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 – Launch and Missile Defense Systems has an exciting career opportunity for a Software Test Engineer / Principal Software Test Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Huntsville, AL.
Responsibilities
- Developing and executing software test procedures to verify requirements/features
- Creating and configuring complex test scenarios
- Developing software test documentation
- Collaborating with Stakeholders and Government customers for requirements verification
- Working within an Agile team environment, to include Program Increment Planning, Iteration Planning, Feature and Story development, Sprint Planning, and Iteration Retrospectives
- Participating in demos for the team and program Sprint reviews
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline preferred from an accredited university and 2 years of related experience, or a Master's Degree and 0 years of related experience for Software Test Engineer
- Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline preferred from an accredited university and 5 years of related experience, or a Master's Degree and 3 years of related experience, or 1 year of experience with a PhD for Principal Software Test Engineer
- Proficiency in C++
- Experience with Git/GitLab for software configuration management
- Experience using Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS
- Experience programming network connections (message generation, formatting, UDP and TCP/IP interfaces)
- Experience with testing sophisticated software within Agile or SAFe
- Ability to work full time onsite in the office
- Applicants must have a current active in-scope U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at the time of application; and is required to start
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with test automation or analysis automation
- Agile Scrum experience
- Experience with Java and user interfaces
- Jira - issue tracking and agile project management, or similar tool
- Multi-core and multi-threaded programming
- Familiarity with MDA Sensors and missile defense systems
- Familiarity with modeling and simulation tools
- Current active in-scope U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- Life and disability insurance
- Savings plan
- Company paid holidays
- Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
