Software Test Engineer/Principal Software Test Engineer – MASC-F
- Location:
- Huntsville, Alabama, United States of America
About Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman solves the toughest problems in space, aeronautics, defense and cyberspace to meet the ever-evolving needs of our customers worldwide. Our 90,000 employees are Defining Possible every day using science, technology and engineering to create and deliver advanced systems, products and services. Northrop Grumman careers and internships are as varied as your interests, with a lifetime of potential that will allow you to work together with people from many backgrounds, personal passions and disciplines.
Northrop Grumman Space Systems – Launch and Missile Defense Systems has an exciting career opportunity for a Software Test Engineer / Principal Software Test Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Huntsville, AL.
Position Overview:
The selected Software Test Engineer/Principal Software Test Engineer will work on the Modeling and Simulation – Framework (MASC-F) program with a multidisciplinary team of engineers and developers.
Essential Functions:
- Writing programs using C++, Java or similar languages
- Creating and running unit test
- Developing software documentation
- Creating and running automated software builds and pipelines in a Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) environment
- Collaborating with Stakeholders and Government customers
- Working within an Agile team environment, to include Program Increment Planning, Iteration Planning, Feature and Story development, Sprint Planning, and Iteration Retrospectives.
- Participating in demos for the team and program Sprint reviews
The selected candidate should thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, collaborative/team settings across all levels.
This requisition may be filled at a higher grade based on qualifications listed below.
Basic Qualifications:
This requisition may be filled at either a Software Test Engineer or a Principal Software Test Engineer level.
Basic Qualifications for a Software Test Engineer are:
- Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline preferred from an accredited university and 2 years of related experience, or a Master's Degree and 0 years of related experience.
- Proficiency in C++
- Experience with Git/GitLab
- Experience using Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS
- Experience with testing sophisticated software within Agile or SAFe.
- Applicants must have a current active in-scope U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at the time of application which is required to start.
Basic Qualifications for a Principal Software Test Engineer are:
- Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline preferred from an accredited university and 5 years of related experience, or a Master's Degree and 3 years of related experience, or 0 years of experience with a PhD.
- Proficiency in C++
- Experience with Git/GitLab
- Experience using Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS
- Experience with testing sophisticated software within Agile or SAFe.
- Experience programming network connections (message generation, formatting, UDP and TCP/IP interfaces)
- Applicants must have a current active in-scope U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at the time of application which is required to start.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with automation or analysis
- Agile Scrum
- Experience with Java and user interfaces
- Jira - issue tracking and agile project management, or similar tool
- Multi-core and multi-threaded programming
- Familiarity with MDA Sensors and missile defense systems
- Familiarity with modeling and simulation tools
- Current active in-scope U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance.