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Principal Engineer Software - Embedded and Real Time

Northrop Grumman

$95,300 - $142,900
Sep 5, 2025
Melbourne, FL, USA
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Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is looking for a Principal Software Engineer - Embedded and Real Time to develop software working with real-time operating systems for use in flight and mission-critical systems, modernizing in partnership with customers to meet their most complex missions.

Requirements

  • Demonstrated Professional Experience developing software and scripts in C, Object Oriented C++ AND/OR Python for Safety/Mission-Critical applications/Systems within the last 3 years.
  • Demonstrated Professional Experience with Software Change Control, Change Management, and CI/CD tools such as: Atlassian (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Bamboo), AND/OR GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes within the last 3 years.
  • Demonstrated Professional Experience architecting, Designing, Modeling (Rhapsody OR Cameo), Implementing, Maintaining, Integrating, Debugging, Verifying and Qualifying Safety/Mission-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 3 years.
  • Demonstrated Professional Experience with Static & Dynamic Code Analysis Tools and Fuzzing Tools such as: Coverity, SonarQube, AND/OR Fortify within the last 3 years.
  • Ability to collaborate with systems engineers, hardware designers and integration/test engineers to develop and maintain complex software systems
  • Recent Demonstrated Professional Experience with DOORs AND/OR Software Requirement Specification Testing using Simulators, automated scripting languages such as Python, MATLAB, JavaScript, AND/OR Bash.
  • Recent Demonstrated Experience with software network interfaces and troubleshooting networks (TCP/IP, UDP, LAN, VLAN, SNMP or others).

Responsibilities

  • design, develop, integrate, modify and maintain customized or standardized embedded mission systems applications using software engineering best practices and standards
  • participate in the full life-cycle of software development, to include requirements development, modeling and design, application development, unit to CSCI testing, integration, formal system testing, release, installation, and maintenance.
  • Work in an innovative environment, on significantly diverse assignments, and in collaborative team settings across all levels
  • Participate in the full software development life cycle including requirements, design, implementation, qualification, and delivery of software products to our customers
  • Architect and develop embedded mission systems software applications on a real time operating system
  • Be a part of Agile Scrum teams to develop software products for multiple software baselines

Other

  • RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available
  • CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret
  • TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the Time
  • Active DoD Secret level clearance OR Top Secret (in-scope), with the ability to obtain (and maintain) special program access (PAR) prior to commencement of employment.
  • Current Special Access Program (SAP) access.