Sr Principal Cyber Software Test Engineer – Test Lead/PO (26-460)
Northrop Grumman4 days ago
Colorado Springs, CO, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$118k - $176k/yr
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary technical and programmatic point of contact for C2BMC-Global test and analysis activities.
- Plan, schedule, and coordinate lab build-out, installations, releases, integration testing, and regression testing.
- Develop test plans and procedures, execute hardware/software/system-level verification and validation, document results, track defects, and analyze test data.
- Lead resolution of complex hardware, software, integration, network, and cybersecurity/IA test issues through hands-on lab work as needed.
- Coordinate test needs, dependencies, resources, risks, metrics, and process or tooling improvements with engineering, deployment, product, and government stakeholders.
- Lead or participate in capability release, battlefield coordination, readiness, configuration, task order, customer, and technical review activities.
- Prepare and deliver technical briefings, status reports, risk updates, and test performance metrics to leadership and customers.
- Support resource planning, training, inspections, exercises, and other contractor activities at military installation facilities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a listed technical field with 8 years of experience, a related master’s degree with 6 years of relevant experience, or 12 years of relevant work experience in place of a degree.
- Current, active, in-scope government-issued Top Secret clearance at application, with eligibility to be read on to SCI.
- Experience with complex, highly integrated, networked computer systems, preferably in a DoD or MDA environment.
- Experience with hardware, software, and system-level verification and validation, including requirements decomposition, test planning, procedure development, execution, defect tracking, reporting, regression testing, and troubleshooting.
- Working knowledge of network architectures, servers, virtual machines, multicast techniques, firewalls, routers, switches, and blade servers.
- Ability to lead cross-functional technical efforts and communicate complex issues to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Approximately 10% travel as required for program reviews, test events, and coordination meetings.
- Preferred experience includes Agile test practices, Product Owner and Scrum Master collaboration, DOORS, JIRA, Confluence, TM4J, Gherkin, Cucumber, BDD/ATDD, tactical data links, C2BMC/BMDS or MDA programs, Windows, Linux, scripting or diagnostic tools, and prior SCI access.
Benefits
- Health plan, savings plan, paid time off, education assistance, and training and development.
- Flexible work arrangements are available in the benefits program, but this position itself requires on-site work with no remote options.
- No relocation assistance is available.
- The role is internal-only and available only to current and active C2BMC personnel.
- Approximately 10% travel is required, primarily from the MDIOC facility at Schriever SFB with additional work at local LM facilities.
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).