CLEARANCE TYPE: Polygraph

TRAVEL: Yes, 10 of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact peoples 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 nations 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, theyre making history.

NG Microelectronics Center is seeking Embedded Software Engineers to support architecture definition and product design at our Beavercreek, OH location (Dayton, OH).

We are seeking engineers with the desire to learn new technologies to join our innovative organization to help develop, enhance and maintain complex designs on cutting edge products and systems. As an Embedded Engineer at Northrop Grumman, you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of evolving how we deliver critical national defense products and capabilities for the warfighter. Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly and continuously drive innovation. The selected individual will work on designs across the full product life cycle process. In this capacity, you will utilize your working knowledge of software development deployed on hardware systems.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, document, and test software targeting microcontrollers, embedded microprocessors, and general-purpose processors.
• Collaborate with peers and other engineering disciplines in the planning, design, and integration of complex digital systems.
• Work collaboratively in small groups composed of peers who are both local and remotely located.
• Interface with vendors, contractors, and customers.

This position can be filled as a Principal Embedded Software Engineer or Senior Principal Embedded Software Engineer.

This position requires work to be completed onsite at our Beavercreek, OH location.

Basic Qualifications for Principal Engineer - Embedded Software:

• Bachelors Degree in STEM from a Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related degree with 5 years of experience, a Masters degree with 3 years of experience or a PhD with 0 years of experience.
• Experience with software programming languages including C, C++, and Python.
• Experience with embedded systems debugging and system analysis tools (e.g. JTAG emulators, remote GDB servers, USB or benchtop logic analyzers).
• Familiarity with common source control tools (git, Mercurial, etc.).
• Candidate must be a US Citizen
• Clearance:  Ability to obtain and maintain the necessary level of US Government security clearance per customer requirements

Basic Qualifications for Senior Principal Engineer - Embedded Software:

• Bachelors Degree in STEM from a Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related degree with 8 years of experience, a Masters degree with 6 years of experience or a PhD with 4 year of experience.
• Experience with software programming languages including C, C++, and Python.
• Experience with embedded systems debugging and system analysis tools (e.g. JTAG emulators, remote GDB servers, USB or benchtop logic analyzers).
• Familiarity with common source control tools (git, Mercurial, etc.).
• Candidate must be a US Citizen
• Clearance:  Ability to obtain and maintain the necessary level of US Government security clearance per customer requirements

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active Top Secret SCI security clearance.
• Advanced degree in computer science, computer engineering or related field.
• Experience with embedded communications protocols such as SPI, I2C, and RS-232.
• Experience with the agile software development lifecycle.
• Experience with embedded systems development environments such as Xilinx Vitis and the GNU compiler collection (GCC) and related tools.
• Experience with test automation and instrument control.
• Experience with embedded real-time operating systems (RTOS) such as FreeRTOS, VxWorks, or Linux with PREEMPTRT
• Experience with deriving software requirements.
• Experience with creating design artifacts (e.g. UML) and design patterns.
• Familiarity with Confluence, JIRA, Bitbucket and Gitlab.

Primary Level Salary Range: $100,300.00 - $150,500.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $124,900.00 - $187,300.00

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 candidates experience, education, skills and current spanet 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.