Sentinel - Sr. Staff Engineer Systems - DevOps Integration & Test Lead

About the role

This opportunity is in Roy UT, Colorado Springs, CO or Huntsville AL and will support the Sentinel Program. Northrop Grumman supports the Air Force’s sustainment, development, production and deployment of hardware and system modifications for Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Ground and Airborne Launch Control Systems, Launch Facilities and associated infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Leveraging your deep technical expertise and leadership skills, you establish scalable processes and promote best practices that enhance efficiency and system reliability throughout the development lifecycle.
• Your role is critical in aligning technical execution with program goals while mentoring leaders and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.
• Leading system integration and test efforts for multi-disciplinary software projects, including coordinating across geographically distributed teams.
• Experience with modeling and simulation frameworks.
• Developing and executing comprehensive test plans to validate functionality, performance, and reliability requirements in alignment with program specifications and customer needs.
• Creating system models and test architecture that enable thorough and repeatable software testing.
• Managing requirements traceability through integration and test phases, ensuring coverage and compliance.
• Collaborating with software developers, systems engineers, and stakeholders to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve integration issues promptly.
• Overseeing test execution including functional, performance, and regression testing.
• Mentoring and coaching software test engineers and cross-functional team members, fostering skill development and best practices.
• Leading communication with internal and external stakeholders including reporting on test status, risks, and mitigation strategies.
• Ensuring compliance with contractual, regulatory, and security requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM with 14 years’ experience; 12 years’ experience with a Masters’ degree in STEM; or 10 years’ experience with a PhD.
• Must be a U.S Citizen with an active DoD Secret (or higher) clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• Able to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (SAP/PAR).
• 5 years of proven leadership experience leading distributed teams and coordinating across multiple projects and technical domains.
• 5 years of experience with software testing methodologies, test planning, systems integration, and verification techniques to include hands-on experience developing and maintaining software system models to support rigorous testing and validation.
• 5 years of experience with Agile development frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and test automation best practices.
• Demonstrated ability to manage requirements traceability and maintain alignment between system requirements and verification activities.

Qualifications

• Experience in Model-Based Systems Engineering approach.
• Experience working in the defense industry or weapon systems.
• Excellent communication skills with experience presenting to executive leadership and interfacing with customers and partner organizations.
• Strong problem-solving skills and experience driving continuous improvement initiatives in software development and testing processes.
• Understanding of SSCMAN 91-710 Range Safety Compliance.
• Experience with large complex design and hardware integration efforts.
• Active Sentinel SAP clearance.

Skills

• Model-based systems engineering.
• Agile development frameworks.
• CI/CD pipelines.
• Test automation best practices.
• Software testing methodologies.
• System integration and verification techniques.
• Requirement traceability management.
• Communication and presentation skills.
• Problem-solving and continuous improvement skills.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage.
• 401k.
• Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions.
• Paid Time Off.
• Health & Wellness Resources.
• Discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
• Annual bonuses designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.
• Long Term Incentives.
• Relocation assistance package.

Pay

The annual salary range for this position is $166,500.00 - $276,100.00.

Schedule

The standard work schedule for this role is 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.