Sr Principal Engineer Software (FPGA)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

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.

Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems Sector is seeking a Senior Principal Engineer Software to join the Software Engineering Team located in Melbourne, FL. Your responsibilities will include working with internal business partners to gather requirements, prototyping, and architecting complex solutions supporting the building and test plan execution, performing quality reviews, and triaging and fixing operational issues. You will have the opportunity to become the subject matter expert for various subsystems of the aircraft and contribute to the overall design of the software. The position is in Melbourne, FL.

The ideal candidate will have the ability to take ownership of hard problems and drive to a solution, while working in a team environment and provide leadership for its implementation. It is critical that you understand the software development life cycle and have an in-depth knowledge of automated testing to facilitate and analyze large data sets. The Software Engineer will participate in the full life-cycle of software development, to include requirements development, modeling and design, application development, unit to CSCI testing, integration, formal system testing, release, installation, and maintenance. The Software Engineer will apply technical expertise in solving complex integrations problems. The Software Engineer will interact with Program Management, external suppliers and/or government customers. Therefore, excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills are required. Solid experience in FPGA VHDL, in Windows and/or Linux environment is required. Experience with MFC or other user interface APIs is a plus.

Essential Functions:

• Full lifecycle design, implementation, and unit testing of software
• Work with various team members to integrate functionality with other software components
• Ability to lead a software team and/or provide leadership by providing technical direction software engineers, to drive solutions of complex problems
• Gather and report software metrics
• Support software working groups with the customer
• Ensure software best practices
• Develop software products from all phases of the software lifecycle Qualifications
• Will develop and maintain code in FPGA in VHDL
• Adhering to and following roadmaps, plans, and schedules.
• Enthusiastic self-starter

Basic Qualifications:

• Senior Principal Software Engineer: Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university with 8 or more years software engineering experience, or Master’s degree and 5 or more years’ software engineering experience or a PhD with 3 or more years software engineering experience.
• Expert knowledge and experience developing in VHDL designer minimum of 5 Years experience
• In-depth working knowledge and experience with C/C++ with a minimum of 3+ years’ experience
• Candidates should have experience with the full software development lifecycle

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university with 15+ years’ experience
• 14+ years of FPGA and VHDL software development<