Senior Systems Test Engineer IV (SCI) – Onsite, 10% Travel

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

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Aurora, CO, seeks a Systems Test Engineer – Level 4 to join our team onsite. You will synthesize contractual needs into test solutions, develop test plans, and coordinate complex test activities across platforms and teams.

The role requires an active SCI clearance and a Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of related experience (or equivalent with advanced degrees). Onsite work only, with strong emphasis on collaboration and problem solving.

Qualifications

• Active DoD Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance is required at the time of application.
• Bachelor's degree with 8 years of relevant experience; 6 years with a Master's; 4 years with a PhD.
• Experience with ground system software deployment, integration and testing in complex, cloud-based environments.
• Understanding of requirements decomposition, verification activity planning and execution.
• Ability to collaborate with software development teams to ensure understanding, reproduction steps, resolution approach.
• Ability to troubleshoot and perform root-cause analysis for software issues.
• Experience with scripting languages (Python, Bash), Git, Kubernetes, Helm, and Java.

Responsibilities

• Synthesize customer needs into system test solutions within schedule and cost constraints.
• Develop and direct preparation and execution of comprehensive test plans and schedules.
• Coordinate integrated testing activities across teams and environments.
• Review and evaluate test requirements for completeness of the program.
• Perform technical analysis of complete systems and prepare system-level evaluations.

Skills

Clearance (SCI)

System testing

Troubleshooting

Root cause analysis

Collaboration

Python scripting

Bash scripting

Git

Kubernetes

Helm

Java

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

Git

Kubernetes

Helm

Java

Job description

Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Aurora, CO, seeks a Systems Test Engineer – Level 4 to join our team onsite. You will synthesize contractual needs into test solutions, develop test plans, and coordinate complex test activities across platforms and teams.

The role requires an active SCI clearance and a Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of related experience (or equivalent with advanced degrees). Onsite work only, with strong emphasis on collaboration and problem solving.