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Staff Software Quality Engineer - 17934
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Staff Software Quality Assurance Engineer overseeing software quality for the Sentinel program in an Agile/SAFe environment, ensuring process execution, quality plans, and technical guidance across multiple security classifications.
About this role
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be availableCLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: YesCLEARANCE TYPE: SecretTRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time
Description
At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Staff Software Quality Assurance Engineer. This position is located in Roy, UT supporting the Sentinel program.
This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.
What You’ll Get To Do:
The selected candidate will be responsible for supporting Software Quality Assurance (SQA) with the oversight/reporting of the software effort for the Sentinel program while working within a fast-paced Agile/SAFe software development environment. Our focus is on ensuring process execution and quality is built into the development, testing, and release of the software deliverables.
The successful candidate will have extensive experience as a Software Product Owner, Software Project Manager, or Software Quality Assurance Engineer and experience working within the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). The position will afford the opportunity to interact with all levels of the organization. Effective communication skills are a must. In addition, the candidate will provide expert technical advice and guidance to team members.
Ensure the development and implementation of robust Software Quality plans, documents, checklists, and training materials.
Provide senior technical oversight for problem resolution activities, root cause analysis, and preventive/corrective action implementation.
Work within multiple security classifications with team members located at multiple sites.
Support development of software metrics.
Support status reporting/meetings/presentations.
Support Peer Reviews of artifacts for engineering release.
Support dispositioning of Non-Conformance candidates.
Work as a specific Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the SQA team.
As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Space Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:
Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
401k
Educational Assistance
Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
Paid Time Off
Health & Wellness Resources
Employee Discounts
This positions standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.
Basic Qualifications:
A Bachelors in Science degree with 12 years of experience; or 10 years of experience with a Masters degree; or 8 years of experience with a PhD.
Must be a US Citizen with an active DoD Secret Clearance with an investigation date within the last 6 years
Must be able to be successfully screened for Enhanced Security Clearances, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs
Recent experience working within a large Agile/SAFE software program as a Software Product Owner or Software Project Manager.
Full understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and the processes, plans, standards, industry practices and tools required of a mission-critical program.
Experience working within an Agile/SAFe environment (fast-paced/incremental development/delivery) with focus on first time quality.
Experience with Jira, Confluence, Cameo, DOORS, Gitlab, and static analysis tools.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in Missile Systems/Sub-Systems design, construction, or sustainment
Experience in process monitoring, data collection, analysis, and metric reporting for a large program/supplier-base.
Experience in Peer Reviews and Code Reviews
Experience in software build testing, qualification, and Integration and Test
Able to read and understand Software Code (C++, Java, Python, etc.)
Skills
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