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Northrop Grumman · 11 hours ago

Principal Software Quality Engineer - R10221882

Northrop Grumman is a leading company in technological advancements, seeking a Principal Software Quality Engineer to support their Integrated Mission Solutions Operating Unit. This role involves ensuring compliance with quality standards in software development processes and collaborating with various engineering functions to promote mission success.

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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++JavaProcessProduct evaluationRoot CauseCorrective ActionSoftware build testingISOAS9100 standardsAnalytical skillsWritten communicationTeamworkAdaptabilityContinuous 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
US citizenship required
Must have the Ability to obtain a DOD Secret clearance
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
Knowledge of Root Cause and Corrective Action tools
Experience in software build testing, qualification, and Integration and Test

Preferred

Active Secret Clearance
Ability to understand and work with multiple enterprise-wide systems and software problem tracking tools such as DOORs, Jira, Confluence, and BitBucket
Excellent written communication and interpersonal skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Work well under pressure and adapt well to unplanned tasks
Ability and willingness to continuously learn and implement new processes
Dedicated to teamwork and be ability to work well in a team environment
Experience with ISO and AS9100 standards requirements
Demonstrated ability prioritizing tasks and meeting deadlines
Experience in process monitoring, data collection, analysis, and metric reporting for a large program/supplier-base

Benefits

Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

Company

Northrop Grumman

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Northrop Grumman is an aerospace, defense and security company that provides training and satellite ground network communications software.

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$3.7B
Key Investors
U.S. Department of DefenseNASA
2025-05-27Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2024-01-29Post Ipo Debt· $2.5B
2023-12-20Grant· $72M

Leadership Team

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Tom Wilson
Corporate Vice President, Enterprise Business Development
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Jeffrey Worsham
Chief Product Owner - Advanced Technology Development
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