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Northrop Grumman · 2 months ago

Principal Software Quality Engineer - R10212700

Warner Robins, GA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$87K/yr - $130K/yr

5+ years exp

Northrop Grumman is a pioneering company that offers incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems impacting lives worldwide. They are seeking a Principal Software Quality Engineer to support the Integrated Mission Solutions Operating Unit, focusing on ensuring compliance with quality management systems and overseeing the software development lifecycle.

AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Perform process audits of software development processes to assure compliance to established policies, procedures, work instructions, and program specific plans

Review customer, system and software requirements to ensure the flow down of requirements is complete and unambiguous

Interpret customer technical, software, and quality requirements and ensure those requirements are integrated into program plans, specifications, and product documents

Provide technical and process oversight of the full Software and Systems product development lifecycle, including software, system, integration, test, cyber, safety, airworthiness, electrical, and configuration and data management

Collaborate with Program and Engineering management on program quality planning and the establishment of program quality objectives

Participate in contractual reviews and audits, program/IPT meetings, and configuration control board meetings

Collaborate with software engineering and systems engineering functions to ensure quality standards are in place and followed

Peer review software documents to ensure appropriate content and adherence to standards

Witness execution of software qualification and system acceptance tests to ensure tests are executed in accordance with approved test procedures, requirements are fully verified, and that all test procedure and software anomalies are documented and tracked to closure

Support CMMI and AS9100 audit activities and audits quality systems for non-conformance identification and corrective action

Evaluate and ensure software suppliers possess the capability and capacity necessary to execute and deliver procured software with unquestionable quality

Ensures that corrective measures meet acceptable quality standards, and that documentation is compliant with requirements

Collect and analyze quality metrics on software activities

Examine the products associated with the preparation and configuration control of software test environments to assess the team’s readiness to enter formal testing

Ensure compliance with contract program, quality, organizational, and industry alert requirements

Analyze and interpret trends and execute improvements on key metrics

Crosstrain in hardware quality

Qualification

Software Development ProcessesCC++JavaProcess EvaluationSoftware TestingDOORsJiraConfluenceRoot Cause AnalysisAnalytical SkillsCommunicationTeamworkAdaptabilityContinuous Learning

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, another STEM degree or equivalent and at least 5 years of software experience or 3 years with a Master's degree or 0 years with a PhD in one of the above disciplines

Must have knowledge of software development processes including Agile, Waterfall, and Spiral Development processes

Must have knowledge of C, C++, and Java

Must have experience in process and product evaluation

Ability to understand and work with multiple enterprise-wide systems and software problem tracking tools such as DOORs, Jira, Confluence, and BitBucket

Experience in software build testing, qualification, and Integration and Test

Ability to obtain a DOD Secret clearance

US citizenship required