Software Test Engineer

Northrop Grumman
San Diego, CA, United States
4 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Experienced
Experience required
2 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Testing (Software) Microsoft Windows Agile Methodology Systems Engineering Confluence JIRA Automation of Tests Unit Testing Business Process Modeling C Sharp (Programming Language) C++ (Programming Language) Computer Engineering
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Embedded Software Hardware Design Python (Programming Language) Object-Oriented Software Development Scrum Methodology Requirements Traceability SAP (Applications) Software Engineering Software Requirements Analysis Subversion Google Test Git SC Clearance Testcomplete Integration Tests Information Technology Atlassian Tools Hardware Infrastructure Cucumber (Software) Programming Languages

Job description

Experteer Overview In this role you will drive automated testing and verification across the software development lifecycle for mission-critical systems. You’ll collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams in an Agile environment to ensure software and hardware integration, system-level quality, and robust test documentation. You will work in lab environments and support continuous test integration to accelerate delivery. This is a hands-on position that shapes how we validate software for air, ground, and support segments, with a focus on scalable, automated testing and verification. Compensation / Benefits * Support the full Software Development Lifecycle across Agile teams * Develop, document, and execute automated tests for unit, integration, and regression * Verify software requirements and integration with hardware components in systems labs * Collaborate with Systems Engineering, Real-time & Embedded Software, and Test Automation for cross-disciplinary testing * Contribute to tool development to streamline processes and continuous test integration * Create and maintain thorough documentation for integration activities * Participate in lab-based testing and software/hardware integration environments * Support configuration items and requirements traceability in software products Tasks * Bachelor in Computer Science or Electrical/Computer Engineering or related STEM field * 2+ years of experience or Master’s degree * Active U.S. Government Secret clearance (or higher) * Ability to obtain and maintain SAP clearance * Experience with automated test frameworks (e.g., Cucumber, Google Test, TestComplete, AQT, Atlas, EggPlant, Unit Test Factory, RTC, ATF, Python) * Experience with at least one programming language (Python, C/C++, or C#) * Experience with OOAD and OOP * Experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum or Kanban) * Experience with Atlassian tools (Jira, Git, Subversion, Confluence) * Experience with Windows and Unix/Linux Key requirements * flexible work arrangements * 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off * learning opportunities * friendly team environment * exposure to a variety of projects and customers

Requirements

  • development to streamline processes and continuous test integration * Create and maintain thorough documentation for integration activities * Participate in lab-based testing and software/hardware integration environments * Support configuration items and requirements traceability in software products Tasks * Bachelor in Computer Science or Electrical/Computer Engineering or related STEM field * 2+ years of experience or Master’s degree * Active U.S. Government Secret clearance (or higher) * Ability to obtain and maintain SAP clearance * Experience with automated test frameworks (e.g., Cucumber, Google Test, TestComplete, AQT, Atlas, EggPlant, Unit Test Factory, RTC, ATF, Python) * Experience with at least one programming language (Python, C/C++, or C#) * Experience with OOAD and OOP * Experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum or Kanban) * Experience with Atlassian tools (Jira, Git, Subversion, Confluence) * Experience with Windows and Unix/Linux Key requirements * flexible work aa Government * 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off * learning opportunities * friendly team environment * exposure to a variety of projects and customers

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