At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We’re looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we’ll support you expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field, or an industry thought leader. At Northrop Grumman, you’ll have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS) is seeking a Staff Embedded Software Engineer with the desire to learn new technologies to join our innovative Software and Digital Technologies (SWDT) Organization to help develop, enhance and maintain software on cutting edge products and systems. Candidates will work on software systems for mission systems in all phases of the software development lifecycle, primarily in C/C++. 

We are looking for you to join our team as a Staff Embedded Software Engineer based out of Linthicum, MD.

Summary of Role:

As a Staff Embedded Software Engineer within the Software and Digital Technologies Organization you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation. Using Model-based Engineering, DevSecOps and Agile practices we continue to evolve how we deliver critical national defense products and capabilities for the warfighter. Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly and continuously drive innovation. The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team oriented with a focus on team empowerment & shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning and a culture of automation.

The Software and Digital Technologies Organization is hiring for the Advanced Land Sensor programs.

Software Technologies: Radars and Sensors for ground-based platforms. Our organization has stable work spread across multiple ground-based programs. This work covers countermeasures, battle space awareness, real time radar processing, aerial target detection and tracking, cognitive and adaptive electronic warfare, and much more!

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Identifying risks, suggesting mitigation, tracking defects, developing resolutions, and reporting status.

• Develop and execute unit tests and build verification test plans, and track and report test status.

• Conduct reviews of software related products, software designs, and additional technical documents.

• Active leader within Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), design reviews, and other reviews, as required.

• Actively participate in the technical peer reviews to ensure system/software requirements are being met from an end-to-end system point of view.

Basic Qualifications for a Staff Embedded Software Engineer:

Bachelor’s Degree with 12 years of experience, master’s degree with 10 years of experience, Ph.D. with 8 years of experience in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or related technical fields; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

• U.S Citizenship is required.

• An active DoD Secret clearance.

• The ability to obtain a Special Program Access (SAP) prior to start.

• 5 years of experience as a Software Engineering/Development Team Leader.

• 5 years of experience working with a Control Account Manager (CAM) and using an Earned Value Management System (EVMS).

• 8 years of experience working in C/C++ and working with real-time embedded software.

• 8 yrs of experience with full software lifecycle: specification, design, implementation, integration, debug and maintenance is required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in real-time embedded software development knowledge of Radar, Electronic Warfare, or Space technologies.

• Experience in algorithmic application development and optimization.

• Experience with VxWorks and/or Linux Operating Systems.

• Experience with Visual Studio.

• Experience with MATLAB.

• Experience with Coverity and/or KlocWork tools.

• Experience in Open Architecture Solutions.

• Experience with the Atlassian tool set, Kubernetes, Model Based Engineering, and DevSecOps best practices.

• Experience in presenting technical radar and software concepts to internal and external customers.

• Experience with integrating and testing software on Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) and tactical radar hardware and within multiple radar systems..

Northrop Grumman provides a comprehensive benefits package and a work environment which encourages your growth and supports the mutual success of our people and our company. Northrop Grumman benefits give you the flexibility and control to choose the benefits that make the most sense for you and your family.

Your benefits will include the following: Health Plan, Savings Plan, Paid Time Off and Additional Benefits including Education Assistance, Training and Development, 9/80 Work Schedule (where available), and much more!

Northrop Grumman has approximately 90,000 employees in all 50 states and in more than 27 countries. We strive to attract and retain the best employees by providing an inclusive work environment wherein employees are receptive to diverse ideas, perspectives, and talents to help solve our toughest customer challenges: to develop and maintain some of the most technically sophisticated products, programs, and services in the world.

Our Values. The women and men of Northrop Grumman Corporation are guided by Our Values. They describe our company as we want it to be. We want our decisions and actions to demonstrate these Values. We believe that putting Our Values into practice creates long-term benefits for shareholders, customers, employees, suppliers, and the communities we serve.

Our Responsibility. At Northrop Grumman, we are committed to maintaining the highest of ethical standards, embracing diversity and inclusion, protecting the environment, and striving to be an ideal corporate citizen in the community and in the world.