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RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 25% 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.

Please note that this opportunity is contingent on program funding.** **Start dates are determined after funding confirmation.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a multi-disciplined **Test Engineer (Level 2) or Principal Test Engineer (Level 3)** to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in **Melbourne, Florida.**

Our team that supports the **Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2)** is looking to grow in support of designing and implementing technologies critical to the USAF Open Architecture initiatives. Our work influences the investment decisions of our senior leadership and customer program offices as well as impacting the Air Force enterprise of acquisition programs. We are looking for innovative thinkers who thrive in a dynamic environment and are comfortable with multi-tasking, prioritizing tasks, giving verbal presentations, and self-educating without direct supervision.

The selected candidate will work with the Chief Engineer, Systems Engineering lead, and Test Lead to support Test Events for Open Mission System (OMS) and Universal Command and Control Interface (UCI) Standards development. You will be supporting a newer program, so a high degree of comfortability with working in an environment where things are not fully defined and making/documenting assumptions while developing approaches based on those assumptions will serve you well.

Key Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

+ Performing software baseline deployment, testing and troubleshooting a development/test network environment

+ Integrating software into test suites, developing configurations for test events, and troubleshooting systems during these events.

+ Regularly demonstrating an understanding of test plans, test procedures, test automation, test reports, and execution of integration test activities in System Integration Labs (SILs) or offsite locations.

+ Reading error logs, and coordinating corrections with the development team

+ Participation in architecture definition and complex system problem solving in support of Research and Advanced Design programs

+ Collaborating with external industry partner teams to resolve issues and support operations and sustainment.

+ Partnering significantly with industry and government stakeholder teams.

+ Collaborating with the Chief Engineer, Systems Engineering Lead, and Test Lead to build out Systems Engineering artifacts in support of standards development for incorporation into ABMS and JADC2

+ Generating and presenting material to support internal and external customer briefings

Basic Qualifications:

_This requisition may be filled at a_ **Test Engineer (Level 2)** OR **Principal Test Engineer (Level 3)** _level based on the qualifications below._

Test Engineer (Level 2)

+ Must have a Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university with 2 years of related professional/military experience; **OR** Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university with 0 years of related professional/military experience

+ Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government **Secret** clearance (DoD must be in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Company.

+ Professional experience with Systems/Software Testing and Integration

+ Ability and willingness to travel **up to 25%** to support business needs

Principal Test Engineer (Level 3)

+ Must have a Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university with 5 years of related professional/military experience; **OR** Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university with 3 years of related professional/military experience; **OR** PhD in a STEM discipline from an accredited university with 1 year of related professional/military experience

+ Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government **Secret** clearance (DoD must be in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Company.

+ Professional experience with Systems/Software Testing and Integration

+ Ability and willingness to travel **up to 25%** to support business needs

Preferred Qualifications:

+ Professional experience with virtualized and/or simulation environments.

+ Knowledge and experience with the definition of OMS – Open Mission System Architecture Specification and UCI – Universal Command and Control Interface

+ Final adjudicated government **Top** **Secret** clearance

+ Active program access(es)

+ Experience with XML and Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence, etc.)

+ Experience in integrating complex system across multiple domains

+ Knowledge and experience with testing and integrating multiple USAF architecture approaches

+ Experience demonstrating concepts to management and customers

+ Experience preparing Integrated Master Test plans

+ Experience developing proposals and writing content for proposal technical volumes

+ Solid understanding of the fundamentals of Test and Evaluation

Salary Range: $77,200.00 - $115,800.00Salary Range 2: $95,300.00 - $142,900.00

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.