Associate PATHWAYS Software Engineer-Rolling Meadows, IL
Your opportunities for achievement are limitless with Northrop Grumman Mission Systems
At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on projects and programs that impact people’s lives around the world today, and for generations to come. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to improve the present, invent the future, and have a lot of fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an endless drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they’re making history.
Northrop Grumman is seeking Software Engineers. This position will be located at our Mission Systems Sector in Rolling Meadows IL.
The selected candidate will work in a dynamic people-focused environment where he/she will interact with users, customers and other developers.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Assignment opportunities include full life-cycle product development on real-time embedded systems.
- This includes RF countermeasures, IR countermeasures, airborne imaging and tracking, and various PC based applications. Applications include read-time control, target class/detect/tracking, data acquisition and analysis, signal processing, intelligence data cross correlation, image processing, database management, and GUI development.
- Software engineering technologies utilized include Object Oriented Analysis and Design, SOA Architectures, C/C++, C#, .NET, Java, CUDA, embedded real-time development, embedded Linux, Windows, VxWorks, and TI code composer.
Basic Qualifications:
A candidate, regardless of age and hiring source, must meet ALL of the below criteria. The candidate must:
- Be completing or has completed their degree (Bachelor’s) from an accredited institution by August 2020
- Be majoring in or having majored in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related Engineering discipline
- Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.00/4.0 or higher (unofficial academic transcripts must be provided at time of application by uploading the documents to your application or profile)
- Be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite)
Preferred Qualifications
- Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.25/4.0 or higher
- Previous internship/co-op or other work experience, leadership & teamwork capabilities, interpersonal communication skills, and activities (professional/community/extracurricular)
- Self-motivated, willing to learn, and interested in working in a team environment
- Experience in Embedded Software