Principal / Sr. Principal Software Test Automation Engineer

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.

Primary Responsibilities:
Design, develop, and implement testing methods required for testing and evaluating in an enterprise environment. Perform manual and automated testing as well as maintenance and development of the automated test scripts.

Basic Qualifications Principal Software Test Engineer:
Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
5 Years experience with Bachelors in Science degree; 3 Years with Masters degree with automation test tools, SQL, planning, orchestrating projects to completion. Manual test experience with functional, regression, interface, data migration, validation, and integrating testing.

Basic Qualifications Sr. Principal Software Test Engineer:
Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
9 Years experience with Bachelors in Science degree; 7 Years with Masters degree with automation test tools, SQL, planning, and orchestrating projects to completion. Manual test experience with functional, regression, interface, data migration, validation, and integrating testing.

Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in an Agile environment
Self-starter with the ability to pick up and learn new products with little supervision.
Experience with defect tracking tools, generating test artifacts such as Test Plans, Test Procedures, Final Test Plans, and Analysis reports.
Excellent communication and organization skills will be required. Tasking may include writing SOPs, Wiki artifacts and performing demonstrations.
Knowledge of Git/GitHub and AWS; Test automation development using Python and Selenium; Team Foundation Server (TFS) experience a plus; Jira.

Salary Range: $92,200 USD - $138,400 USD
Salary Range 2: $114,300 USD - $171,500 USD

Employees may be eligible for 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 health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/ .

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO . U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.