Principal / Sr. Principal Engineer Software Quality
Northrop Grumman1 day ago
Base Salary
$104k - $194k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop, modify, apply, and maintain quality evaluation plans for software and materials processing.
- Collaborate with program and engineering management on quality planning and program quality objectives.
- Work with software engineering, systems engineering, and the Engineering Process Group to establish and follow quality standards.
- Assist with verification and validation testing of software and system products.
- Support audits, identify nonconformances, and oversee corrective actions.
- Ensure corrective measures meet quality standards and documentation complies with requirements.
- Assist Software Engineering with collecting and reporting metrics.
Requirements
- Principal level requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering or another STEM field plus 5 years of relevant software development and integration experience, or a master’s degree plus 3 years of such experience.
- Sr. Principal level requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering or another STEM field plus 8 years of relevant software development and integration experience, or a master’s degree plus 6 years of such experience.
- Experience with Agile, Waterfall, and/or Spiral development processes and software data and metrics collection.
- Active Top Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship are required.
- Experience with Bash or Python scripting, Linux, Git, and Microsoft Office.
- Preferred qualifications include software engineering experience, work-plan review, root-cause and corrective-action analysis, software code review, Agile/DevSecOps experience, GitLab, Windows 11, and AS9100 or ISO 9001.
Benefits
- Health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, company-paid holidays, and paid time off are provided.
- Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and discretionary bonuses.
- The position is fully onsite in Woodland Hills, CA, with no travel and no relocation assistance.
About Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman designs and manufactures aircraft, spacecraft, missile defense, C4ISR, and cyber systems for the U.S. government, NASA, and allied nations. The company operates primarily through long-term defense and space contracts, delivering products and services spanning autonomous systems, sensors, software, and sustainment. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, it is a public company listed on the NYSE (ticker: NOC).