Sr Principal Cyber Software Test Engineer (EC)

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. At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We’re looking for innovators, who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we will support yours of expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field or an industry thought-leader. At Northrop Grumman, you will have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career. Northrop Grumman's Sensing & Secure Solutions Operating Unit is actively seeking a talented SW Test Engineer expert to join a Northrop Grumman primed program. This position's work location is in Annapolis Junction Maryland and is part of the Mission Systems Sector within Northrop Grumman.

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, documents, tests and debugs applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions.
• Conducts multidisciplinary research and collaborates with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems for product and commercial software.
• Determines computer user needs; analyzes system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls; prepares operating instructions; designs and develops compilers and assemblers, utility programs, and operating systems.
• Ensures software standards are met.

Requirements

• An active TS/SCI Full-scope Clearance through the MD customer, with latest update less than 5 years old is required to start.
• BS + 9 years of experience; MS + 6 years of experience; PhD + 3 years of experience is required.
• Experience writing Python scripts.
• Experience with GitLab.
• Experience with TestLink.
• Ability to take requirements and develop test completion criteria to verify end-to-end requirements, perform exploratory test cases, design and develop test cases, track and manage defects, execute regression testing and system testing to verify overall requirements.
• Experience working System Test, SW Development and/or Systems Engineering.
• Familiarity with CI/CD principles.
• Experience with Windows/Linux operating systems & Virtual Machines (VMs).
• Expert level understanding of the software development lifecycle and agile development methodology.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Atlassian tool suite (JIRA, Git, Confluence).
• Experience using software test automation tools/frameworks (Selenium).
• Experience with Java, C++, or Python.
• Experience using UI automation software (Selenium).

Benefits

• Health Plan
• Savings Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Education Assistance
• Training and Development
• 9/80 Work Schedule (where available)