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Principal/ Sr Principal Engineer Embedded Software

Northrop Grumman

$110,300 - $206,000
Oct 23, 2025
Annapolis Junction, MD, US
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Northrop Grumman is looking for a Principal or Sr. Principal Crypto Software Engineer to design, develop, integrate, and test software for end-user customers and businesses, primarily focused on cryptographic software code bases, to support the company's mission in rapidly changing global security environments.

Requirements

  • Proficient in C/C++
  • Experience with Crypto Systems, familiarity/experience with developing HAIPE, OTNK and/or IKE
  • Proficient in Object Oriented programming
  • Experience with Rust
  • Experience with Communication Protocols (I2C, SPI, UART, PCIe, Ethernet)
  • Experience with RTOS designs and implementing secure software for embedded systems
  • Experience with Xilinx platforms (Zynq, Ultrascale+, and VERSAL)

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, integrate and test software for end-user customers and businesses, primarily focused on cryptographic software code bases
  • Design, architecture, development, and administration of embedded and real time systems
  • Work with multi-disciplinary teams, such as with Systems Engineering, Digital Engineering, Hardware, and Integration & Test, in an Agile software development environment
  • Analyze system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls
  • Integrate low-level firmware and software in complex real-time multi-threaded embedded applications
  • Develop and debug embedded real-time systems
  • Implement cryptographic mechanisms using dedicated software libraries

Other

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or another STEM discipline with 5 years of related experience, or Master's degree with 3 years or a PhD with 1 year of experience
  • An active DoD Secret clearance
  • Travel: Yes, 10% of the Time
  • U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions
  • Current active Secret or Top Secret Clearance