2026 Associate Embedded Software Engineer - Rolling Meadows Il

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Rolling Meadows, IL +1 · Software

Northrop Grumman is seeking an Associate Embedded Software Engineer to engage in the full life-cycle design, implementation, test verification, and production of digital electronic equipment and other hardware systems. This role requires a Secret clearance and is focused on defense systems.

What you'd actually do

  1. Engage in a full life-cycle approach-- design, implementation, test verification, production of digital electronic equipment and other hardware systems

Skills

Required

  • Computer Science
  • Computer Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Secret clearance

Nice to have

  • Structured Programming (C)
  • Object Oriented Programming (C++, Java)
  • Software architecture (design patterns, multithreaded programming, objected oriented design)
  • Operating system concepts for embedded systems
  • Software development methodologies or frameworks (Waterfall Methodology or Agile)
  • Version control (Git, GitLab, Visual Studio, GitHub, or Bitbucket, etc.)
  • Agile software planning tools (Jira or Rally, etc.)
  • GPA of 3.0/4.0 or higher
  • current/active DoD Secret clearance

What the JD emphasized

  • Secret clearance is required to start