Software Engineer or a Principal Software Engineer - VMS

Requisition ID: R10179140

Category: Engineering

Location: San Diego, California, United States of America

Clearance Type: Secret

Telecommute: Yes-May consider hybrid teleworking for this position

Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)

Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time

Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available

Positions Available: 2

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage, and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity and cognitive diversity.

Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Software Engineer or a Principal Software Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Software organization. This role is in Rancho Bernardo, CA and will be primarily based within our office spaces to support program and business needs. Operating on our 9/80 schedule meaning you will get every other Friday off. This position may have some hybrid work available.

In this role you will design, develop, integrate, and test software for our end-user customers and businesses. You will be responsible for the design, development, and administration of embedded and real-time systems. You will work with multi-disciplinary teams in an Agile software development environment.

Essential Functions:

1. Work independently in a fast-paced environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, and collaborative team settings across all levels.
2. Participate in the full software development life cycle including requirements, design, implementation, qualification, and delivery of software products to our customers.
3. Operate in an embedded technology development environment working with real-time operating systems for use in flight and mission critical systems.
4. Work in Agile Scrum teams to develop software products for multiple software baselines.

Basic Qualifications:

1. Software Engineer: Bachelor’s Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university with 2 years of experience; OR a master’s degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university with 0 years of experience.
2. Principal Software Engineer: Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university with 5 years of experience; OR a Master’s Degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university with 3 years of experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline from an accredited university with 1 year of experience.
3. Ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense (DoD) Secret clearance.
4. Ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (SAP).
5. Experience with C++, Python, and Object-Oriented Programming.
6. Experience with Wind River VxWorks.
7. Experience with Agile software development, embedded system programming, software integration, and testing.
8. Experience with Lab/HW experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Experience with developing software used for real-time Flight Critical and Safety critical software.
2. Experience with the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
3. Experience with two of the following tools: Jira, Crucible, Bitbucket, Subversion, Bamboo, Jenkins, SonarQube, Fortify, or Coverity.
4. Experience with multiple bus data interfaces.
5. Experience with Northrop Grumman's Real Time Component Framework (RTCF).
6. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
7. Experience with CoreVMS.
8. Basic understanding of Device Drivers and their configuration.
9. Strong understanding of layered software architectures (e.g., Application, System, I/O).
10. Experience with NG SIL and RVT Tests, Google Unit Tests.

Salary Range: $89,400 - $134,200

Salary Range 2: $110,300 - $165,500

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.