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, supporting all phases of the development life cycle for flight, mission, lab and tools software. Requires a Bachelor's degree in STEM and 5 years of experience, familiarity with Safety-Critical Embedded Real Time Software, Agile framework, and experience with C, C++, Python, PowerShell, VBScript, Bash, AND/OR KornShell for Safety-Critical applications/Systems. Familiarity with Architecting, Designing, Implementing, Integrating, Verifying and Qualifying Safety-Critical Embedded Real Time Software running on various RTOS (VxWorks, Integrity, Real Time Embedded Linux), and Static & Dynamic Code Analysis Tools and Fuzzing Tools is also required. A Secret clearance is mandatory.

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 STEM or equivalent experience
  • 5 years of related experience
  • Familiarity with Safety-Critical Embedded Real Time Software
  • Familiarity with all phases of the software development life cycle and Agile framework
  • Experience developing software and scripts in C, C++, Python, PowerShell, VBScript, Bash, AND/OR KornShell
  • Familiarity with Architecting, Designing, Implementing, Integrating, Verifying and Qualifying Safety-Critical Embedded Real Time Software running on various RTOS (VxWorks, Integrity, Real Time Embedded Linux)
  • Familiarity with Static & Dynamic Code Analysis Tools and Fuzzing Tools (Coverity, Fortify, AND/OR SonarQube)
  • Familiarity with Software Change Control, Change Management, and CI/CD tools
  • Ability to obtain and/or transfer and maintain a U.S. adjudicated government Secret clearance

Nice to have

  • Active U.S. government Secret clearance
  • Demonstrated leadership, teamwork capabilities
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Strong interpersonal communication skills
  • Experience with Agile Software Development
  • Experience with 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 (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 (VxWorks, Integrity, AND/OR Real Time Embedded Linux)
  • Experience with DOORs AND Software Requirement Specification Testing using Simulators, automated scripting languages (Python, MATLAB, JavaScript, AND/OR Bash)
  • Experience with Static & Dynamic Code Analysis Tools and Fuzzing Tools (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
  • Safety-Critical applications/Systems
  • Safety-Critical Embedded Real Time Software