Northrop Grumman Australia · 1 month ago
Flight Software Engineer/Principal Flight Software Engineer
United States-California-Manhattan Beach
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$92K/yr - $138K/yr
2+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company, and they are seeking a Flight Software Engineer or Principal Flight Software Engineer. This role involves driving program execution, developing and testing software for flight/space/ground systems, and ensuring adherence to software standards.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Support program execution toward software delivery schedule
Leverage software development best practices to right-size the needs of the effort (e.g. configuration management, unit testing)
Requirements decomposition/generation
Report status and metrics to program leadership
Design, develop, document, integrate, test, and debug applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions
Conduct multidisciplinary research and collaborate with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, integration, and utilization of electronic data processing systems for product software
Determine overall system and user needs; analyze system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls; prepares operating instructions; designs and develops utility programs
Ensure software standards are met
Design and execute tests to ensure the software's functionality, performance, and reliability
Other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related STEM degree with 2+ years of software development experience OR Master's Degree in STEM with 6 months of software development experience
Strong proficiency in C/C++ programming, executing in an RTOS environment (i.e., VxWorks, FreeRTOS, RT-Linux, GH Integrity)
Candidate must currently have an active DoD Secret clearance at the time of application and be able and willing to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related STEM degree with 5+ years of software development experience OR Master's Degree in STEM with 3+ years of software development experience
Strong proficiency in C/C++ programming, executing in an RTOS environment (i.e., VxWorks, FreeRTOS, RT-Linux, GH Integrity)
Candidate must currently have an active DoD Secret clearance at the time of application and be able and willing to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance
Preferred
Experience with VxWorks 6.9 and/or 7.0
Experience with MIL-STD-1553B, SpaceWire, and CAN bus implementations and structured protocols
Experience in Agile process and Atlassian Tool Suite (Jira, BitBucket, etc.)
Experience using SIMICS, VectorCast, GoogleTest
Active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance
Benefits
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Company
Northrop Grumman Australia
Northrop Grumman Australia is the Australia-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation and committed to generating long-term prosperity, investing in advanced Research & Development, sovereign and exportable Intellectual Property, high-quality jobs and long-term technology leadership across the Commonwealth.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase