About the position
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's Space Systems is seeking a Staff Software Development Engineer in Linthicum, MD with the desire to learn new technologies to join the Remote Sensing Programs Software team to help develop, enhance, and maintain software on cutting edge space products and systems. This position will lead both Flight Software and Test Software. The systems the software engineer will be working on are focused on sensor command and control, sensor system test (command of test equipment and emulation) for a variety of Space platforms. Selected individuals will work on an agile development team, primarily using C, C++, Python, or TCL. The individual will work through all phases of the software development cycle including design, development, integration, and test. The selected individual will conduct reviews of software-related products, software designs, and additional technical documents.
Responsibilities
- Active participation in cross-functional scrum teams
- Conduct design reviews and other reviews as required
- Participate in technical peer-reviews to ensure system/software requirements are met
- Prioritize and make recommendations to Technical Leads as required
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree with 12+ years of related experience, or Master's degree with 10 years or a PhD with 7 years
- Experience developing in C, C++, Python, and/or TCL
- Experience developing in a hybrid Linux/Windows environment
- Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret clearance with SCI
- U.S. Citizenship is required
Nice-to-haves
- Experience as a member of an Agile Scrum team
- Experience with the Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket)
- Experience in embedded C++ optimizations
- Experience with MySQL databases
- Experience with Linux embedded real-time OS development (Yocto)
- Hands-on Hardware testing experience
- Ability to debug complex integrated applications or test setup issues
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- Life and disability insurance
- Savings plan
- Company paid holidays
- Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
