Software Test Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret

TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time

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 Aerospace Systems is seeking a Software Test Engineer to join our team located in San Diego, CA
. In this role you will support all aspects of the software engineering lifecycle, with particular focus on automated software testing, System level 2 requirements verification, hardware/software integration, systems administration and lab management, and modeling and simulation software development. Typical work may include generating, updating, or converting automated tests across Air Vehicle, Ground Segment, and Support Segment. Preferable existing knowledge of requirements management.

You will work with multi-disciplinary teams, such as Systems Engineering, Real-time & Embedded Software, Test Automation, Dev Sec Ops  and Systems Test, in an Agile software development environment.

• Support program statement of work by applying fundamentals of software engineering to all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle
• Collaborate directly with software development and other engineering discipline teams to develop, write, document, and execute software requirement verification and integration, tests, including identifying and tracking issues through resolution
• Support software integration with hardware components in systems integration labs and other integrated test environments
• Participate in all aspects of the software development lifecycle activities and the Agile process for critical mission system software products. Work on an Agile scrum team to execute and automate infrastructure maintenance and user services
• Utilize software development skills to design, code, and implement tests: unit, integration, regression
• Perform detailed design, code, and testing of those requirements at the domain level as well as support of system and operational testing
• Analyze software and system requirements allocated to computer software configuration items (CSCI)
• Support tool development to support streamlining of current processes and development of continuous test integration environment
• Ensure that thorough, clear, and complete documentation is created and maintained to support current and future integration activities
• Submit detailed problem reports for any anomalies identified during testing

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or a related STEM field plus 2 years of experience (or Master’s degree)
• Must have an active U.S. Government Secret Clearance (or higher)
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance
• Experience with at least one of the following automated test frameworks:
  Cucumber, Google Test, Test Complete, AQT, Atlas, Egg Plant, Unit Test Factory, RTC, ATF, Python
• Experience with at least one of the following programming languages:
  Python, C/C++, or C#
• Experience with Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD) and Object-oriented Programming (OOP)
• Experience in Agile Software methodologies – Scrum or Kanban
• Experience with Atlassian tools such as Jira, Git, Subversion, Confluence, etc.
• Experience with Microsoft Windows and Unix/Linux operating systems

• Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all…