Principal Software Engineer

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Oklahoma City, OK +1 · Software

Northrop Grumman is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to support the development of Strategic Operating Units, executing both sustainment and modernization programs. The role involves contributing to software engineering initiatives for several programs with software design & development, software test and integration, and DevOps expertise, using a variety of software languages, technologies, and industry best practices. The candidate will support all phases of the development life cycle for flight, mission, lab and tools software.

What you'd actually do

  1. Support the development of Strategic Operating Units, executing both sustainment and modernization programs.
  2. Contribute to software engineering initiatives for several programs with software design & development, software test and integration, and DevOps expertise
  3. Use a variety of software languages, technologies, and industry best practices.
  4. Support all phases of the development life cycle for flight, mission, lab and tools software.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 5 years of related experience; OR Master’s degree in a STEM discipline with 3 years of related experience; OR PhD with 1 year of related experience
  • Familiar with Safety-Critical Embedded Real Time Software.
  • Familiar with all phases of the software development life cycle and Agile framework as a Product Owner, SCRUM Master, and/or team member.
  • Experience with developing software and scripts on various programming languages: C, C++, Python, PowerShell, VBScript, Bash, AND/OR KornShell for Safety-Critical applications/Systems.
  • Familiar with Architecting, Designing, Implementing, Integrating, Verifying and Qualifying Safety-Critical Embedded Real Time Software running on various RTOS (VxWorks, Integrity, Real Time Embedded Linux).
  • Familiar with Static & Dynamic Code Analysis Tools and Fuzzing Tools such as: Coverity, Fortify, AND/OR SonarQube
  • Familiar with Software Change Control, Change Management, and CI/CD tools.
  • Active U.S Government Secret level clearance OR Top Secret (in-scope)

Nice to have

  • Demonstrated leadership, teamwork capabilities, excellent oral and written communications skills, and strong interpersonal communication skills at all levels of employees and management.
  • Experience with Agile Software Development, object-oriented architectures, designs, programming, debugging, and hardware-software integration and testing.
  • Experience with Software Change Control, Change Management, Code Quality, Static Analysis, and CI/CD tools such as: Atlassian tool suite, Jira, GitHub, GitLab, SonarQube, Coverity, AND/OR Jenkins
  • Experience architecting, Designing, Modeling (Rhapsody or Cameo), Implementing, Maintaining, integrating, and Debugging OO C++ software running on Real-Time Operating systems such as: VxWorks, Integrity, AND/OR Real Time Embedded Linux.
  • Experience with DOORs AND Software Requirement Specification Testing using Simulators, automated scripting languages such as Python, MATLAB, JavaScript, AND/OR Bash.
  • Experience with Static & Dynamic Code Analysis Tools and Fuzzing Tools such as: Coverity, Fortify, AND/OR SonarQube
  • Experience with software network interfaces -and troubleshooting networks (TCP/IP, UDP, LAN, VLAN, SNMP or others).

What the JD emphasized

  • Safety-Critical Embedded Real Time Software
  • Active U.S Government Secret level clearance OR Top Secret (in-scope)