RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be 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. 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 Advanced Weapons** has an opening for a **Staff Embedded Software Engineer** **(Software Architect)** with an active clearance **,** to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be in **Northridge, CA.** _Relocation assistance, while not guaranteed, may be available._ _The selected candidate for this position is required to be on-site in Northridge, CA._ As an integral part of our multi-discipline engineering team in Advanced Weapons, you will be on the forefront of developing next generation solutions to protect technology for our nation’s warfighters. The ideal candidate will be supporting one of our programs for defining and architecting a secured missile weapon system. This position will require close collaboration with team members of other projects within the organization for security architecture designs as well as external partners and customers. **Roles and responsibilities** A successful candidate will have the qualities and essential functional expertise to: + Provide technical leadership for a team of software engineers. + Architect/rearchitect and develop software utilizing C/C++ to modernize and productionize a research codebase. + Design software-systems, applications, and architectures that implement techniques to support achieving increased modularity, scalability, and reliability, while also maintaining precision, accuracy, and speed to meet performance requirements. + Ensure industry software engineering best practices and standards are applied and maintained + Present your ideas to internal and external groups; lead proposal activities; and represent Northrop Grumman at technical conferences and working groups. + Work closely with Software Leads to define program intent, system capabilities, and output requirements. **Basic qualifications for a** **Staff** **Embedded Software Engineer level (T05):** + Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 12+ years of relative experience; Master's degree in a STEM discipline with 10+ years of relative experience; PhD + 8 years of relative experience. + **Active Secret security clearance** + Self-starters and able to efficiently operate in a team environment. + Experience with one or more Software languages/technologies: C/C++, Java, Python, C#. + Demonstrated ability to analyze system requirements to derive software design and performance requirements. + Demonstrated experience with open software/system architecture solutions. + Proven ability to design and code new software, as well as modify existing software to add new features. + 1 or more years of demonstrated success leading teams through the entire development lifecycle. + Proven experience presenting complex topics to management and other stakeholders. + Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders. + A year or more of experience working in an Agile team. **Preferred Qualifications:** + Experience with software version control tools such as Git. + Experience in embedded systems design with preemptive, multitasking real-time operating systems. + Experience with embedded software such as VxWorks. + Experience using Atlassian Tool Suite: JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket, SonarQube. + Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain a strategic product roadmap, aligning software engineering best practices with business objectives + Ability to define technical strategy to modernize/productionize research code. Living in Northridge offers a perfect combination of urban living with the beauty of nature. It is a short drive away from downtown Los Angeles, the Hollywood Hills, or the rest of the San Fernando Valley. In addition to our nearby Beautiful Mountains, Ski Resorts and Santa Barbara County. Salary Range: $171,000.00 - $256,400.00 The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business. The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.