Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS) is seeking a Sr Principal Embedded Software Engineer to join our innovative Software Technologies Organization. This position is located in Baltimore, MD.
What You’ll Get To Do:
As a Sr Principal Embedded Software Engineer within the Software and Digital Technologies Organization, you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation. The new team member will work on software systems for mission systems in all phases of the software development lifecycle, primarily in C/C++. 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.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Analyze, develop, and modify existing software, apply modern development techniques that take advantage of all that current technology has to offer
- Identify risks, suggest mitigation, track defects, develop resolutions, and report status
- Design, construct, execute unit tests, build verification test plans, and track report test status
- Work alongside multi-disciplined engineering teams to test and verify software products on simulators and actual production hardware in our System Integration Laboratories
- Identify and assess new technologies prior to implementation
- Active participation with systems engineering in technical peer, design, architecture, and system reviews to ensure system/software requirements are being met from an end-to-end system point of view
“This position is contingent based on anticipated contract award and funding.”
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related STEM Degree and 8 years of related experience
- US Citizenship
- Must have a current/active Secret Clearance. Secret Clearance is required to start. Must be able to obtain Special Program Access (SAP). Must be able to maintain this level of clearance and SAP for continued employment.
- Must have 6 years’ experience working in C/C++
- Must have 6 years’ experience with real-time embedded software
- Must have 6 years’ experience with full software lifecycle: specification, design, implementation, integration, debug and maintenance
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in algorithmic application development and optimization
- Experience in Electronic Warfare, Built in Test, or Calibrations
- Experience with VxWorks and/or Linux Operating Systems
- Experience with Visual Studio
- Experience with Matlab
- Experience with Coverity, SonarQube and/or Clockwork tools
- Experience in Open Architecture Solutions
- Experience with the Atlassian tool set, Kubernetes, Model Based Engineering, and DevSecOps best practices
Skills Required
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related STEM degree and 8 years of related experience
- U.S. Citizenship
- Current/active Secret clearance required
- Must be able to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (SAP)
- 6 years' experience working in C/C++
- 6 years' experience with real-time embedded software
- 6 years' experience across full software lifecycle: specification, design, implementation, integration, debug, and maintenance
- Experience in algorithmic application development and optimization
- Experience in Electronic Warfare, Built-In Test, or Calibrations
- Experience with VxWorks and/or Linux operating systems
- Experience with Visual Studio
- Experience with Matlab
- Experience with Coverity, SonarQube and/or Clockwork tools
- Experience with Open Architecture solutions
- Experience with the Atlassian tool set, Kubernetes, Model-Based Engineering, and DevSecOps best practices
Northrop Grumman Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Northrop Grumman and has not been reviewed or approved by Northrop Grumman.
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Retirement Support — 401(k) matching is considered strong, with additional defined-benefit coverage for certain cohorts and options like catch-up contributions. Retirement programs are repeatedly highlighted as a core strength of the total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO, company-paid holidays, and compressed work schedules (such as 9/80) provide meaningful time away and flexibility. These scheduling options are cited as a major quality-of-life benefit across many locations.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave alongside caregiver leave, adoption assistance, and back-up care supports a range of family needs. These programs have been expanded recently, signaling continued investment in family support.
Northrop Grumman Insights
What We Do
We are a close-knit community of big thinkers collaborating to keep the world safe. Our passion, creativity and expertise bring next-level technology solutions to life in autonomous systems, cyber, C4ISR, strike, space, and logistics and modernization for our customers around the globe. On the Northrop Grumman team, you’ll join our pursuit of excellence immersed in a dynamic culture of innovation and respect. Your unique perspective will help achieve our shared vision for the future of global security. Every step of the way, you'll be supported by world-class training, employee resource groups and a comprehensive benefits package that enables greater health and happiness for you and your family. Worldwide and across disciplines, we’re challenging what’s possible for technology to protect people and places from undersea to outer space and into cyberspace. And we see the impact of our performance every day. We are Northrop Grumman, and we work on what matters—now, you too can make a difference. Explore opportunities in engineering, IT, manufacturing, business management, cybersecurity and more with us. Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.





