Embedded Flight Software Engineer - Real-Time C++ on Linux

Northrop Grumman; Morrisville (NC); On-site; USD 109,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector in Morrisville, NC is seeking an Embedded Flight Software Engineer to design, develop, integrate, and test software that manages a Space payload unit. You will work on an agile team using C++, Linux and/or Python, supporting Payload and Ground Software Engineering Eastern Region.

The role involves the full software lifecycle, peer reviews, and cross-functional scrum collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or another STEM discipline with a minimum of 5 years of software development experience working on embedded real-time systems OR Master’s degree with 3 years OR PhD with 1 year.
• Must obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Top Secret clearance with SCI access; US Citizenship required.
• Experience developing Object Oriented code using C++
• Ability to debug code and trace existing code
• Experience integrating software applications using logs to verify operation
• Experience in embedded software development, cross-compiling with GCC
• Experience developing in a Linux environment
• Experience with software configuration management tools

Responsibilities

• Work through all phases of the software development cycle: design, development, integration, and test
• Conduct peer reviews of software-related products and designs
• Collaborate in cross-functional scrum team and understand system requirements
• Prioritize tasks and make recommendations to Technical Leads
• Assist with engineering and system support as needed
• Engage in extensive debugging and optimization as part of development

Skills

C++

Linux

Python

Embedded RTOS

OOP

Debugging

Education

Bachelor's in CS/CE/Engineering

Master's in CS/CE/Engineering

PhD in CS/CE/Engineering

Tools

GCC

GDB

Jira

Confluence

Bitbucket

Job description

Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector in Morrisville, NC is seeking an Embedded Flight Software Engineer to design, develop, integrate, and test software that manages a Space payload unit. You will work on an agile team using C++, Linux and/or Python, supporting Payload and Ground Software Engineering Eastern Region.

The role involves the full software lifecycle, peer reviews, and cross-functional scrum collaboration.