RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the Time

Description

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’s Defense Systems is looking for an Embedded Software / Firmware Engineer Level 7 with Anti-Tamper Solution Experience to work with our talented Advanced Weapons team in one of the three locations listed below. An Active Clearance is required to start this role.

As an integral part of our multi-discipline engineering team in Advanced Weapons, you will be on the forefront of developing next generation solutions to protect technology for our nation’s warfighter. The ideal candidate will be supporting our Advanced Programs for defining and architecting a secured missile weapon system. This position will require close collaboration with team members of other projects within the organization for security architecture designs as well as external partners and customers.

This position requires the selected candidate to work on-site in either of the following locations: Northridge, CA, Tucson, AZ or Linthicum, MD. Salary range based on location will be listed at the bottom. Telework is not available for this position.  Relocation assistance, although not guaranteed, may be available.

In this role, the selected candidate will (but not be limited to):

• Provide analysis, development, implementation, and security assessments of embedded systems to ensure compliance with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication (SP) 800-53, CNSSI 1253, and DoD RMF Knowledge Service guidance
• Analyze customer’s concept of operations/employment and cybersecurity/anti-tamper requirements to propose, design, develop, and implement security/protection controls
• Define system architectures that are resistant to tampering and cyber-attacks
• Support system requirements development by following standard processes for assessing, implementing, and verifying security requirements
• Interface with inter-organizational management and external customers to communicate technical briefings and program status
• Participate in the development of training plans to grow the team

Basic Qualifications for Firmware / Embedded Software Engineer (T07):

• B.S. degree in an engineering/computer science discipline and a minimum of 16 years of related experience in such as Digital Design, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering or Embedded Software Engineering, or M.S and 14 years, or PhD and 12 years
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience designing, developing and implementing FPGA solutions as a Security Controller (i.e. Root of Security / Root of Trust) for embedded weapons systems
• Demonstrated expertise with firmware and software requirements derivation for security applications
• Demonstrated expertise with designing and implementing firmware (VHDL or Verilog) and software (C, C++) solutions for security applications.
• Expertise in the following FPGA families: Xilinx, MicroSemi and Intel
• Knowledgeable in current cryptographic algorithms used for encryption/decryption, digital signatures, and hashes and how to apply them in the development of security solutions
• Understanding of cryptographic based vulnerabilities
• Familiarity in working both US Only and FMS efforts
• Technical problem solving, to include leading Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) analysis, solution development, implementation and monitoring.
• Previous experience directing and managing an engineering team in the execution of security solution development, integration and test, and verification activities
• Knowledgeable about the AT customer community
• Significant experience briefing complex technical, cost, and schedule to the DoD customer and ATEA / ATET community
• Demonstrated capability to grow junior talent
• U.S. Citizenship and active secret DoD clearance is required with the ability to obtain higher Special Access Program (SAP) clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering or related technical field
• Ability to compile/prepare software assurance activities in accordance with Application of Software Assurance Countermeasures, in DASD (SE) PPP Outline and Guidance
• Experience in writing Verification & Validation (V&V) Test Plans and Procedures
• Participation in V&V events with ATET
• Experience working in SAP areas

Northridge CA: 227700-341500

Linthicum MD: 217300-325900

Tucson, AZ: 196600-295000

Primary Level Salary Range: $196,600.00 - $341,500.00

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.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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 an Equal Opportunity 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 and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.