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 peoples 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 nations 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, theyre making history.

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Staff Engineer Software Quality to support the Strategic Deterrent Systems (SDS) Division. This role is located in Roy, Utah or Huntsville, AL.

This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

What Youll Get To Do:

The selected candidate will be responsible for supporting the Software Quality Manager (SQA) with the oversight/reporting of the software effort for the Sentinel program. While working within a fast-paced Agile/SAFe software development environment. Our focus is on ensuring process execution and quality is built into the development, testing and release of the software deliverables.

• The successful candidate will have extensive experience as a Software Product Owner, Software Project Manager or Software Quality Manager.  

• Experience working within the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).   

• The position will afford the opportunity to interact with all levels of the organization. 

• Effective communication skills are a must. In addition, the candidate will provide expert technical advice and guidance to team members.

• Ensure the development and implementation of robust Software Quality plans, documents, checklists and training materials.

• The candidate must have prior experience managing budget and schedule (EVMS).

• Provide senior technical oversight for problem resolution activities, root cause analysis and preventive/corrective action implementation.

• Work within multiple security classifications with team members located at multiple sites.

• Support development of software metrics.

• Support status reporting/meetings/presentations

• Support Peer Reviews of artifacts for engineering release.

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:  

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage  

• 401k  

• Educational Assistance  

• Life Insurance  

• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions   

• Paid Time Off   

• Health & Wellness Resources   

• Employee Discounts  

This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.  

This job requires you to be on-site at least 80 of the time, working within multiple clearance level environments.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors of Science (BS) with 12 years of related experience; or a Masters degree with 10 years of related experience; or a PhD with 8 years of related experience.

• Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with an ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as  determined by the company to meet its business need.

• Recent experience supporting a Defense program as a Software Product Owner, Software Project Manager, or a Software Quality Manager.

• Familiar with the mission of a Software Quality Assurance (SQA) organization.

• Experience preparing program status charts and presentations

• Experience developing software metrics.

• Experience with management of Budget/Schedule (EVMS).

• Full understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and the processes, plans, standards, industry practices and tools required of a mission-critical program.

• Experience working within an Agile/SAFe environment (fast-paced/incremental development/delivery) with focus on first time quality.

• Experience with Jira, Confluence, Cameo, DOORS, Gitlab, and static analysis tools

Preferred Qualifications:

• Earned Value Management System (EVMS) experience and Work Package Lead (WPL) experience

• Excellent presentation/communication skills.

• Experience with and/or familiarity with DevStar and the software CI/CD pipeline (DevOps).

• DO-178C knowledge

• Experience with Tableau

• Familiar with Container development and programming languages

• Familiar with DevStar

Salary Range: $134,300.00 - $201,500.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidates experience, education, skills and current spanet conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.