Principal/Sr Principal Engineer Systems Test

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the Time

Description

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 Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Principal / Sr. Principal System Test Engineer (STE) – T03/T04 to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within the Systems Test Engineering organization, supporting the NATO Test Integrated Product Team (IPT). This position will be on site and located in Rancho Bernardo (San Diego), CA.

Responsibilities include working with STE Teammates, Test IPT Leadership, Lab Operations Leadership, and Test Planning & Execution (TP&E) teams to successfully plan, and execute dry run and formal test activities to evaluated, and certify hardware and software for ground and flight release.  Must have the ability to communicate up to leadership, and across to teammates and team members.  Must be able to thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, and collaborative team settings across all levels.  A successful track record of program performance and test experience is required.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and execute dry-run and formal system-level test activities to evaluate and certify hardware/software for ground and flight release.
• Develop, execute, and document integrated software/hardware test procedures to verify functional compliance with system requirements and support verification/validation of architecture and protocol upgrades.
• Design nominal, off-nominal, end-to-end test scenarios assessing performance, reliability, interoperability, and operational effectiveness (including navigation, communications, and networking subsystems).
• Analyze system requirements and translate them into test strategies, detailed test plans, procedures, acceptance criteria, and requirement-to-test traceability.
• Support integration, functional, regression testing in laboratory and operational test environments; coordinate data collection, analysis, reporting, and closure of verification metrics.
• Drive lab configuration technical rigor, process rigor, and compliance with company/program/security requirements; support lab operations and hot bench activities as required.
• Apply Agile testing practices (including continuous integration and test-driven development concepts as appropriate) to enable iterative development and rapid feedback.
• Collaborate across systems/software/hardware/cybersecurity/network & communications teams to integrate and verify subsystem changes.
• Communicate test status, findings, risks, and recommendations clearly to engineering leadership and program stakeholders; present at pre- and post-test reviews.
• Work independently on assigned tasks, manage multiple priorities, and deliver against program schedules in a fast-paced environment.
• Flexibility to support weekends, multiple shifts, and off hours on site
• Travel: Up to 20% (as needed for ground/flight test events.

Northrop Grumman offers a 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off, phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly team environment.  Seeking a self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented individual to help Northrop Grumman grow services and become even better at what we do.

This role will be filled at either a System Test Engineer 3 or 4 based on the relevant experience required for each role.

Basic Qualifications for Principal System Test Engineer:

• Must have a Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) discipline with 5 years of related engineering