Staff Engineer Software Quality
| Company | Northrop Grumman |
|---|---|
| Location | Hill AFB, UT, USA, Huntsville, AL, USA |
| Salary | $134300 – $201500 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Bachelors of Science (BS) with 12 years of related experience; or a Masters degree with 10 years of related experience; or a PhD with 8 years of related experience.
- Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with an ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need.
- Recent experience supporting a Defense program as a Software Product Owner, Software Project Manager, or a Software Quality Manager.
- Familiar with the mission of a Software Quality Assurance (SQA) organization.
- Experience preparing program status charts and presentations
- Experience developing software metrics.
- Experience with management of Budget/Schedule (EVMS).
- Full understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and the processes, plans, standards, industry practices and tools required of a mission-critical program.
- Experience working within an Agile/SAFe environment (fast-paced/incremental development/delivery) with focus on first time quality.
- Experience with Jira, Confluence, Cameo, DOORS, Gitlab, and static analysis tools.
Responsibilities
- Support the Software Quality Manager (SQA) with the oversight/reporting of the software effort for the Sentinel program.
- Ensure process execution and quality is built into the development, testing and release of the software deliverables.
- Provide expert technical advice and guidance to team members.
- Ensure the development and implementation of robust Software Quality plans, documents, checklists and training materials.
- Provide senior technical oversight for problem resolution activities, root cause analysis and preventive/corrective action implementation.
- Work within multiple security classifications with team members located at multiple sites.
- Support development of software metrics.
- Support status reporting/meetings/presentations.
- Support Peer Reviews of artifacts for engineering release.
Preferred Qualifications
- Earned Value Management System (EVMS) experience and Work Package Lead (WPL) experience
- Excellent presentation/communication skills.
- Experience with and/or familiarity with DevStar and the software CI/CD pipeline (DevOps).
- DO-178C knowledge
- Experience with Tableau
- Familiar with Container development and programming languages
- Familiar with DevStar