Staff Engineer Software - Embedded and Real Time (level 5)

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Melbourne, FL +1 · Software

Staff Engineer Software role focused on designing, developing, integrating, and testing embedded and real-time software for flight and safety-critical systems within a defense company. Requires C, C++, and/or Python development experience, experience with real-time operating systems, and static/dynamic code analysis tools. Active Secret clearance is mandatory.

What you'd actually do

  1. design, develop, integrate and test software for our end-user customers and businesses
  2. design, architecture, development, and administration of embedded and real time systems
  3. analyze system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls
  4. Participate in the full software development life cycle including requirements, design, implementation, qualification, and delivery of software products to our customers
  5. Operate in an embedded technology development environment working with real time operating systems for use in flight and safety critical systems

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree in STEM with 12 years of experience, or Master's with 10, or PhD with 8
  • Developing software and scripts in C, Object Oriented C++ AND/OR Python for Safety-Critical applications/Systems within the last 2 years
  • Architecting, Designing, Modeling, Implementing, Maintaining, Integrating, Debugging, Verifying and Qualifying Safety-Critical Embedded Real Time Software written in OO C++ running on Real-Time Operating Systems such as: VxWorks, Integrity, AND/OR Real Time Embedded Linux within the last 1 years
  • Static & Dynamic Code Analysis Tools and Fuzzing Tools such as: Coverity, SonarQube, AND/OR Fortify within the last 1 years
  • Active Secret DoD Security Clearance
  • Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (PAR)

Nice to have

  • Ability to collaborate with systems engineers, hardware designers and integration/test engineers to develop and maintain complex software systems
  • DOORs
  • Software Requirement Specification Testing using Simulators
  • automated scripting languages such as Python, MATLAB, JavaScript, AND/OR Bash

What the JD emphasized

  • Active Secret DoD Security Clearance