Engineer Software 2

Engineer Software 2

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret WORK SHIFT: 1st Shift (9/80A)

Northrop Grumman Space Systems, Multi-Domain Operations, Missile Defense Integration Business Unit (BU), has an exciting career opportunity for a Software Engineer to join our Internal Research and Development (IRAD) Test Team. This position is located in Huntsville, AL.

As a member of the Test Automation team, your primary responsibility will be the design, development, and implementation of automated tests to validate system functionality, performance, and integration. You will work in a collaborative environment to ensure quality assurance of mission-critical software systems, bringing cutting-edge test automation practices to life. Your role will require close coordination with developers, systems engineers, and other stakeholders to ensure effective, reliable automated test scripts that align with defined requirements and test cases.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with test leads, developers, and systems engineers to design test cases and implement automated tests to validate system requirements.
• Develop, maintain, and optimize automated test frameworks to ensure scalability, accuracy, and maintainability of automated test suites.
• Execute automated regression, integration, and performance tests, documenting and reporting results to the team.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve issues found during testing, including collaboration with developers to investigate root causes.
• Support continuous testing workflows in CI/CD pipelines, incorporating automated testing tools to improve validation efficiency.
• Ensure traceability between test requirements, automated tests, and system verification results.
• Analyze test results using automated tools to evaluate system performance and identify gaps.
• Contribute to the refinement and implementation of automated testing strategies aligned with industry best practices.

Basic Qualifications (Test Engineer):

• Bachelor's degree in STEM related field, and 12 years of related experience, or a Master's degree with 10 years of related experience, or 8 years with a PhD.Active in-scope DoD-issued Secret security clearance at the time of application, which is required to start.
• Experience designing, developing, and executing automated tests in alignment with defined test cases.
• Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks and libraries in CI/CD environments.
• Proficiency with scripting languages (e.g., Python) and object-oriented programming languages (e.g., Java, C#).
• Strong knowledge of containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) as part of a software delivery/testing pipeline.
• Familiarity with testing tools and platforms such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar for automating builds and execution.
• Unix/Linux operating system experience.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Quick to learn and adopt new concepts and technologies.