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Sentinel Principal Software Engineer/ Sr Principal Software Engineer - 17871

at Northrop Grumman

📍 United States-Utah-Roy Unknown 💰 $98K – $163K USD / year Posted March 18, 2026
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Position Details

Salary $98K – $163K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience senior
Exp. Years Not specified
Education Not specified
Category Software Engineering

About this role

This role involves designing, developing, and testing real-time embedded software for defense applications, ensuring compliance with standards, and leading a team of engineers.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and develop embedded software
  • Collaborate with hardware engineers
  • Ensure software standards and compliance
  • Lead a team of software engineers
  • Conduct testing and debugging

Technical Overview

Focus on embedded systems, safety-critical software, continuous integration, and collaboration with hardware teams in defense projects.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior embedded software engineer with experience in real-time, safety-critical systems, and defense software projects. They possess strong leadership skills, technical expertise in embedded systems, and the ability to collaborate with hardware teams.

Must-Have Skills

Designdevelopdocumenttest and debug real-time embedded softwareCollaborate with hardware engineersEnsure software standards and complianceDevelop in a continuous integration environmentLead a team of software engineers

Nice-to-Have Skills

Experience with safety and mission critical softwareEmbedded system simulation

Tools & Platforms

Continuous integration tools

Required Skills

Real-time embedded softwaresoftware developmentdebuggingcontinuous integrationembedded systemssafety critical softwarehardware collaboration

Hard Skills

Real-time embedded softwareSoftware developmentSoftware testingDebuggingContinuous integrationEmbedded systemsSafety-critical softwareHardware collaboration

Soft Skills

LeadershipMentoringTechnical collaborationProblem-solvingCommunication

Industry & Role

Industry Defense
Job Function Developing and leading embedded real-time software projects for defense systems.
Role Subtype Embedded Software Engineer
Tech Domains Active Directory, Microsoft 365, Azure, Amazon Web Services, Kubernetes, Docker, Python, Java, JavaScript, SQL / PostgreSQL

Clearance & Visa

Clearance Required Secret
Visa Sponsorship No

Keywords for Your Resume

real-time embedded softwaresoftware developmentsoftware testingdebuggingcontinuous integrationembedded systemssafety critical softwarehardware collaborationNorthrop GrummanSentinel programSecret clearancedefense softwaremission critical softwaresoftware standardssoftware complianceembedded softwarereal-time systemslead software engineer

Deal Breakers

Lack of security clearance, No experience with embedded or real-time software, No leadership or team lead experience

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