Principal Cyber Software Test Engineer (TG)

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage, and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity, and bringing your whole self to work. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals.

We're looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies. By joining our shared mission, you'll support yours of expanding your personal network and developing skills. At Northrop Grumman, you'll have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career.

Places of performance for this position are Annapolis Junction, MD; San Antonio, TX; Aurora, CO; and Carey, NC.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes system requirements and concept of operations documents, acquisition plans, and system descriptions to develop evaluation and test plans and procedures, prepare for and conduct the data collection and analysis, and report status and results.
• Supports the development of Government test and evaluation documentation (e.g., Test & Evaluation (T&E) Strategy, Test & Evaluation Master Plan, Event Test Plans, Test Readiness Assessments, and T&E Reports).
• Works with other test organizations to support T&E program integration.
• Provides specialized T&E capabilities tailored to system functions, level, maturity, and performance area.
• Assist with any or all Level 1 tasks as constrained by technical training and previous testing experience.
• Conduct research into and apply knowledge of Government test and evaluation concepts and related engineering, acquisition, and operations activities as needed to support T&E activities.
• Plan and execute performance analysis; review planned acquisition approaches to support T&E schedule alignment with decision-maker needs.
• Analyze performance risk areas to focus T&E planning.
• Specify, validate, and adapt Modeling and Simulation for T&E use.
• Apply statistical analysis of variations in performance behavior to characterize confidence in performance estimates.
• Select, develop, and use analysis tools.
• Execute the evaluation plan on data collected by the testing tasks.
• Plan and execute performance data collection; plan program and event-level testing for data collection required for analysis and to synchronize T&E events with supported decision points.
• Establish and employ data & configuration management capabilities.
• Support data authentication group functions and comply with program discrepancy reporting criteria and processes.
• Assess operational and system performance requirements for testability and criticality to frame and prioritize T&E objectives and enable evaluation planning.
• Coordinate with program Systems Engineering (SE) and review T&E-related SE information to leverage functional analysis, system descriptions, parameter selection and dependencies, modeling and simulation, and initial performance risk assessments to inform evaluation planning.
• Assess operational environments and priorities for evaluation attention and scenario selection, and coordinate user participation in T&E.
• Plan program and event-level risk-tailored performance estimation and analysis of system and operational effectiveness and suitability metrics & conditions; levels of T&E include inspection, demonstration, paper analysis, survey, simulation, and physical test.
• Design surveys for evaluation of Subject Matter Expert (SME) input and user assessments of performance.
• Participate in the T&E Working-level Integrated Product Team (WIPT) and/or Integrated Test Team for coordination of evaluation plans.
• Produce evaluation plans (metric framework, scenarios/threads, timelines, requirements/T&E crosswalk), analysis plans, data requirements, risk assessments, evaluation reports, and status reports; provide input to Government T&E products (e.g., Technology Readiness Assessments, Test & Evaluation Strategy, Test & Evaluation Master Plan, T&E Plans & Procedures, and Test Readiness Reports).
• Design data sampling schemes to optimize the information/resource balance and control testing uncertainties.
• Select, coordinate, and calibrate instrumentation, collection and data management tools, targets, and facilities.
• Ensure test readiness including training of test event participants, equipment readiness, and security, legal, and privacy compliance arrangements.
• Participate in T&E WIPT and/or Integrated Test Team for coordination of data collection plans.
• Execute testing and data collection per plan.
• Produce associated test plans, procedures, reports/briefings, and data management plans.
• Define and provide technical direction and guidance for Level 1 tasks to Level 0 and Level 1 TEs assigned to the task.
• Recommend draft plans and reports from Level 1 tasks for approval by the task leader.
• Work directly with the Government sponsor to coordinate task implementation.
• Maintain knowledge of current and evolving agency, national, and international standards applicable to the system development of interest.

Requirements

• High School Diploma with 9 years of related experience or a Bachelor's degree with 5 years of experience. Degree must be in a related STEM field.
• Active and current TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance required for start.
• Must be able to obtain related certifications within 6 months of employment in this role.
• Travel: 10% of the time.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience analyzing user requirements to derive software design and performance requirements.
• CNO (Computer Network Operations) development concepts.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health plan.
• Savings plan (401k).
• Paid time off (PTO) and holidays.
• Education assistance, training, and development.
• 9/80 work schedule (where available).
• Additional benefits including life and disability insurance.

Pay

Primary level salary range: $98,900.00 – $155,400.00. The above salary range represents a general guideline; Northrop Grumman considers factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's experience, education, skills, and current market conditions when determining base salary offers. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.