language, bare-metal device drivers, PowerPC, VHDL/Verilog/FPGA, IBM engineering tools, and Green Hills AdaMulti.
- U.S. citizenship is required for positions involving government clearance.
Benefits
- Relocation assistance may be available.
- Full-time onsite work at the Rancho Carmel location in San Diego, California.
- Travel is approximately 10% of the time.
- Benefits include health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, company-paid holidays, and paid time off.
- Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and discretionary bonuses.
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).