Staff Software Engineer-8533

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Northrop Grumman Space Systems has an opening for a Staff Guidance, Navigation & Control (GN&C) Software Test Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Roy, Utah and will support the Sentinel (Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD)) program. This position requires up to 100% on-site work due security constraints and an ability to pass an enhanced security review.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of four to five software test engineers
• Create/update automated test scripts for complex embedded software components
• Executing automated and manual test procedures to ensure requirements compliance
• Reviewing, interpreting, and analyzing formal and informal requirements
• Create/update test procedures to verify embedded software requirements are met
• Collaborate with Quality Assurance team while executing test efforts
• Supporting development, integration, and execution of test pass/fail quantitative metrics
• Performing troubleshooting as required
• Documenting Test results and creating Test Reports as needed
• Writing Defects and Software discrepancies
• Performing Component to Component Integration
• Occasional odd shifts (nights or weekends) may be required to support urgent test efforts

This positions 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 role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

Job Qualifications:

You’ll Bring These Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and 14 years of relevant engineering experience (4 additional years of experience may be used in lieu of a degree), OR a Master's with 12 years of related engineering experience, OR a PhD with 9 years of related engineering experience
• US Citizenship
• An active, in-scope DoD security clearance at the Secret level with issue/reissue in the last 5 years and the ability to obtain and maintain a special program access clearance
• Experience executing automated or manual tests in a laboratory environment
• Experience writing automated tests

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:

• Have experience with DO-178 cert process
• Have experience leading an embedded SW test team
• Have experience with SW test automation
• Have experience with SW testing Navigation systems

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