Sentinel (GBSD) Senior Principal System Test Engineer - Product Owner - 10380

Embark on a career putting innovative, reliable, and agile products and ideas into orbit, and beyond. Northrop Grumman has opportunities waiting for you that play a vital role in human space exploration, national defense, and scientific discovery, supporting multiple programs across the universe. With us, you’ll discover a culture of curiosity and collaboration that will have you Defining Possible from the day you start. Our space systems connect and protect millions of people on earth every day, now and for the future. Explore your future and launch your career today.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Senior Principal System Test Engineer - Product Owner.  This position will be located in Roy, UT and will support the Sentinel – Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program.  This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

What You’ll Get To Do: 

• Demonstrate a working knowledge of Test planning.

• Synthesizes customer contractual needs and requirements into system test solutions that acknowledges technical, schedule and cost constraints.                 • Develops and directs preparation and execution of comprehensive test plans, procedures and schedules for competing system.                                                 

• Coordinates integrated testing activities.                                                                  

• Reviews and evaluates test requirements to insure completeness of test program.                                

• Performs technical analysis of complete systems and prepares comprehensive system level evaluations.

• Develop, plan and execute Acceptance Test plans, as well as Audit Reviews.     • Use and/or application of technical principles, theories, and concepts.

• Demonstrates the skill and ability to perform professional tasks.                         • Perform Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) using CAMEO & DOORS SW.                                  

• Lead/Mentor a team through System Test planning/execution in an Agile environment.          

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Space Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including: 
• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage 
• 401k 
• Educational Assistance 
• Life Insurance 
• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions  
• Paid Time Off  
• Health & Wellness Resources  
• Employee Discounts 

This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.  

You’ll Bring These Qualifications:

• 9 Years with Bachelors in Science; 7 Years with Masters; 4 Years with PhD. An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

• US Citizenship with an Active Secret Clearance or higher (awarded within the past 6 years) with the ability to receive a Special Access Program (SAP) certification.

• Knowledge of system integration and test principles.                                               • Experience developing Test Plans and Test Procedures.                                         • Product Owner (PO) certification/experience   - SAFE or Scrum Alliance.

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering or a related technical discipline.

• US Citizenship with an Active Top-Secret Clearance or higher (awarded within the past 6 years) with the ability to receive a Special Access Program (SAP) certification.

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering or a related technical discipline.       • Previous test experience at any level of build (unit, element, segment, etc.).       • Experience performing in a Systems/Systems Test Engineering or related technical discipline and understanding of systems engineering principles and processes which include test requirements, test plan development and integration testing.                                                                                                  

• Experience with Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) standards and methods.  

• Experience operating in an Agile environment using any of the Atlassian software tool sets (JIRA, CONFLUENCE...etc).

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