Engineer Software Quality - Level 1/2

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

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 Sector is seeking an Associate Engineer Software Quality or Engineer Software Quality to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals located in Rancho Bernardo, CA.

The successful candidate will define and monitor mission assurance program specifications and processes to ensure mission success. Performs quality, risk management, safety, reliability and maintainability of program achievements, subcontractors, and suppliers in accordance with contractual requirements. Assesses program performance and risks and determines resources to ensure mission assurance.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Collaborate with Program and Engineering management on program quality planning and the establishment of program quality objectives.
• Collaborate with software engineering and systems engineering functions to ensure quality standards are in place and followed.
• Witness execution of software qualification and system acceptance tests to ensure tests are executed in accordance with approved test procedures, requirements are fully verified, and that all test procedure and software anomalies are documented and tracked to closure.
• Support AS9100D audit activities and audits quality systems for non-conformance identification and corrective action.

• Perform internal Process Evaluation audits against company standards and processes to identify deficiencies and opportunities for improvement.

• Evaluate and ensure software suppliers possess the capability and capacity necessary to execute and deliver procured software with unquestionable quality.
• Ensures that corrective measures meet acceptable quality standards, and that documentation is compliant with requirements.
• Assists Software Engineering in collecting and reporting metrics.
• Cross-trained in the hardware quality engineer positions in the department.

• Assess Traceability from software source code, low-level to prime system level requirements.
• Review quality of engineering artifacts for consistency, adequacy, and suitability.

Associate Engineer Software Quality Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or other STEM-related field and 0 years of relevant software development integration work experience

• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain DoD Clearance at the Secret level

• Demonstrated knowledge of Agile software development processes

• Demonstrated knowledge of C# (or C++) and Python

• Demonstrated experience in process monitoring, data collection, analysis, and metric reporting

• Demonstrated experience in process and product evaluation.

• Experience with software code review

• Demonstrated aptitude for learning new software tools

Engineer Software Quality Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or other STEM-related field and 2 years of relevant software development integration work experience or a Masters in STEM with 0 years of relevant software development integration work experience

• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain DoD Clearance at the Secret level

• Demonstrated knowledge of Agile software development processes

• Demonstrated knowledge