Engineer Software Quality

Job Description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available
TRAVEL: 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 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. We are looking for you to join our team as an Engineer Software Quality based out of Woodland Hills, CA.

Develops, modifies, applies, and maintains standards for software quality operating methods, processes, systems and procedures.
Develops overall operating criteria to ensure implementation of the software quality program according to project, process and contract requirements and objectives.
Ensures that project and process control documentation are compliant with requirements, objectives and/or contract.
Reviews software design, change specifications, and plans against contractual and/or process requirements.
Reviews include applicable specifications, materials, tools, techniques, and methodologies.
Reviews or directs verification of software requirement allocations, traceability, and testability.

The ideal candidate must be knowledgeable of programming languages (C, C++, Java, Python, Ada), Software Quality Assurance processes, able to prioritize tasks and meeting deadlines, and able to understand and work with multiple enterprise-wide systems and software problem tracking tools (e.g., SAP, DOORs, Jira, Confluence).

Basic Qualifications for the Engineer Software Quality:
Bachelor’s Degree in software engineering/computer science or other STEM-related field with 2 years of software development integration work experience; Master’s Degree in software engineering/computer science or other STEM-related field with 0 years of software development and integration work experience.
Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance.
Experience in implementing Software Quality Assurance plans.

Agile software development process experience.
Experience in the collection of software data and metrics for reporting.
Experience in evaluation, tracing, and/or analysis of requirements.
Experience in process and product evaluation and quality auditing.
Experience reading and understanding Software Code (C, C++, Java, Python, Ada).
Active Secret clearance.

#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. 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. 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.