Principal Engineer Embedded Software
Northrop Grumman5 days ago
San Diego, CA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$114k - $171k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, architect, develop, administer, integrate, and test embedded and real-time software systems.
- Develop and troubleshoot embedded, real-time, multithreaded applications and integrate low-level firmware and software.
- Work primarily on cryptographic software code bases for end-user customers and business applications.
- Analyze system capabilities and resolve issues involving program intent, requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques, and controls.
- Collaborate with systems engineering, digital engineering, hardware, and integration and test teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering or another STEM discipline with 5 years of related experience, or a master’s degree with 3 years, or a PhD with 1 year of experience.
- Proficiency in C/C++ and object-oriented programming, with experience 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 multithreaded applications.
- Familiarity with static analysis, unit testing, Jira, Bitbucket, Git, and software development processes.
- Ability to obtain a U.S. Department of Defense Secret security clearance and work full-time onsite in Rancho Carmel.
- Preferred qualifications include experience with Link 16/TACAN, software-defined radios, Avionics Operating System, Xilinx platforms and tools, Yocto/PetaLinux, communication protocols, cryptographic libraries, Rust, Linux kernel drivers, assembly, FPGA technologies, IBM engineering tools, and related defense systems.
Benefits
- Relocation assistance may be available.
- 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 a discretionary bonus.
- The role is full-time onsite in Rancho Carmel, California, with approximately 10% travel.
- A Secret clearance is required to start, and the position is contingent upon program award and the ability to obtain the clearance.
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).