Senior Systems Engineer - Test & Verification (Secret Clearance)

Northrop Grumman Corp.; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 109,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems seeks a Principal Engineer Systems in Huntsville, AL to lead test engineering efforts across multiple software and embedded platforms. You will develop test plans, automate where possible, and ensure traceability from requirements to tests.

You will evaluate systems, work with development and QA teams, and support formal reviews and customer events. A Secret Clearance is required for this role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in STEM required; Master’s degree preferred for advanced roles.
• Active DoD Secret Clearance required.
• Strong understanding of test engineering principles (verification vs validation, coverage, boundary conditions).
• Experience with test case design techniques (equivalence partitioning, boundary value analysis).
• Experience with test automation and at least one scripting or programming language (Python, Bash).
• Familiarity with configuration management and version control (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 automated).
• Analyze test results, troubleshoot and resolve defects with dev/Systems/QA.
• Document test evidence and support reviews, audits, and customer witness events.
• Contribute to requirements verification and traceability from requirements to test cases.
• Develop or maintain automated test scripts and frameworks.
• Support test environment setup and tooling; hardware, software, data, configurations.
• Support continuous improvement of test processes and metrics.

Skills

Test engineering

Test automation

Python

Scripting

API testing

UI testing

Git

Linux

MBSE

Agile development

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree in STEM

Tools

Git

MBSE Tools

Job description

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems seeks a Principal Engineer Systems in Huntsville, AL to lead test engineering efforts across multiple software and embedded platforms. You will develop test plans, automate where possible, and ensure traceability from requirements to tests.

You will evaluate systems, work with development and QA teams, and support formal reviews and customer events. A Secret Clearance is required for this role.