Principal Software Quality Engineer – On-Site TS Clearance

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 103,600 - 193,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman in Woodland Hills, CA seeks a Principal Engineer Software Quality or Sr. Principal Engineer Software Quality for an on-site role. You will develop quality plans, collaborate with engineering, and verify software and systems against quality standards, with Top Secret clearance and US citizenship required.

The position emphasizes QA leadership, audits, metrics, and process improvements within a Government/defense context.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or STEM with 5+ years of relevant software development/integration experience.
• Master’s Degree in Engineering or STEM with 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience with Agile, Waterfall, or Spiral Development processes.
• Experience collecting software data and metrics for reporting.
• Active Top-Secret Clearance; US Citizenship required.
• Scripting experience (Bash, Python); Linux OS; Git.
• Experience with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Experience with GitLab is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop, modify, apply, and maintain quality evaluation plans for software and materials.
• Collaborate with program management to set quality objectives.
• Work with Engineering Process Group to ensure quality standards are followed.
• Assist with verification and validation testing of software and system products.
• Support audits and implement corrective actions for non-conformances.
• Collect and report software metrics; ensure documentation compliance.

Skills

Bash

Python

Linux

Git

MS Office

Agile/DevSecOps

Software metrics

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or STEM

Master’s Degree in Engineering or STEM

Tools

GitLab

Job description

Northrop Grumman in Woodland Hills, CA seeks a Principal Engineer Software Quality or Sr. Principal Engineer Software Quality for an on-site role. You will develop quality plans, collaborate with engineering, and verify software and systems against quality standards, with Top Secret clearance and US citizenship required.

The position emphasizes QA leadership, audits, metrics, and process improvements within a Government/defense context.