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

$110,300 - $165,500/Yr

Northrop Grumman - San Diego, CA

Full-time - Principal

Remote - San Diego, CA

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Principal Software Engineer for Integration & Test Automation at Northrop Grumman will play a crucial role in supporting the software engineering lifecycle, focusing on automated software testing, hardware/software integration, and systems administration. This position involves collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams in an Agile environment to ensure the successful integration and testing of software products for critical mission systems.

Responsibilities

• Support program statement of work by applying fundamentals of software engineering to all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle
• Collaborate directly with software development and other engineering discipline teams to develop, write, document, and execute software requirement verification and integration tests
• Support software integration with hardware components in systems integration labs and other integrated test environments
• Participate in all aspects of the software development lifecycle activities and the Agile process for critical mission system software products
• Work on an Agile scrum team to execute and automate infrastructure maintenance and user services
• Utilize software development skills to design, code, and implement tests: unit, integration, regression
• Perform detailed design, code, and testing of those requirements at the domain level as well as support of system and operational testing
• Analyze software and system requirements allocated to computer software configuration items (CSCI)
• Support tool development to streamline current processes and develop a continuous test integration environment
• Ensure that thorough, clear, and complete documentation is created and maintained to support current and future integration activities
• Submit detailed problem reports for any anomalies identified during testing

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 5 years of related engineering experience; or a Master's degree in STEM with 3 years of experience; or PhD with 1 year of experience
• Demonstrated experience with at least one automated test framework: Cucumber, Google Test, TestComplete, AQT, Atlas, EggPlant, Unit Test Factory, RTC, ATF, Python
• 2 years of experience writing test cases for requirements verification
• Experience with at least one programming language: Python, C/C++, or C#
• Experience with Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD) and Object-oriented Programming (OOP)
• Experience in Agile Software methodologies - Scrum or Kanban
• Experience with Atlassian tools such as Jira, Git, Subversion, Confluence
• Experience with Microsoft Windows and Unix/Linux operating systems
• Must have United States Citizenship
• Must have active DoD Interim Secret clearance or higher

Nice-to-haves

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Proficient with at least one of the following languages: C, C++, Python
• Familiarity with communication protocols (MIL-STD-1553)
• Experience in complete software development lifecycle
• Experience with software development in real-time embedded systems for military applications
• Experience in using integrated development environment tools (e.g., Rhapsody) and real-time operating systems (e.g., Integrity)
• Demonstrated understanding of application and embedded software integration procedures
• Demonstrated experience with software test automation at multiple requirement levels
• Cloud and container experience (e.g., installing and troubleshooting Docker or Kubernetes deployed software)
• Demonstrated advanced level understanding of application and embedded software integration procedures
• Experience with VMWare infrastructure
• Certification from VMWare, Windows (MCSE), and/or RedHat with Satellite Administration
• Administration and troubleshooting of Linux (RHEL / CENTOS) servers and workstations
• Administration and troubleshooting of Windows Server and Windows systems
• Automate system maintenance tasks with scripting tools (PowerShell, Python, Ansible)
• Experience with cybersecurity compliance through the use of security frameworks and remediation tools
• Familiarity with software network interfaces
• Experience in automation of installation, configuration, and test scripts
• Active, current Security+ certification
• Experience with writing and using scripting languages to support hardware/software integration, debugging, and maintenance

Benefits

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