Senior Software Systems Test Engineer – Automation & Verification

Northrop Grumman; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays

PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman seeks a Principal Software Systems Test Engineer in Huntsville, AL to lead test planning and execution across complex systems. The role requires DoD Secret Clearance, strong expertise in test engineering, and hands-on experience with automation and scripting.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to verify requirements and improve testing processes. The position offers competitive compensation with benefits including health, life and disability insurance, a savings

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in STEM and minimum 5 years of experience, or Masters degree in STEM and 3 years of experience.
• Active DoD Secret Clearance
• Strong understanding of test engineering principles (verification vs validation, coverage, boundary conditions, negative testing).
• Experience with test case design techniques (equivalence partitioning, boundary value analysis, use cases, etc.).
• Experience with test automation and at least one scripting or programming language (e.g., Python, Bash).
• Ability to read and interpret requirements, interface control documents (ICDs), and design specs.
• Familiarity with configuration management and version control (e.g., Git).
• Experience with API testing, UI testing, performance or security testing as needed

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain test plans, procedures, and test cases for assigned systems/subsystems.
• Perform system, integration, and regression testing (manual and/or automated).
• Analyze test results, troubleshoot issues, and work with dev/Systems/QA to resolve defects.
• Document test evidence and support formal reviews, audits, and customer witness events.
• Contribute to requirements verification (traceability from requirements to test cases).
• Develop and/or maintain automated test scripts and test frameworks as applicable.
• Support test environment setup: hardware, software, tools, data, and configurations.
• Support continuous improvement of test processes, tools, and metrics

Skills

Test engineering

Test case design

Scripting (Python / Bash)

Requirements tracing

Version control (Git)

API/UI testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree in STEM

Tools

Git

Automation frameworks

Job description

Northrop Grumman seeks a Principal Software Systems Test Engineer in Huntsville, AL to lead test planning and execution across complex systems. The role requires DoD Secret Clearance, strong expertise in test engineering, and hands-on experience with automation and scripting.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to verify requirements and improve testing processes. The position offers competitive compensation with benefits including health, life and disability insurance, a savings