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# Sr Staff Systems Engineer

- **Company:** Northrop Grumman
- **Location:** Fairfax, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $184,100.0 - $289,200.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Testing (Software), Agile Methodology, Systems Engineering, Confluence, JIRA, Automation of Tests, Cloud Computing, Linux, Network Interface Controllers, Python (Programming Language), MATLAB, Software Engineering, System Software, Strategies of Testing, Bug Reporting, Bitbucket, Jenkins
- **Published:** August 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3367806577&tx=JR9387FFQ&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) security clearance at time of application
 * Must have a completed STEM degree with below years of experience in systems engineering [a degree in the fields of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics]
 * 14 Years of relevant experience with a completed Bachelor's (STEM)
 * 12 Years of relevant experience with a completed Masters' (STEM)
 * 10 Years of relevant experience with a completed Ph.D. (STEM)
 * Must have experience on all of the below:
 * Ability to work and successfully achieve program goals/objectives with minimal guidance
 * Ability to lead a geographically dispersed, diverse team in a dynamic, high paced software testing environment
 * Experience with ground system software deployment, integration and testing in complex, layered, cloud-based environments
 * Experience with SW Requirement Verification & Validation (V&V), to include manual and automated test methodologies
 * Familiarity with requirements, the decomposition process and how verification methods are applied
 * Familiarity with Interface Control Documents (ICDs) and how they're utilized in the testing process
 * Ability to brief higher management, customers, and outside organizations clearly and concisely
 * Ability to clearly define and communicate test strategy, drive progress and remove roadblocks
 * Posses effective time management skills with the ability to prioritize/triage tasks in the most efficient manner possible while still in line with stated program objectives/milestones
 * Experience with ground system software deployment, integration and testing in complex, layered, cloud-based environments
 * Development and review of software-intensive test plans & procedures
 * Ability to proactively identify software issues, perform troubleshooting and root cause investigation in support of generating detailed problem reports and engage in rapid, collaborative resolution
 * Familiarity with Agile processes
 * Familiarity with the use of Confluence, Jira and Bitbucket
 * Familiarity with the use and/or management of Jenkins (or other) CI/CD pipelines, * Favorably adjudicated CI polygraph
 * Experience with Python, Behave and Matlab
 * Experience working within the Linux environment
 * Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)

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