Software/Principal Embedded Software Engineer
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RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description At Northrop Grumman,
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. Our Engineering and Sciences (E&S) organization pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission!
As a Software Engineer/ Principal Software Engineer at Northrop Grumman you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation. Through the use of Model-based Engineering, DevSecOps and Agile practices we continue to evolve 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 successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment & shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation.
Northrop Grumman is looking to add to our talented team of Embedded Software Engineers. Our engineers are self-starters who are part of a team of software professionals developing world-class software to meet our customers’ high expectations. The Embedded Software Engineer designs, develops, operates, and maintains software and firmware components and computing systems software to be applied to and integrated with engineering, scientific and manufacturing requirements. The individual shall apply the appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the system development life cycle to support the generation of engineering applications and products within the Targeting, RF and MSS Business Units. This includes interfacing with customers, suppliers, application users and other technical and support personnel. The ideal individual will have experience including the full software development life cycle, which includes requirements, design, coding, testing, and integration.
This position can be filled at the Software or Principal Software level based on requirements below:
Requirements
~3 min read- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or similar engineering discipline with a minimum of 2+ years of engineering experience, or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or similar engineering discipline, or in lieu of degree, an additional 4 years of experience is required.
- Object Oriented Programming in C++
- Experience Developing Embedded Software running Linux or VxWorks Operating Systems
- US Citizenship
- Must have current Active Secret Clearance prior to starting.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or similar engineering discipline with a minimum of 5+ years of engineering experience, or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or similar engineering discipline with a minimum of 3+ years of engineering experience, or in lieu of degree, an additional 4 years of experience is required.
- Object Oriented Programming in C++
- Experience Developing Embedded Software running Linux or VxWorks Operating Systems
- US Citizenship
- Must have current Active Secret Clearance prior to starting.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with Object Oriented Programming in C++11
- Knowledge with scripting languages (Python, Bash, Batch, etc)
- Experience with Software development methodologies and frameworks such as Waterfall Methodology and/or Agile.
- Experience testing, debugging, and integrating Embedded Software on target hardware.
- Experience with complex systems that utilize Parallel Processing, Multi-Threading, Distributed Processing, Multi-Core, System-on-Chip, and Secure Processing.
- Active Secret Clearance
- Differentiating characteristics include demonstrated leadership and teamwork capability, interpersonal communication skills and activities
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About this job
- Posted
- 21 days ago
Listing Details
- Posted
- September 24, 2026
- First seen
- October 5, 2026
- Last seen
- October 15, 2026
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