Software I&T Engineer (Level 2 or 3) - AHT

Northrop Grumman•Redondo Beach, CA

1d•$91,800 - $171,000•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector is seeking a Software I&T Engineer (Level 2 or 3) to join our team of highly qualified, diverse professionals within the Western Region Software Engineering directorate. This position is located onsite in Redondo Beach, CA. Please be aware that this position is contingent upon capturing program award(s) and obtaining and maintaining associated business and/or customer funding. Furthermore, this position is contingent upon the candidate obtaining final clearances and program access(es) within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company. Continued employment thereafter will be subject to maintenance at the level of clearance and program access required for the position in the future.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with 2+ years of software engineering experience, or a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline with 0+ years of experience (for Level 2).
Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with 5+ years of software engineering experience, or a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline with 3+ years of stated experience, or a Ph.D. in a STEM discipline with 1+ years of stated experience (for Level 3).
Ability and willingness to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret clearance and SCI clearance within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company. Continued employment thereafter is contingent upon the candidate maintaining the required level of clearance and program access for the position.
Experience using a test automation tool (TestComplete, Junit, Mockito, pytest, Catch2, etc).
Experience building and maintaining automated tests in a CI/CD pipeline.
Strong skills in test automation scripting (e.g., Python, JavaScript, or other relevant language).
Solid understanding of test design techniques (e.g., boundary analysis, equivalence classes, negative testing, performance and load considerations).
Proficiency with source control and work tracking (e.g., Git, GitLab/GitHub, Azure DevOps, Jira).

Nice To Haves

Active U.S. Government Top Secret clearance.
Experience testing systems deployed to cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, or similar), including basic understanding of cloud networking, storage, and security groups.
Experience with multi-level / multi-domain security environments or systems deployed at multiple classification levels.
Practical experience with TestComplete and TestExecute, including designing and implementing automated integration test suites, and maintaining and extending existing TestComplete/TestExecute test frameworks.
Experience validating message flows, topics, partitions, and consumer groups.
Experience working with REST APIs, microservices, and distributed architectures from a testing perspective.
Strong background in integration and system-level testing for Space Mission Planning systems.
Familiarity with container orchestration in secure environments (e.g., Kubernetes/OpenShift in classified or isolated networks).
Experience testing systems subject to DoD, government, or regulated security requirements (e.g., STIGs, RMF).
Experience with performance, scalability, and reliability testing of Kafka-based or other event-driven systems.
Experience with infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, Helm, Ansible) and testing infrastructure changes.
Knowledge of observability tooling (logs, metrics, traces) and using them to validate system behavior under test.
Familiarity with virtualization, networking, and secure cross-domain solutions is a plus.
Experience testing scheduling algorithms.

Responsibilities

Ability to define test plans, test cases, and establish traceability back to requirements and design.
Verify reliability, ordering, and error handling in asynchronous workflows.
Collaborate with systems engineers to understand mission planning requirements and translate them into robust software solutions.
Implement and maintain cloud-deployed services, including monitoring, logging, and alerting.
Participate in code reviews, test automation efforts, and continuous improvement of development and integration practices.
Troubleshoot and resolve issues across application, container, and cloud layers.
Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills, and work effectively with developers, DevOps, and systems engineers.