Principal / Sr Principal Software Engineer - Automated Testing

Principal / Sr Principal Software Engineer – Automated Testing

Company	Northrop Grumman
Location	Morrisville, NC, USA, Fairfax, VA, USA
Salary	$100300 – $206000
Type	Full-Time
Degrees	Bachelor’s
Experience Level	Senior, Expert or higher

Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) security clearance AND a favorably adjudicated polygraph at time of application
Minimum years of experience needed to be considered: Level 3 (Principal): 5 Years of relevant experience with a completed Bachelor’s, 3 Years of relevant experience with a completed Masters’s, 1 Year of relevant experience with a completed Ph.D., 7 Years of relevant experience with a completed associate’s degree, 9 years of relevant work experience in lieu of a completed degree (High School diploma or equivalent is required); Level 4 (Sr Principal): 8 Years of relevant experience with a completed Bachelor’s, 6 Years of relevant experience with a completed Masters’s, 4 Years of relevant experience with a completed Ph.D., 10 Years of relevant experience with a completed associate’s degree, 12 years of relevant work experience in lieu of a completed degree (High School diploma or equivalent is required)
Must have experience on all of the below: Excellent verbal and written communications skills, Experience with Python coding, Experience with Linux Command line

Create the automated testing environment and scripts
Work with the various software elements to verify drivers
Onboard the SEIT and SW teams with Gherkin style and Zephyr
Function with agile principles to execute efficiently in an environment of continuous feedback
Designs, develops, documents, tests and debugs applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions
Conducts multidisciplinary research and collaborates with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems for product and commercial software
Determines computer user needs; analyzes system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls; prepares operating instructions; designs and develops compilers and assemblers, utility programs, and operating systems
Ensures software standards are met