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Principal / Senior Principal Controls Software Design Engineer

Northrop Grumman
MDAJ03, United States, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 26 Aug 2025
💰 $206,000/yr($110,300/yr$206,000/yr)

About the role

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Polygraph

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 Microelectronics Center (NGMC) is seeking Principal / Senior Principal Controls Software Design Engineer.

What You’ll Get to Do: 

IPT-Level role, member of SW Design Team. This role - a software design engineer focusing on Controls Software - works at the Segment/IPT level of an extremely complex System comprised of multiple Segments, all of which incorporate mature and emerging technologies. This engineer will support the software design team lead and partner with other engineering functions to progress and mature the segment, and support critical engineering reviews and milestones (e.g. SRR, SFR, SDR, PDR, CDR, SVR, TRR)

This position will serve on-site in the greater Baltimore, MD area OR Redondo Beach, CA. 

This requisition may be filled as a Principal Controls Software Design Engineer or Senior Principal Controls Software Design Engineer.

This position is contingent upon acquiring and maintaining the necessary US Government security clearance per customers’ requirements.

Basic Qualifications for Principal Controls Software Design Engineer: 

  • Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university with at least 5 years of experience; 3 years with Master's Degree; OR 1 years with a PhD

  • Familiarity with Command and Control or Controls System software

  • Proficiency in working with real-time embedded software

  • Experience implementing requirements & interface definitions in software, performing code and unit testing

  • Understanding of software design principles, computer architecture, and relevant technologies

  • Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering languages (SysML/UML) and concepts

  • Excellent written and oral communication skills with strong technical briefing skills

  • This position requires the applicant to be a U.S. citizen

  • Current active DoD TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a polygraph

  

Basic Qualifications for Senior Principal Controls Software Design Engineer: 

  • Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university with at least 8 years of experience; 6 years with Master's Degree; OR 4 years with a PhD

  • Familiarity with Command and Control or Controls System software

  • Proficiency in working with real-time embedded software

  • Experience implementing requirements & interface definitions in software, performing code and unit testing

  • Understanding of software design principles, computer architecture, and relevant technologies

  • Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering languages (SysML/UML) and concepts

  • Excellent written and oral communication skills with strong technical briefing skills

  • This position requires the applicant to be a U.S. citizen

  • Current active DoD TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a polygraph

Preferred Qualifications for Principal / Senior Principal Controls Software Design Engineer: 

  • Current active DoD TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance

  • Experience with full software lifecycle: specification, design, implementation, integration, debug and maintenance

  • Knowledge of software design principles and patterns

  • Familiarity with Model-Ba

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