Engineer Embedded Software 3

Major Aerospace Company is looking for a Algorithm SW Engineer Lead to support our Flight Software Department. As a member of the Flight Software Department you'll get to implement flight software solutions. This position will serve on-site at our Azusa, California office.
At Major Aerospace Company, 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.
 
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 12 years of relevant experience; or a Master's degree in a STEM discipline with 10 years of relevant experience; or a PhD in a STEM discipline with 8 years of relevant experience
Ability to translate MARs into flight software code
Strong math proficiency for algorithm development and implementation
Proficiency in software development and execution for embedded/flight systems
Understanding of kernel-level concepts (OS, kernel, low-level software)
Experience working in flight environments (real-time operating systems, flight software constraints)
Experience integrating software into third-party platforms
Strong background in embedded systems development
Experience with flight hardware and hardware–software integration
Hands-on experience implementing algorithms in embedded/flight code
Familiarity with Agile project management practices
 
Preferred Qualifications:
Active DoD Secret clearance is preferred not mandatory
Experience optimizing intra-SoC distributed processing across integrated FPGA, CPU, and GPU components
Expertise with NVIDIA Orin Jetson platforms for high-performance, real-time processing
Experience with Polarfire FPGAs and their integration into embedded systems
Proven ability to design and implement high-bandwidth (≈20 Gbps) real-time processing solutions
Demonstrated skill in minimizing processing latency in heterogeneous compute architectures
Strong background in mapping and fitting complex algorithms to fixed hardware configurations
Knowledge of hardware–software co-design principles for embedded/compute-intensive systems
  
 
This position is intended to be contracted to hire. While this is our intent, this is not a promise to be hired by Northrop Grumman. This contract position aligns with a full-time Flight Software Lead.