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RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret

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.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems (NGSP) is seeking a highly motivated Software Integration and Test Engineer - Level 4 to join our highly qualified and diverse Ground Systems Software Integration and Test team. The ideal candidate will be experienced in reading and understanding requirements and software design documentation to create comprehensive integration tests, have experience in testing frameworks, integration test development, and an understanding of modern development pipelines. Familiarity with Kubernetes environments and automated test reporting is highly desirable.

This position will be at our site in Aurora, CO. Other supported locations include Linthicum, MD; Redondo Beach, CA, and Morrisville, NC and requires being on‑site only – no remote or hybrid work.

This position is contingent upon successful capture of program award(s), acquisition and retention of customer or business funding, and holding of final security clearances prior to start date.

Key Responsibilities

Analyze requirements and software designs to create effective integration test cases Perform integration and troubleshooting of software components Develop and execute software tests using established testing frameworks Collaborate with software developers to enhance test coverage and improve software quality Leverage Continuous Integration/Continuous Development (CI/CD) pipelines to automate testing processes Generate detailed reports from automated test results within CI/CD pipelines

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Basic Qualifications

8 Years of relevant experience with Bachelor's degree; 6 Years with Masters; 4 years with a PhD. An additional 4 years of relevant experience that may be considered in lieu of a degree. Familiar with software life cycle development principles and processes Experience in software integration and testing with the ability to translate requirements and design documents into test cases Experience with modern Automated Testing Frameworks such as Robot, PyTest, JUnit, or similar

Clearance: Active Top Secret clearance required at the time of application with the ability to obtain SCI prior to start

Preferred Qualifications

Understanding of CI/CD processes and pipeline automation Experience testing applications in Kubernetes environments Experience generating automated test reports through pipelines Experience in Agile methodologies Experience with Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket) Experience with Gitlab Experience in formal software qualification/requirements verification testing

Primary Level Salary Range: $113,500.00 - $187,300.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.