Requisition ID: 21017751Category: EngineeringLocation: Baltimore - MD, United States of AmericaCitizenship Required: United States CitizenshipClearance Type: SecretTelecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this positionShift: 1st Shift (United States of America)Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the TimePositions Available: 2At 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. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work "A cents € and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.Northrop Grumman Mission Systems Sector (NGMS) is a leading global provider of secure software-defined, hardware enabled mission systems. Our company is pioneering capabilities in a wide variety of sectors that keep our nation and our allies safe from undersea to space and cyberspace. NGMS is seeking a Principal or Senior Principal Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer to join out Secure Processing team within the Software Technologies Organization. As a Principal or Senior Principal Embedded Software Architect 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.The Principal or Senior Principal Engineer is responsible for writing device drivers, middleware, and application development for Linux team and/or VxWorks Platform s The work will involve design, development, integration, debugging, and verification of software and drivers in C/C++ and AGILE. The engineer will interface with systems engineering to develop software requirements and technical specifications. The engineer will help to identify risks, suggest mitigation, track defects and develop resolutions and report status. This person will also assist the execution of unit tests.This position is located in Linthicum, MD.This requisition may be filled at a higher grade based on qualifications listed below.This position may be filled at either a Principal or Senior Principal Level:Basic Qualifications for Principal Level:Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or other STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) disciplineA minimum of 5 years of experience in software development or programming (3 years with MS; 0 years with PhD)Candidates must have an ACTIVE US DoD security clearance at the Secret Level or higherHands on experience working in embedded real time operating systems, both kernel and application side development (eg Linux, VxWorks, ZephyrOS, FreeRTOS, Greenhills Integrity)Applied cryptography and middleware experience (eg OpenSSL, TLS)Strong C/C++ background, some Python background, JAVA, JVM & RMIStrong HW/SW and SW/SW integration skillsExperience developing register-level models of hardware IP in SystemC/TLM2Experience developing Device Tree files for custom hardwareExperience developing boot software (First stage bootloader, U-boot, UEFI, etc) for custom boardsTools: Git, Atlassian (BitBucket, Confluence, Jira), Jenkins, static & dynamic code analysisBasic Qualifications for Senior Principal Level:Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or other STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) disciplineA minimum of 9 years of experience in software development or programming (7 years with MS; 4 years with PhD)Candidates must have an ACTIVE US DoD security clearance at the Secret Level or higherHands on experience working in embedded real time operating systems, both kernel and application side development (eg Linux, VxWorks, ZephyrOS, FreeRTOS, Greenhills Integrity)Applied cryptography and middleware experience (eg OpenSSL, TLS)Strong C/C++ background, some Python background, JAVA, JVM & RMIStrong HW/SW and SW/SW integration skills -Experience developing register-level models of hardware IP in SystemC/TLM2Experience developing Device Tree files for custom hardwareExperience developing boot software (First stage bootloader, U-boot, UEFI, etc) for custom boardsTools: Git, Atlassian (BitBucket, Confluence, Jira), Jenkins, static & dynamic code analysisPreferred Qualifications:Experience with AGILESystem Boot experience (barebox, uboot, uefi, BIOS)Bare metal developmentSize and speed optimizing software for embedded platformsModifying and integrating open source softwareSalary Range: 96600 - 144900Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. With the continuing impacts of COVID-19 around the world, we are taking action to protect the health and well-being of our colleagues and maintain the safety of the communities where we operate. As a federal contractor, and consistent with Executive Order 14042 (we will require all newly hired employees in the United States to be fully vaccinated by January 18, 2022 or by your start date if it is after January 18th. Federal guidance allows for disability/medical and religious accommodations with respect to the vaccine requirement. Any requested accommodations must be reviewed and approved (if applicable) in advance of your start date.Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit US Citizenship is required for most positions.