Principal Software Engineer - Integration and Test
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- United States-California-San Diego
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Principal
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- 1+ years
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- •Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 5 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of relate
- •Experience with the full SW Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- •Experience in integration and testing of software and hardware components in unix and windows environments.
- •Ability to lead installation, integration, and acceptance testing.
- •Candidate must be able to obtain a Security+ certification.
- •Active U.S. Government Top Secret clearance (with a background investigation within the past 5 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
- •Ability to obtain and maintain initial Special Program Access (SAP/PAR). This SAP/PAR must be obtained prior to commencement of employment and must be obtained within a reasonable amount of time as d
Nice to have
- •Current applicable SAP access
- •Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering.
- •Excellent 2-way communication skills (upward and downward).
- •Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management. Ability to brief technical presentations to stakeholders.
- •Familiarity with software network interfaces.
- •Experience in automation of installation, configuration, and test.
- •Experience in Agile methodologies. Agile Systems Engineering Experience.
- •Demonstrated communication and technical writing skills.
- •Experience with Confluence and JIRA.
- •Security+ certification
- •Experience with scripting languages (developing, debugging, and maintaining.
- •Active U.S. Government Top Secret SCI clearance (with a background investigation within the past 5 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
Full description
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available
CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes
CLEARANCE TYPE: Top 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 is looking to add an experienced Software Integration & Test Principal Software Engineer - (T03) to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Software organization. This position will support our team on site in San Diego, CA. Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
•Work in development, lab, and operational environments. Understand the differences between those settings and ensure that integration and the testing of complex system components are applicable to the appropriate environment.
•Perform integration and troubleshooting of software components across multiple networks interfacing with customer SMEs. Ensure that through documentation is created and maintained to allow others to integrate in the future.
•Facilitate collaboration with software developers, system engineers, hardware engineers, and integration/test engineers to diagnose and identify the root cause of problems found during software installation, integration, acceptance test, and operational events.
•Using in-depth knowledge of the system directs development of workable interim solutions to provide a capable system while software or hardware changes are being implemented allowing testing and operational events to proceed.
•Develop and execute software installation, integration, and acceptance test procedures.
•Utilize familiarity of the full development life-cycle processes that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
•Develop clear and concise detailed technical documentation.
•Submit detailed problem reports for errors found.