Principal Engineer Software - Integration & Test Automation (San Diego CA)

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems in air and space that impact people’s lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our work preserves freedom and democracy, and advances human discovery and our understanding of the universe. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have a lot of 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 Aerospace Systems has an opening for an experienced Principal Software Engineer - Integration & Test to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in San Diego, CA.
 
The selected candidate will develop scripts and verification procedures, integrate, test and troubleshoot desktop applications, microservices and web based applications.
 
Essential Functions:

• Work with a team of developers and integrators focused on delivering software products as part of an IFC.
• Participate in writing software deployment and test scripts, test and delivery of build/test/release.
• Work in a process-oriented software development environment across the software lifecycle 
• Troubleshoot issues that occur in a complex system in a lab environment
• Collaborate with team members on a regular basis.

 
The selected candidate should thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, and collaborative team settings across all levels.  Candidate must be comfortable in a lab environment and be able to collaborate closely with developers, system engineers, hardware/infrastructure engineers, and system test engineers.

Basic Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline with 5yrs experience or 3yrs experience w/ a Master's Degree in STEM
• Good troubleshooting skills to help narrow down the cause of integration issues.
• 1+ years of experience with scripting language such as Python or Ansible
• 2+ years of experience performing software deployments and integration
• Active Top Secret clearance and must be able to obtain and maintain program access

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Current SAP access: 
• Experience with deploying containerized microservices that run in Kubernetes and Docker
• Experience with Test Complete and Selenium
• Familiar with basic Windows and Linux commands
• Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.