Principal / Sr. Principal Engineer Software Quality

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

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret TRAVEL: No 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. We are looking for you to join our team as a Principal Engineer Software Quality / Sr. Principal Engineer Software Quality based out of Woodland Hills, CA. This position is fully on-site. .

What you will get to do:

• Develop, modify, apply, and maintain quality evaluation plans to assist program activities for processing software and materials into partially finished or finished products.
• Collaborate with Program and Engineering management on program quality planning and the establishment of program quality objectives.
• Working with the Engineering Process Group, collaborate with software engineering and systems engineering functions to ensure quality standards are in place and followed.
• Assists with verification and validation testing of software and system products.
• Supports audit activities and audits quality systems for non-conformance identification and corrective action.
• Ensures that corrective measures meet acceptable quality standards, and that documentation is compliant with requirements.
• Assists Software Engineering in collecting and reporting metrics.

The ideal candidate must be familiar with QMS (ISO 9001, AS9100, or etc..).

This position is fully on-site.

This position can be filled as a Principal Engineer Software Quality or Sr. Principal Engineer Software Quality.

Basic Qualifications for Principal Engineer Software Quality:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or other STEM-related field with a minimum of 5 years of relevant software development integration work experience
• Master’s Degree in Engineering or other STEM-related field with a minimum of 3 years of relevant software development and integration work experience
• Experience with development processes including Agile, Waterfall, and/or Spiral Development processes
• Experience in the collection of software data and metrics for reporting
• Active Top-Secret Clearance
• US Citizenship Required
• Experience with Scripting languages (e.g. Bash, Python)
• Experience with Linux Operating System
• Experience with Git
• Experience with MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)

Basic Qualifications for Sr. Principal Engineer Software Quality:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or other STEM-related field with a minimum of 8 years of relevant software development integration work experience
• Master’s Degree in Engineering or other STEM-related field with a minimum of 6 years of relevant software development and integration work experience
• Experience with development processes including Agile, Waterfall, and/or Spiral Development processes
• Experience in the collection of software data and metrics for reporting
• Active Top-Secret Clearance
• US Citizenship Required
• Experience with Scripting languages (e.g. Bash, Python)
• Experience with Linux Operating System
• Experience with Git
• Experience with MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in a Software Engineering environment in an engineering capacity, work plan review, and root cause/corrective action analysis.
• Experience with software code review and open to learning different software tools.
• Software Development and/or Software Engineering background with an Agile/DevSecOps mindset.
• Experience with GitLab.
• Experience with Windows 11 Operating System.
• Experience with AS9100 or ISO 9001.

Primary Level Salary Range: $103,600.00 - $155,400.00 Secondary 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.

• 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.

U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

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.

We are a pioneering company. With careers across all areas: air, cyber, land, sea and space – our 90,000 employees work as one to defend and define the future. Northrop Grumman careers and internships are as varied as your interests, with a lifetime of potential that will give you every opportunity to do your best work. Working together with people from many backgrounds, personal passions and disciplines, we share a drive to push the boundaries of science, technology and engineering to meet the ever evolving needs of our customers worldwide.