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. Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today. 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’ll support expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field, or an industry thought leader. At Northrop Grumman, you’ll have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career. Are you interested in defining possible? Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a candidate to fill a Software Test Engineer / Principal Software Test Engineer position. This position will be located in Chantilly, VA at the SIGINT Technology Center's (STC). The STC is where technology and teamwork come together to meet the unique needs of the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense. The STC is comprised of multiple mission-focused programs with projects ranging from Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) SIGINT payload and data link development to OCONUS/CONUS mission/maintenance support. STC tasks include system design, engineering development, system integration, hands-on build and test, field operations and maintenance, training, and production. This role is to support a program that works on SIGINT payloads that are integrated on various airborne and ground platforms. The team supports tasking ranging from Operations and Maintenance (O&M) to Research and Development (R&D) to low quantity Production. The current portfolio includes 9 different types of systems and 32 fielded systems that are operated globally. The team provides 24/7/365 subject matter expert (SME) support to ensure the systems are functioning properly. In support of these systems, the team coordinates with external parties including field service representatives (FSRs), payload operators, subcontractors, and our government customer for engineering and maintenance tasks. The program focuses on daily tasking dictated by the customer's mission and a 24/7/365 operational tempo managed by Internal Product Team (IPT) leads including troubleshooting issues, providing guidance for maintenance and upgrades, recreating findings reported by operators, and interfacing with our internal logistician. The Software Test Engineer in this position will be supporting the taskable engineering and operations and maintenance (O&M) task orders. As part of this role, they will be supporting these systems by developing a general knowledge of software architecture and products, authoring and updating software test procedures, executing software test procedures, deriving software requirements, and executing regression testing. Additional opportunities may include CONUS flight test events, product and engineering solution development, system or software design, and assisting with the build and test of production systems.
Responsibilities
- Install, test, and verify software products
- Execute software test procedures on our System Integration Labs (SILs) or development environments
- Develop, review, and update documentation including test procedures, reports, etc.
- Development of test procedures to ensure data pipeline integrity and reliability
- Support system design, testing, and building of upgraded capabilities to include software and hardware integration and test (I&T)
- Creating automation of testing environment to improve workflow
- Develop a general understanding of software concepts and infrastructure
- Obtain knowledge of system and software architecture & mission operations
Requirements
- Must have a bachelor’s degree in computer science or an equivalent STEM related discipline.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience with a bachelor's degree; Minimum of 0 years with master's degree; Minimum of 0 Years experience with PhD
- Willing and able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI Security Clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite)
- A background in software testing for both software and hardware integration
- Experience with complex software systems, including configuring and executing
- Knowledge and familiarity with Windows and Linux Operating Systems, specifically the ability to execute in command line and rapidly navigate both operating systems
- Experience executing test procedures and writing test reports
- Demonstrated experience in documentation and process development
- Experience using a version control system (Git, Subversion, etc..)
- Knowledgeable on the development lifecycle, including the V-model of the systems engineering process.
- Strong interdisciplinary problem-solving skills, demonstrated by frequent and successful application of technical standards, theories, concepts, and techniques.
Nice-to-haves
- Active Top Secret/SCI security clearance
- Software development experience.
- Experience using Kubernetes, Docker, Rancher
- Experience with Data Analytics
- Experience with Development Operations (DevOps)
- Experience with writing scripts using a variety of languages (Python, MATLAB, JavaScript).
- Experience with Atlassian (Jira/Confluence) tool suite
- Knowledge of system architecture
- Knowledge of SIGINT operations
Benefits
- Health Plan
- Savings Plan
- Paid Time Off
- Education Assistance
- Training and Development
- 9/80 Work Schedule (where available)
