Our client is looking for you to join their team as a Senior Principal Software Engineer – Navigation based out of Woodland Hills, CA.
As a Software Engineer with our client, you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation.
Through the use of Model-based Engineering and Agile practices they continue to evolve how they deliver critical national defense products and capabilities for the warfighter.
Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly and continuously drive innovation.
The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment & shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation.

Responsibilities:

In this position you will be developing, testing, and debugging software for our cutting-edge Navigation systems.
As a member of our world class software development team, you will have opportunities to improve and expand your capabilities in software design and code development.
You will also have opportunities to perform software and system integration on state-of-the-art hardware, learn new software development techniques such as Model Based Engineering (MBE), and work in an agile and collaborative development environment.
As a successful candidate, you will collaborate with peers across our organization and will have clearly demonstrated the strong leadership skills needed to join our top performing team. You will have a track record as an effective communicator and problem solver who is able to develop and maintain good working relationships with our internal and external customers. You will also have demonstrated a commitment to ethics and integrity, and the capability to innovate while challenging our traditional ways of doing business. You will make us even better!

Basic Qualifications for Senior Principal Software Engineer:

Bachelor’s degree in STEM with 8 years of hands-on Software Development experience; 6 years of experience with Masters in STEM; 4 Years with a PhD in STEM
Experience developing software in MATLAB/Simulink
Experience with programming (C and Python)
Experience using software management and workflow automation tools such as ClearCase, Git, ClearQuest, or Jira
Experience using MATLAB to create, process, analyze, and visually represent data.
Experience using Simulink to model dynamic systems.
Experience with Navigation Systems and INS/GPS Kalman filter design and requirements definition
Demonstrated ability to work in a collaborative development environment
U.S. Citizenship is required
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret clearance is required
Required to work on site full-time

Preferred Qualifications:

Current/Active U.S. Government Secret clearance
Experience in the development and performance of software tests
Experience using DOORS for software requirements management
Expertise in Sensor Fusion for Navigation Systems using IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit), GPS, barometers, and other sensors.
Expertise in INS (Inertial Navigation System) mechanizations.
Expertise in Embedded INS/GPS (Global Positioning System) navigation systems.
Demonstrated capability to translate formal software requirements into software designs
Demonstrated capability to define software requirements for an INS/GPS system
Familiarity with/Experience in INS/GPS Kalman filter design and requirements definition
Experience developing, verifying, certifying and releasing mission and safety-critical software systems that comply with RTCA DO-178B/ C or similar guidelines.
Demonstrated use of MATLAB for simulation and INS/GPS system performance evaluation
Hands-on experience with one or more communication protocols such as MIL-STD-1553, ARINC-429 or RS-422
Experience with code analysis tools such as Polyspace and software test tools such as LDRA and VectorCast

Sr. Principal Software Engineer