Principal Engineer Software - Software Integration & Test Automation; San Diego CA

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available. CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI. TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time.

Description:

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 Aeronautics Systems is looking to add an Principal Engineer Software - Integration & Test Automation to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Software organization. This position will be located in San Diego, California
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Candidates will work on software supporting various systems in all phases of the software development lifecycle including design, development and test.

• Analyze requirements allocated to computer software configuration items (CSCI).
• Design, development, maintenance and execution of automated software tests for qualification of embedded software products.
• Work with software developers and other engineers, as needed, to help diagnose and identify the root cause of problems found during software installation, integration, acceptance test, and operational events.

The selected candidate must be able to work in a fast-paced environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, collaborative/team settings across all levels and adapt to change. The candidate must be able to develop and execute software installation, integration, and acceptance test procedures in an automated test environment. The candidate must be able to develop detailed, clear, and concise technical documentation.

Candidate should be skilled in software integration planning and execution of separate software components into a single system. Candidate must be comfortable in both development, lab, and operational environments, as well as be able to collaborate closely with system engineers, hardware designers, integration/test engineers, and program leadership.

The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility. There is no remote / hybrid / telework available for this position. Travel up to 10% may be required.

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 5 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline and 1 year of related engineering experience.
• Demonstrated Professional Experience with Agile Framework within the last 3 years.
• Experience with the full SW Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Demonstrated Professional Experience Implementing software and scripts in one or more Object Oriented Programming languages: C/C++, C#, OR Java, AND Python within the last 3 years.
• Demonstrated Professional Experience with Software Change Control, Change Management, and CI/CD tools such as:
  Atlassian tool suite, Git Hub, Git Lab, AND/OR Jenkins within the last 3 years.
• Demonstrated Professional Experience with Testing Methodologies, Frameworks, and Automated Testing using:
  Google Test, Test Complete, Cucumber, Atlas, Eggplant Automation, Unit Test Factory, ATF (Automated Test Framework), Robot or similar within the last 3 years.
• Demonstrated Professional Experience with developing, integrating, and/or Testing on multi-threaded SW used for one of the following real-time applications: flight critical SW, Safety critical SW, medical SW, or mission critical SW.
• Demonstrated Professional Experience Architecting, Designing, Modeling…