Test Engineer with Secret Clearance – Aerospace Systems

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 80,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

401k

Educational Assistance

Life Insurance

PTO & Health Resources

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking to hire a Test Engineer / Principal Test Engineer in Huntsville, AL. The role covers planning, executing, and coordinating complex test campaigns for advanced programs, with emphasis on HWIL/SWIL environments, ITP development, and risk reduction.

Candidates must meet STEM degree requirements and possess DoD clearance or the ability to obtain. Strong teamwork, test automation, and data analysis skills are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor/StEM degree with relevant experience per level.
• 3+ years in test planning and integrated test plans.
• Active US DoD Secret clearance or ability to obtain.
• Experience in hardware-in-the-loop testing and test automation.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and manage facilities, labs and test environments.
• Translate requirements into system-level test solutions.
• Develop and execute integrated test plans and schedules.
• Ensure traceability via the Integrated Test Plan (ITP).
• Coordinate test activities across internal and external teams.
• Analyze test results and provide data-driven recommendations.
• Review supplier test efforts and data; ensure compliance.
• Design risk-reduction test methods and demonstrations.
• Manage test data, configuration, metrics and docs.
• Serve as primary technical liaison with customers and contractors.

Skills

Test automation

Requirements traceability

Hardware-in-the-loop testing

System-level testing

Data analysis

Cross-team coordination

Communication with customers

Technical liaison

Education

STEM degree (Bachelors)

Masters degree (preferred)

PhD (optional)

Tools

DOORS

Atlassian (Confluence/Jira)

Data analytics tools (Tableau)

IBM Jazz

Job description

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking to hire a Test Engineer / Principal Test Engineer in Huntsville, AL. The role covers planning, executing, and coordinating complex test campaigns for advanced programs, with emphasis on HWIL/SWIL environments, ITP development, and risk reduction.

Candidates must meet STEM degree requirements and possess DoD clearance or the ability to obtain. Strong teamwork, test automation, and data analysis skills are essential for success in this role.