Mission Assurance Software Engineer Level 4

Northrop Grumman; Town of Aurora (NY); On-site; USD 129,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman in Aurora, CO seeks a Mission Assurance Software Engineer – Level 4 for 100% on-site work in the Space Systems sector. The role supports Advanced Tactical Missions (ATM) with a focus on quality systems, software testing, and metrics reporting.

The position features a 9/80 schedule with every other Friday off and requires a Top Secret/SCI clearance. Responsibilities include developing and maintaining quality systems, collaborating across software and systems engineering, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field with 8 years of professional experience, OR Master’s with 6 years, OR PhD with 4 years.
• Active Top-Secret clearance at time of application with ability to obtain SCI clearance.
• Experience in AS9100 quality system implementation and maintenance.
• Understanding of software engineering principles, practices, and theories.
• Strong knowledge of functional, regression, performance, and security testing.
• Proficiency with test‑automation framework and experience embedding automated tests into CI pipelines.
• Competent in a high‑level language used for test scripts.
• Experience in code reviews, software peer reviews, and technical documentation reviews.
• Knowledge of software configuration control methods.
• Experience in software related metrics and reporting.
• Agile practices – Active participation in sprint planning, daily standups/SCRUM, retrospectives, backlog grooming.

Responsibilities

• Develop, modify, apply and maintain quality systems and protocols for processing software.
• Collaborate with software engineering and systems engineering functions to ensure quality standards are in place.
• Devise and implement methods for testing and evaluating software.
• Design and analyze inspection and testing processes, mechanisms and equipment.
• Witness acceptance tests (FAT, SAT, etc.).
• Audit quality systems for deficiency identification and correction.
• Ensure corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards and that documentation is compliant with requirements.
• Assist Software Engineering in reporting metrics to the SCRUM process including monitoring and assisting with the Epics, Sprints, Spirals, and Discrepancy Reports (DR) entry, resolution, closure and metrics around DR.
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

AS9100 knowledge

Software testing

CI pipelines

Test automation

Code reviews

Documentation reviews

Scrum/Agile

Cross-functional collaboration

Software configuration management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Master’s degree

PhD

Tools

DOORs

Jira

Confluence

Bitbucket

SAP Business Suite

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top 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.

Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector is seeking a Mission Assurance Software Engineer – Level 4 to join our team in Aurora, CO. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work.

The Advanced Tactical Missions (ATM) Business Unit organization within the Northrop Grumman Space Systems pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission.

This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off.

In this job, you will:

• Develop, modify, apply and maintain quality systems and protocols for processing software.
• Collaborate with software engineering and systems engineering functions to ensure quality standards are in place.
• Devise and implement methods for testing and evaluating software.
• Design and analyze inspection and testing processes, mechanisms and equipment.
• Witness acceptance tests (FAT, SAT, etc.)
• Audit quality systems for deficiency identification and correction.
• Ensure that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards and that documentation is compliant with requirements.
• Assist Software Engineering in reporting metrics to the SCRUM process including monitoring and assisting with the Epics, Sprints, Spirals, and Discrepancy Reports (DR) entry, resolution, closure and metrics around DR.
• Other duties as assigned

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field with 8 years of professional experience – OR – Master’s degree with 6 years of professional experience – OR – PhD with 4 years of professional experience.

• Requires an active Top-Secret at time of application with ability to obtain Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance

• Experience in AS9100 based quality system implementation and maintenance

• Understanding of software engineering principles, practices, and theories

• Strong knowledge of functional, regression, performance, and security testing

• Proficiency with test‑automation framework and experience embedding automated tests into CI pipelines

• Competent in a high‑level language used for test scripts

• Experience in code reviews, software peer reviews, and technical documentation reviews

• Knowledge of software configuration control methods

• Experience in software related metrics and reporting

• Agile practices – Active participation in sprint planning, daily standups/SCRUM, retrospectives, backlog grooming

• Strong communication skills and ability to work cross functionally while maintaining an independent role reporting to Mission Assurance

• Observation reporting, traceability, monitoring and assisting in test failures

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to understand and work with multiple enterprise-wide systems and software problem tracking tools such as DOORs, Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket
• Experience using SAP Business Suite
• Experience in Root Cause Investigation
• AS9100 auditing experience and/or auditor training

Curious about all the exciting developments with the Northrop Grumman Space Sector? Click the link below:

https://www.northropgrumman.com/space

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Primary Level Salary Range: $129,300.00 - $193,900.00

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.