Engineer Software Quality

Northrop Grumman; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 81,000 - 122,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems Sector seeks an Engineer Software Quality to join a diverse team in Rancho Bernardo, CA. You will define mission assurance program specifications and monitor quality, risk, safety, reliability, and maintainability per contract requirements.

The role collaborates with program and engineering management to set quality objectives and ensures standards across software and systems engineering. DoD clearance or the ability to obtain Secret level is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or STEM field (or Master's with 0 years).
• Ability to obtain DoD Secret clearance.
• Experience with Agile software development processes.
• Experience with C# or C++ and Python.
• Experience in data collection, analysis and metric reporting.
• Experience in software/code review and process evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on program quality planning and quality objectives.
• Ensure quality standards with software and systems engineering teams.
• Witness software qualification and system acceptance tests and document issues.
• Support AS9100D audits and non-conformance actions.
• Perform internal process evaluations and identify improvement opportunities.
• Assess supplier capability and ensure quality of procured software.
• Ensure documentation meets requirements and quality metrics are tracked.
• Assist in collecting and reporting software metrics.
• Review traceability from code to requirements.

Skills

Agile processes

C# or C++

Python

Data analysis

Metrics reporting

Learning new tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or STEM

Master's in STEM (0 years experience)

Tools

IBM DOORS

Jira

Confluence

Bitbucket

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No

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.

This position description does not represent a current opening but may be used to identify candidates with skills and experience for positions within Northrop Grumman that frequently become available. Candidates who express an interest may be considered for future positions at Northrop Grumman.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems Sector is seeking an 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.
• Assess Traceability from software source code, low-level to prime system level requirements.
• Review quality of engineering artifacts for consistency, adequacy, and suitability.

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 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

Preferred Qualifications

• Active Secret Clearance
• Experience with IBM DOORS
• Experience with requirement traceability
• Experience in a Software Engineering environment in an engineering capacity, work plan review, and root cause/corrective action analysis.
• Experience using Atlassian tool suite and tools like Bitbucket, Jira, and Confluence.
• Ability to work independently with all levels of management and customer representatives to identify solutions to complex problems.
• Understanding of Python libraries related to data analysis and machine learning
• Hardware Engineering or hardware quality experience.
• Aircraft industry experience.
• Experience implementing formal software certification efforts, such as DO-178, DO-254 or DO-330
• Experience leading diverse teams via a formalized Root Cause/Corrective Action process

Primary Level Salary Range: $81,300.00 - $121,900.00

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 candidate's experience, education, skills and current market 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.