Senior Mission Assurance Software Engineer (Top Secret)

Northrop Grumman Corp.; Aurora (CO); On-site; USD 129,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Top Secret/SCI clearance

On-site work in Aurora, CO

Total Rewards package

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Corp. in Aurora, CO, is seeking a Mission Assurance Software Engineer – Level 4 to join an on-site team. The role emphasizes quality systems, testing and collaboration across software and systems engineering to ensure top-tier standards. A 9/80 schedule with every other Friday off is included.

The position requires a TS/SCI clearance, STEM degree, and strong experience in agile practices and test automation, with responsibilities spanning FAT/SAT, metrics, and documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field required or equivalent experience.
• Experience with quality systems, testing and SCRUM/Agile processes.
• Familiarity with DOORs, Jira, Confluence and Bitbucket.

Responsibilities

• Develop, modify, apply and maintain quality systems and protocols for processing software.
• Collaborate with software and systems engineering to ensure quality standards.
• 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.
• Assist Software Engineering in reporting metrics to the SCRUM process (Epics, Sprints, Spirals, DR).
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Quality systems

Software testing

CI/CD pipelines

SCRUM/Agile

Test automation

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field

Master’s degree in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

DOORs

Jira

Confluence

Bitbucket

SAP Business Suite

Job description

Northrop Grumman Corp. in Aurora, CO, is seeking a Mission Assurance Software Engineer – Level 4 to join an on-site team. The role emphasizes quality systems, testing and collaboration across software and systems engineering to ensure top-tier standards. A 9/80 schedule with every other Friday off is included.

The position requires a TS/SCI clearance, STEM degree, and strong experience in agile practices and test automation, with responsibilities spanning FAT/SAT, metrics, and documentation.