Principal or Senior Principal Engineer S/W

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is looking for a Principal or Senior Principal Engineer Software- Embedded to support the Software Engineering organization in San Diego, CA.

As a software engineer, you will be responsible for software engineering development efforts for the program enterprise. You will be expected to develop and integrate software for complex aeronautical systems, perform basic test and quality assessments, identify and troubleshoot issues as they arise and provide feedback for future development activities. You may also be required to assist with requirements development, basic system documentation and be a member of an Agile Development Team.

Essential Functions:
Act as a team lead with formal responsibility. May mentor junior engineers.
Acts as a scrum master, product owner, or other technical thread/capability lead. Experience as an - Agile Scrum Master or Product Owner.
Has a basic understanding of work performed by all non-software engineering disciplines that interface with software. This means successful, direct interaction and understanding with at 2 of the following disciplines:

• Program Management: Cost & Schedule
• Customer: collaboration and briefings
• Systems Engineering
• Test
  Strong understanding of C/C++ including templates, memory storage, and compiler/linker.
  Strong understanding of embedded SW architecture such as:
• Software/hardware interfaces and where they exist in the architecture
• Event driven (Interrupts), polling and synchronous software architectures
• Layered software architectures (e.g. Application, System, Device)
  Strong understanding of the importance of redundancy architectures and difference between flight critical and non flight critical software.
  Familiarity with at least 4 of the common flight critical interface:
• 1553, 1394, 429, serial, CAN, Discrete & Analog I/O
  Experience with merging and synchronizing code across multiple baselines.
  Able to identify/debug performance or timing issues on the target.
  Familiarity with OS partitions and isolation architectures
  Understanding of differences between a desktop vs. target build configuration, and the limitations of each. Able to refactor or make complex changes to build.
  Familiarity with System, Subsystem, and SRS requirements (DOORS).
  Familiarity with test/debug tools, such as: Wireshark, Tcpdump, Oscilloscopes, JTAG/ICE, FireSpy, AltaDT bus monitors,

***This requisition may be filled at either a Principal Engineer Software - Embedded or Senior Principal Engineer Software - Embedded level ***

Basic Qualifications Principal Engineer Software - Embedded**:**
Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 5 years of related engineering experience, or a Master's Degree and 3 years of experience, or 0 years of experience with a PhD.
Active Secret DoD Clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret Clearance

Basic Qualifications Senior Principal Engineer Software - Embedded**:**
Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 9 years of related engineering experience, or a Master's Degree and 7 years of experience, or 4 years of experience with a PhD.
Active Secret DoD Clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret Clearance

Preferred Qualifications:
Strong understanding of desktop simulation startup and architecture.
Understanding of 2 of the following redundancy concepts:

• CCDL, hot/warm restarts, sync, duplex vs triplex vs quad implementations
  Understanding of architectural requirements for airworthiness certifications
  Understanding of python language constructs as well as familiarity with commonly used modules.
  Familiar with writing support scripts to aid in automation or to reduce developer workload.

Salary Range: $101,400 USD - $152,200 USD
Salary Range 2: $125,800 USD - $188,600 USD

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 health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. With the continuing impacts of COVID-19 around the world, we are taking action to protect the health and well-being of our colleagues and maintain the safety of the communities where we operate. As a federal contractor, and consistent with Executive Order 14042 (https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/) we require all newly hired employees in the United States to be fully vaccinated by their start date. Federal guidance allows for disability/medical and religious accommodations with respect to the vaccine requirement. Any requested accommodations must be reviewed and approved (if applicable) in advance of your start date.

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 http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO . U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.