Senior Principal Cyber Software Test Engineer

Northrop Grumman

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On-site
Location
Annapolis Junction, MDSan Antonio, TXAurora, COMorehead City, NC
Salary
$123,400–$193,900 / yr
Posted
39 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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This role pays less than 65% of similar roles. Most pay $146,500–$208,800 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $159k versus about $178k for comparable roles.

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About Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman is a leading global aerospace and defense technology company providing systems in autonomous systems, cyber, C4ISR, space, strike, and logistics. Industry: Aerospace & Defense

Northrop Grumman currently has 367 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Principal Cyber Software Test Engineer

As a Senior Principal Cyber Software Test Engineer (TG), you will join the Northrop Grumman Mission Systems team to lead complex test and evaluation efforts for multi-domain systems. You will analyze system requirements, acquisition plans, and concept of operations documents to develop comprehensive evaluation plans, procedures, and reports. Your daily responsibilities include conducting data collection, performing statistical analysis on performance behaviors, and managing configuration management capabilities. You will also specify and adapt modeling and simulation tools while coordinating with systems engineering teams to ensure test readiness and safety compliance. The role requires expertise in technical direction, risk assessment, and government documentation standards. Key skills include analyzing software design requirements, conducting research into government evaluation concepts, and utilizing specialized instrumentation and data management tools to solve critical challenges in secure, integrated technology environments.

What you'll do

  • Develop evaluation plans, test procedures, and technical reports based on system requirements and acquisition plans.
  • Support the creation of government test and evaluation documentation including strategy, master plans, and readiness assessments.
  • Analyze performance risk areas and use modeling and simulation to focus testing efforts.
  • Execute data collection plans and perform statistical analysis to characterize confidence in performance estimates.
  • Manage configuration management capabilities and ensure compliance with program discrepancy reporting processes.
  • Coordinate with systems engineering teams to integrate functional analysis and system descriptions into evaluation planning.
  • Provide technical direction to junior engineers and serve as the primary liaison to government sponsors.
  • Manage test resources and quality assurance while identifying work-arounds for identified program risks.

What we're looking for

  • Must have a High School Diploma with 12 years of experience or a Bachelor's degree in a STEM field with 8 years of experience.
  • Must possess an active and current TS/SCI security clearance with a Polygraph.
  • U.S. Citizenship is required for this position.
  • Experience conducting research into and applying knowledge of Government test and evaluation concepts and related engineering activities.
  • Ability to analyze system requirements, acquisition plans, and performance risk areas to develop evaluation and test plans.
  • Proficiency in specifying, validating, and adapting Modeling and Simulation for T&E use.
  • Capability to perform statistical analysis of variations in performance behavior to characterize confidence in estimates.
  • Experience analyzing user requirements to derive software design and performance requirements is preferred.

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