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Northrop Grumman
Principal/Sr. Principal Software Engineer (Secret Clearance Required)
Manhattan Beach
November 9, 2024
Requisition ID: R10176747
- Category: Engineering
- Location: Manhattan Beach, California, United States of America
- Clearance Type: Secret
- Telecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this position
- Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)
- Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time
- Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available
Northrop Grumman Strategic Space Systems is looking for you to join our team as a Principal / Sr. Principal Software Engineer with the Software Engineering organization based out of Manhattan Beach, CA.
*Please be aware that this position will be contingent upon capturing program award, obtaining customer funding, and holding final clearances prior to start date*
The Software Engineer will develop software which will operate in a resource constrained target environment with soft and hard real time requirements for various flight/space/ground systems. The software will typically implement complex data analysis, data routing, and/or control systems algorithms. Candidate will need familiarity with various processor, memory, and I/O architectures and be able to implement both procedural and object-oriented software in C++. The selected candidate will work with real-time operating systems, such as Linux or Vx Works, and their associated host/development environments and tools. The selected candidate must be comfortable working in a lab environment.
Additional responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Design, develop, document, test and debug applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions.
- Conduct multidisciplinary research and collaborate with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems for product software.
- Determine overall system and user needs; analyze system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls; prepares operating instructions; designs and develops utility programs.
- Ensure software standards are met.
*This position is contingent upon capturing program award, obtaining customer funding, and holding final clearances prior to start date.*
This requisition may be filled at either a Principal Software Engineer level or Sr. Principal Software Engineer level based on the qualifications listed below.
Basic Qualifications – Principal Software Engineer:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related STEM degree with 5+ years software development experience, OR Master’s Degree with 3+ years of software development experience, OR Ph.D. with 1+ years of software development experience
- Strong experience with Object-Oriented software design and C++ programming
- Experience executing in a RTOS environment (i.e., Free RTOS, Vx Works, RT-Linux, GH Integrity)
- Prior experience working in a fast-paced lab environment with rapid development
- Candidate must have an active, within scope, or current U.S. Government Do D Secret security clearance at time of application with the ability and willingness to obtain and maintain Top Secret or SCI access
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related STEM degree with 8+ years software development experience, OR Master’s Degree with 6+ years of software development experience, OR Ph.D. with 4+ years of software development experience
- Strong experience with Object-Oriented software design and C++ programming
- Experience executing in a RTOS environment (i.e., Free RTOS, Vx Works, RT-Linux, GH Integrity)
- Prior experience working in a fast-paced lab environment with rapid development
- Candidate must have an active, within scope, or current U.S. Government Do D Secret security clearance at time of application with the ability and willingness to obtain and maintain Top Secret or SCI access
- Experience across the various life cycle phases including software systems architecture development, requirements definition and analysis, OO development, code and unit test, system integration and test
- Experience with lab instruments such as noise and signal generators; logic, spectrum, and network analyzers; and power sources and switches
- Experience with hardware validation and verification of RF, digital or mixed signal devices
Salary Range 2: $133,000 - $199,600
The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.
Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.
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