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Sr Staff Engineer Embedded Software-T6 (AHT)
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation · 🇺🇸 United States-California-Northridge
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About the role
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, 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 — 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 Defense Systems has an opening for a Sr. Staff Embedded Software Engineer (Level 6) to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be in Northridge, CA supporting our Advanced Weapons Business Unit. As an integral part of our multi-discipline engineering team in Advanced Weapons, you will be on the forefront of developing next generation solutions to protect technology for our nation’s warfighters. The ideal candidate will be supporting our SiAW program for defining and architecting a secure missile weapon system. This position will require close collaboration with team members of other projects within the organization for security architecture designs as well as external partners and customers. This position is required to be full-time, on-site in the Northridge, CA location. No remote/telework arrangement is available for this position. Applicants must have a current US Government Secret security clearance. Roles and responsibilities The successful candidate will demonstrate the required expertise and exhibit the following capabilities: • Translate system requirements into robust embedded‑device software solutions. • Design, develop, code, test, and debug system‑level software for real‑time, multicore platforms. • Participate actively in every phase of the agile software development lifecycle (SDLC). • Verify and validate software requirements against implementation and performance targets. • Collaborate with hardware, firmware, and algorithm teams to ensure seamless system integration. • Conduct code reviews, enforce coding standards, and mentor junior engineers. • Produce and maintain architectural artifacts (block diagrams, interface control documents, traceability matrices, and trade studies). Basic qualifications for a Sr Staff Embedded Software Engineer level (T06): • Bachelor’s Degree with 14 years of experience, OR Master’s degree with 12 years, OR Ph.D. with 10 years of experience in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or related technical fields; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree. • Proven experience in system architecture, including hardware, programmable‑logic, and software and system level partitioning. • Strong background in digital signal processing (DSP). • Expert‑level proficiency in C++ and fluency in at least one additional language/technology (Java, Python, C#). • Proficiency in communication protocols such as SPI, UART, 1553, ARINC, and UAI • Full‑cycle software development experience: specification, design, implementation, integration, debugging, and maintenance. • Real‑time software development on multicore System‑on‑Chip (SoC) platforms, including Board Support Package and device driver development. • Demonstrated ability to define and evolve software arch