Mission Assurance Software Engineer Level 4

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 129,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Top Secret clearance

Job summary

Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector in Aurora, CO is seeking a Mission Assurance Software Engineer - Level 4 for a 100% onsite role with a 9/80 schedule and every other Friday off. You will develop and maintain quality systems, collaborate across software and systems engineering, and ensure rigorous testing and documentation of software products.

Applicants must hold a STEM degree with significant professional experience and an active Top-Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field with 8 years of professional experience OR Master's degree with 6 years OR PhD with 4 years.
• Active Top-Secret clearance with ability to obtain SCI.
• 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 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, 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.

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 reliability standards and documentation is compliant with requirements.
• Assist Software Engineering in reporting metrics to the SCRUM process including Epics, Sprints, Spirals, and DRs.
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Communication skills

Agile practices

Software engineering principles

Test automation

CI pipeline integration

Test scripting language

Code reviews

Metrics and reporting

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree in STEM

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

Northrop Grumman Total Rewards

Working at Northrop Grumman is more than just a paycheck. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards and benefits package designed to help you thrive at work and in life.

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. Ann