Mission Assurance Software Engineer Level 4
Northrop GrummanBase Salary
$129k - $194k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop, modify, apply, and maintain quality systems and protocols for software processing.
- Collaborate with software and systems engineering teams to establish and maintain quality standards.
- Devise and implement software testing and evaluation methods, including inspection and testing processes and equipment.
- Witness factory and site acceptance tests and support observation reporting, traceability, and test-failure monitoring.
- Audit quality systems, identify deficiencies, and verify that corrective actions meet reliability standards.
- Ensure software quality documentation complies with applicable requirements.
- Support software engineering metrics and reporting for epics, sprints, spirals, discrepancy reports, and related Scrum activities.
- Participate in code, peer, and technical documentation reviews and perform other assigned duties.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field with 8 years of professional experience, or a master’s degree with 6 years, or a PhD with 4 years.
- Active Top Secret clearance at application with the ability to obtain Sensitive Compartmented Information clearance.
- Experience implementing and maintaining AS9100-based quality systems.
- Understanding of software engineering principles, practices, and theories.
- Strong knowledge of functional, regression, performance, and security testing.
- Proficiency with test-automation frameworks and embedding automated tests into CI pipelines.
- Competence in a high-level programming language used for test scripts.
- Experience with software configuration control, software metrics, reporting, reviews, and technical documentation.
- Active participation in sprint planning, daily standups, retrospectives, and backlog grooming.
- Ability to work cross-functionally while maintaining an independent role reporting to Mission Assurance.
- Preferred experience with DOORS, Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, SAP Business Suite, root cause investigations, and AS9100 auditing or auditor training.
Benefits
- 100% onsite work in Aurora, Colorado with no telecommute option.
- 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off.
- Approximately 10% travel.
- No relocation assistance is available.
- Comprehensive benefits including health insurance, life and disability insurance, savings plan, company-paid holidays, and paid time off.
- Potential eligibility for overtime, shift differential, and discretionary bonuses.
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About Northrop Grumman
We are a close-knit community of big thinkers collaborating to keep the world safe. Our passion, creativity and expertise bring next-level technology solutions to life in autonomous systems, cyber, C4ISR, strike, space, and logistics and modernization for our customers around the globe. On the Northrop Grumman team, you’ll join our pursuit of excellence immersed in a dynamic culture of innovation and respect. Your unique perspective will help achieve our shared vision for the future of global security. Every step of the way, you'll be supported by world-class training, employee resource groups and a comprehensive benefits package that enables greater health and happiness for you and your family. Worldwide and across disciplines, we’re challenging what’s possible for technology to protect people and places from undersea to outer space and into cyberspace. And we see the impact of our performance every day. We are Northrop Grumman, and we work on what matters—now, you too can make a difference. Explore opportunities in engineering, IT, manufacturing, business management, cybersecurity and more at jobs.northropgrumman.com/careers. Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions. Our careers site can be found at jobs.northropgrumman.com/careers. If you are contacted about a job at Northrop Grumman, please verify the email came from the domain @ngc.com before engaging with that contact. If you are contacted by a Northrop Grumman recruiter on LinkedIn, please that their profile includes the verified check mark to ensure the contact is legitimate.