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 Space Systems (NGSP) is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer (Software Integrator) / Sr. Principal Systems Engineer (Software Integrator). As a part of the Systems Engineering Integration & Test (SEIT) team, an Integration & Test engineer gains an understanding of the Systems Engineering process across a product's lifecycle and gains a full appreciation for how the systems operate. Successful candidates will demonstrate the ability to complete tasks with little direction and oversight. They will be an effective communicator and problem solver who is able to develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders and customers. This candidate will demonstrate a commitment to ethics, integrity.
Responsibilities
- Familiarity with Automated Testing framework
- Software baseline deployment
- Testing and troubleshooting the environment
- Reading error logs and coordinating corrections with the development team
- Understanding of test plans, test procedures, test automation, test reports
- Execution of integration test activities in System Integration Labs (SILs) or offsite locations
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience; 3 years with a Masters; 0 years with a PhD for Principal position
- Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline and a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience; 6 years with a Masters; 3 years with a PhD for Sr. Principal position
- Current DoD Top Secret/SCI with Full Scope Poly at the time of application
- Experience with Software Baseline Integration
- Understanding of Automated Testing Framework
- Basic understanding of Java
- Familiarity working in a Linux environment
- Understanding of basic Docker concepts
Nice-to-haves
- Proficient in Kubernetes: ability to debug services that run in cluster through command line and/or rancher
- Experience with deploying services via Helm
- Experience with deploying services via Helmfile
- Proficient with using Git for source code management
- Ability to debug and problem solve when things don’t work out of the box
- Experience working in a cross-functional agile team
- Experience building and maintaining configuration
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- Life and disability insurance
- Savings plan
- Company paid holidays
- Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
