Staff Embedded Software Engineer
Northrop Grumman2 months ago
Rolling Meadows, IL, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$169k - $254k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, operate, and maintain embedded software, firmware, and computing systems software.
- Apply software development standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the system development life cycle.
- Perform requirements analysis, software design, coding, testing, debugging, and integration.
- Interface with customers, suppliers, application users, and technical and support personnel.
- Test, debug, and integrate embedded software on target hardware.
- Contribute to software architecture, object-oriented design, and complex distributed and multi-core processing systems.
- Demonstrate leadership, teamwork, communication, and collaboration within the engineering organization.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a similar engineering discipline plus 12+ years of engineering experience; alternatively, a master’s degree plus 10+ years, a PhD plus 8+ years, or additional experience in lieu of a degree.
- Object-oriented programming experience in C++.
- Familiarity with software architecture, design patterns, and object-oriented design.
- Familiarity with scripting languages including Python, Bash, or Batch.
- Experience developing embedded software for Linux or VxWorks operating systems.
- Familiarity with Waterfall or Agile software development methodologies and frameworks.
- Familiarity with version-control systems such as Git, GitLab, GitHub, Bitbucket, or ClearCase and planning tools such as Rally or Jira.
- U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance before starting.
- Preferred qualifications include C++11 experience, testing and debugging embedded software on target hardware, and experience with parallel processing, multithreading, distributed processing, multicore, system-on-chip, and secure processing systems.
- An active Secret clearance is preferred.
Benefits
- Full-time, on-site work in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, with approximately 10% travel.
- Relocation assistance may be available.
- Health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, company-paid holidays, and paid time off are provided.
- 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).