Northrop Grumman Australia · 1 day ago
Staff Engineer Software Quality - 4803-1
Northrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company, and they are seeking a Staff Software Quality Assurance Engineer to support the Sentinel program. The role involves ensuring process execution and quality in software development, testing, and release, while providing technical oversight and guidance within a fast-paced Agile/SAFe environment.
Defense & Space
Responsibilities
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
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in a STEM field and a minimum of 12 years of related experience or a Master's degree in STEM and a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience or 8 years with a Ph.D
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
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.)
Benefits
Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
401k
Educational Assistance
Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
Paid Time Off
Health & Wellness Resources
Employee Discounts
Company
Northrop Grumman Australia
Northrop Grumman Australia is the Australia-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation and committed to generating long-term prosperity, investing in advanced Research & Development, sovereign and exportable Intellectual Property, high-quality jobs and long-term technology leadership across the Commonwealth.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase