Principal Software Quality Engineer

Northrop Grumman•Melbourne, FL

9d•$82,000 - $123,000•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems sector is seeking a Principal Software Quality Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals located in Melbourne, FL, at the Melbourne campus. Telecommute/remote is not an option for this position. This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80, to allow employees every other Friday off. The Principal Software Quality will provide highly technical feedback during code review to ensure compliance with standards and best practices and that the code is correct, efficient, and maintainable. They will implement tools that aid in the collection and analysis of data relevant to Software Quality’s statement of work.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, another STEM degree or equivalent and at least 5 years of software experience or a Master’s degree in one of the above disciplines with 3 years of experience or a PhD with 0 years of experience
Experience coding in Java, C++, or Python
Understanding of software engineering principles, practices, and theories
Ability to understand and work with multiple enterprise-wide systems and software problem tracking tools such as DOORs, Jira, Confluence, and BitBucket
Knowledge of waterfall, spiral, or Agile life cycles
Active in-scope Secret Clearance with ability to acquire and maintain Special Program Access prior to starting
U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

Responsibilities

Perform process audits of software development processes to assure compliance to policies, both onsite and at supplier sites
Review customer, system and software requirements to ensure the flow down of requirements is complete and unambiguous
Participate in contractual reviews and audits, program meetings, and configuration control board meetings
Examine the products associated with the preparation and configuration control of software test environments to assess the team’s readiness to enter formal testing
Collect and analyze quality metrics on software activities
Peer review software documents to ensure appropriate content and adherence to standards
Interpret customer technical, software, and quality requirements and ensure those requirements are integrated into program plans, specifications, and product documents
Ensure compliance with contract program, quality, organizational, and industry alert requirements
Provide oversight in discrepancy review and software failure investigations as well as cause and corrective action determinations. Analyze and interpret trends and execute improvements on key metrics.
Facilitate thorough root cause analysis on deficiencies and ensure appropriate corrective actions are developed and implemented in a timely manner
Monitor execution of formal software tests to ensure tests are executed in accordance with approved test procedures, requirements are fully verified, and that all test procedures and software anomalies are documented and tracked to closure