Staff Engineer Software

Description

Northrop Grumman is looking for a Staff Engineer Software specializing in VxWorks BSPs and RTOS's to develop and maintain the software for our main flight computer and other components of the RQ-4 Global Hawk Unmanned Air Vehicle.

This hybrid position will be located at our Rancho Bernardo, CA location (in San Diego).

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, maintain, and integrate legacy SW baselines that run on the VxWorks RTOS .

• Develop and execute unit tests and functional tests.

• Full life cycle design, implementation, and feature/automated testing of software

• Ensure software and integration best practices

• Work closely with hardware engineers, software architects, and other IPTs/stakeholders to ensure seamless integration and communication.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related STEM degree with 12+ years of embedded software experience, OR Master’s Degree with 10+ years of embedded software, OR Ph.D. with 8+years of embedded software experience

• Experience with RTOS environments in one or more of the following: RT-Linux, FreeRTOS, VxWorks, or GH Integrity

• Expertise with C/C++ within an RTOS environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong understanding of Object-Oriented Design and hardware/software integration

• Strong skills in testing, debugging, and troubleshooting embedded systems are essential.

• Experience and demonstrated ability to lead, manage, mentor a small technical team

• Experience with hardware validation and verification of RF, digital or mixed signal devices

• Experience with lab instruments such as logic, spectrum, and network analyzers; and power sources and switches