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Staff Software I&T Engineer – System Test Lead (Level 5)

Northrop Grumman · Redondo Beach, CA · 2 wk ago
On-siteQuality Assurance$177k–$266k/yrFull-time

This position is contingent upon capturing program award(s) and obtaining and maintaining associated business and/or customer funding. Continued employment is also contingent upon obtaining and maintaining required U.S. Government clearances and program access within a reasonable period of time.

About the role

Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector is seeking a Staff Software I&T Engineer – System Test Lead to join our team in Redondo Beach, CA. Our employees work on revolutionary systems that impact lives globally, contributing to advancements from historic flights to space exploration. We foster a culture of intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity, and bold innovation.

Responsibilities

  • 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, working effectively with developers, DevOps, and systems engineers.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with 12+ years of software engineering experience, or a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline with 10+ years of experience.
  • Active U.S. Government Top Secret clearance at the time of application, with the ability to obtain Special Program Access.
  • Hands-on experience testing containerized applications (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift).
  • Experience testing systems that use Kafka (or similar message bus) for asynchronous communication.
  • Experience using a test automation tool (e.g., TestComplete, JUnit, Mockito, pytest, Catch2).
  • Experience building and maintaining automated tests in a CI/CD pipeline, including integration with tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps.
  • 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).

Preferred Qualifications

  • Active U.S. Government Top Secret clearance.
  • Experience testing systems deployed to cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure), including 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.
  • 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.
  • Experience testing scheduling algorithms.

Clearance

  • Top Secret clearance required for start.
  • Ability to obtain Special Program Access within a reasonable period of time.

Travel

10% of the time.

Relocation Assistance

Relocation assistance may be available.

Pay

Primary level salary range: $177,000.00 - $265,600.00. The final offer considers scope, responsibilities, experience, education, skills, and current market conditions. Eligible employees may receive overtime, shift differential, discretionary bonuses, and long-term incentives (for Vice President or Director positions).

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • 401k retirement savings plan.
  • Educational assistance.
  • Life and disability insurance.
  • Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions.
  • Paid time off, including holidays and vacation.
  • Health and wellness resources.
  • Employee discounts.
  • Flexible schedules, such as a 9/80 work schedule (nine-hour days Monday through Thursday, every other Friday off).

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