Principal Engineer Software

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No CLEARANCE TYPE: None TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history. At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We're looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated and, multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we'll support yours of expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field, or an industry thought leader. At Northrop Grumman, you'll have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career. We are looking for you to join our team as a Part-Time Software Engineer based in McClellan, CA. Th e salary range is based on a full-time schedule and will be prorated to the extent the schedule is reduced. What You'll Get To Do: Synthesize software requirements into verification requirements, software test objectives, success criteria, and required resources for software and system level tests and demonstrations. Support the development of software requirements and detailed integration software test plans, procedures, test readiness reviews (TRRs), test data and test reports. Execution of software qualification and acceptance testing per those requirements, plans and procedures. Participate in internal and customer software test planning working groups. Design, develop, and implement testing methods and equipment specific to software. Collaborate with systems engineers, software development engineers and other stakeholders involved in the testing process. Review software test plans, procedures, and reports, witness testing as the Cognizant Engineer Participate in technical exchange meetings, interfacing with customers (internal/external) and contributing to a broad range of program deliverables. Basic Qualifications for Principal Software Engineer: Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 5 years of related experience, or a Master's Degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of related experience Must be a US Citizen in order to meet the security clearance requirement Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company Experience with Agile, Git, GitLab, or Bitbucket and working in cross-functional Scrum team Experience in software development using languages such as C/C++, Python, Java, Docker Preferred Qualifications: Experience in Full System Simulations Experience in Deliverables Management Experience with Software Testing Experience in Software Test Planning Hands-on design, deployment, and dynamic management of containerized systems Experience with modern software factories and DevOps/DevSecOps practices Familiarity with Atlassian and CI/CD tools: Bitbucket, JIRA, Jenkins, Confluence Advanced scripting in Python, Linux Bash, and related