Principal Engineer Software - Integration & Test Automation (San Diego CA)

About the position

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 Aerospace Systems has an opening for an experienced Principal Software Engineer - Integration & Test to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in San Diego, CA. The selected candidate will develop scripts and verification procedures, integrate, test and troubleshoot desktop applications, microservices and web based applications.

Responsibilities

• Work with a team of developers and integrators focused on delivering software products as part of an IFC.
• Participate in writing software deployment and test scripts, test and delivery of build/test/release.
• Work in a process-oriented software development environment across the software lifecycle.
• Troubleshoot issues that occur in a complex system in a lab environment.
• Collaborate with team members on a regular basis.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline with 5 years experience or 3 years experience with a Master's Degree in STEM.
• Good troubleshooting skills to help narrow down the cause of integration issues.
• 1+ years of experience with scripting language such as Python or Ansible.
• 2+ years of experience performing software deployments and integration.
• Active Top Secret clearance and must be able to obtain and maintain program access.

Nice-to-haves

• Current SAP access.
• Experience with deploying containerized microservices that run in Kubernetes and Docker.
• Experience with Test Complete and Selenium.
• Familiar with basic Windows and Linux commands.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company paid holidays
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business