Principal Software Quality Engineer — TS Clearance

Northrop Grumman; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 103,600 - 193,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Company paid holidays

PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman seeks a Principal Engineer Software Quality or Sr. Principal Engineer Software Quality to join our team in Woodland Hills, CA.

This on-site role ensures robust quality evaluation plans for software and related systems, collaborating with management to set quality objectives. The ideal candidate has experience with Agile/Waterfall/Spiral development, data-driven metrics, and scripting in Bash or Python, along with Linux and Git proficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Engineering/ STEM with relevant software development & integration experience.
• Experience with Agile, Waterfall or Spiral development processes.
• Experience in collecting software data and metrics for reporting.
• Active Top-Secret Clearance; US Citizenship required.
• Experience with scripting languages (Bash, Python), Linux, Git, and MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Develop, modify, apply, and maintain quality evaluation plans for software and materials.
• Collaborate with program and engineering management on 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 corrective actions for non-conformances.
• Ensure documentation meets requirements and reflects corrective actions.
• Assist in collecting and reporting metrics.

Skills

Agile/Waterfall/Spiral Development

Linux OS

Scripting (Bash, Python)

Git

MS Office

Adaptability / learning new tools

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or STEM

Master’s Degree in Engineering or STEM

Tools

Git

Windows 11

AS9100 / ISO 9001

Job description

Northrop Grumman seeks a Principal Engineer Software Quality or Sr. Principal Engineer Software Quality to join our team in Woodland Hills, CA.

This on-site role ensures robust quality evaluation plans for software and related systems, collaborating with management to set quality objectives. The ideal candidate has experience with Agile/Waterfall/Spiral development, data-driven metrics, and scripting in Bash or Python, along with Linux and Git proficiency.