Sr. Principal Engineer Software - Integration & Test Automation (San Diego)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% 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 Senior Principal Software Integration & Test Automation (SI&TA) Software Engineer to join our San Diego, California team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Software organization.

In this role you will support all aspects of the of the software engineering lifecycle, with particular focus on automated software testing, hardware/software integration, systems administration and lab management, and modeling and simulation software development. You will work with multi-disciplinary teams, such as with Systems Engineering, Real-time & Embedded Software, Test Automation, DevSecOps and Systems Test, in an Agile software development environment. 

Key Responsibilities include:

• Develop and maintain software requirements by working with responsible engineers and subject matter experts.
• Utilize DOORS requirements control tool
• Lead integration and troubleshooting of software components across multiple network domains
• Support program statement of work by applying fundamentals of software engineering to all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle
• Coordinate and collaborate directly with software development and other engineering discipline teams to develop, write, document, and execute software requirement verification and integration, tests, including identifying and tracking issues through resolution
• Support software integration with hardware components in systems integration labs and other integrated test environments
• Participate in all aspects of the software development lifecycle activities and the Agile process for critical mission system software products
• Prioritize automating system tasks (preflight and postflight operations, network health and status checks, configuration management procedures, and software updates) to further improve the team’s efficiency and productivity
• Diagnose and identify the root cause of problems found during software installation, integration, acceptance test, and operational events
• Triage, identify and isolate defects and issues in all environments and retesting
• Review and provide feedback on test designs, policies, and processes
• Work on an Agile scrum team to execute and automate infrastructure maintenance and user services
• Utilize software development skills to design, code, and implement tests: unit, integration, regression
• Perform detailed design, code, and testing of those requirements at the domain level as well as support of system and operational testing
• Analyze software and system requirements allocated to computer software configuration items (CSCI)
• Create, design, maintain and expand infrastructures to support software test automation utilizing COTS automation frameworks
• Support tool development to support streamlining of current processes and development of continuous test integration environment
• Collaborate with cross-discipline teams to develop innovative solutions to resolve challenging problems
• Ensure that thorough, clear, and complete documentation is created and maintained to support current and future integration activities
• Submit detailed problem reports for any anomalies identified during testing
• Prepare for and conduct presentations and demonstrations to customers, program leadership, and other stakeholders

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) with 8 years of related engineering experience or a Master’s degree in STEM with 6 years of related engineering experience, or a PhD in STEM with 4 years of related engineering experience
• 5 years of experience writing requirements for software systems
• 5 years of experience w