Test Lead Staff Engineer Systems

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Northrop Grumman Space Systems is looking for you to join our team as a Lead System Test Engineer based out of Colorado Springs, CO. This position will serve on the Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) program. As the Lead System Test Engineer, this candidate must have a background in ground-based system development and deployment with preferred experience in ground-based radars, SATCOM terminal, or other ground-based sensor such as large scale optical. Depth of experience must include overseeing, managing, and directing engineering activities to meet major milestones while addressing technical risks through comprehensive mitigation activities embedded in an Integrated Master Schedule. The Lead System Test Engineer will report directly to the DARC Systems Engineering Integration and Test Lead and coordinate activities across multiple engineering teams.

As a Lead System Test Engineer, you will be developing and sustaining systems using current technologies and others yet to come. We are seeking team members who have a thirst for knowledge, approach each day with optimism, and have a relentless drive to solve complex problems. Creativity and innovation are imperative for this role, because at Northrop Grumman, many of the problems we work on are impossible… until they’re not.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and Implement an overarching system test program to integrate and test a new large-scale ground-based radar.

• Develop testcases to verify Space Domain Awareness (SDA) mission requirements and technical performance criteria.

• Work with Government test communities on testcase development to support DT&E/OT&E.

• Working in collaboration with IPTs support, oversee Sub-System to System Level testing

• Develop and oversee radar subsystem integration plans, procedures and scenarios used in the conduct of software/hardware system integration & test

• Establish milestones and monitor adherence to defined master plans and schedules, identify program risks and obtain solutions to include allocation of resources

• Identify and implement system test solutions in accordance with project technical, schedule and cost constraints

• Lead system/element level test planning and test readiness reviews

• Coordinate integrated test activities and resolve conflicts across multiple subsystem test schedules and suppliers

• Review test requirements and methodologies in the requirements management system

• Review system engineer documentation to ensure test plans and methodologies meet system needs and are accurate, comprehensive, consistent and complete

• Participate in engineering peer reviews as a document originator or reviewer to ensure technical quality and engineering rigor is appropriate

• The successful candidate will have excellent written and verbal communications skills, as well as strong problem solving and analytical skills. They will have the ability to work in a dynamic, fast paced, team-oriented environment and be a self-starter, efficient in achieving goals and proactive in pursuing subsequent tasks. This position will be in Colorado Springs, CO.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s STEM degree from an accredited institution with 14 or more year’s applicable experience or 12 or more years with Masters; or 9 years with PhD.

• Active DoD Top Secret clearance

• Experience with large scale software/hardware develop, integration and test

• Experience with Systems Engineering, Integration and Test processes and documentation

• Familiarity working as part of an Integration and Test team across multiple HW disciplines

• Experience in using a requirements management tool, such as DOORS

• Experience in using a discrepancy management tool, such as Jira, Bugzilla, etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance

• Experience managing/leading mid-size teams

• Familiar with basic principles and theory of radar operation and electromagnetics and Radio Frequency (RF) propagation

• Experienced with the design, analysis, architecture development, or test of radar and Radio Frequency (RF) systems

• Experienced with System and HW integration activities of large ground-based systems

• Experienced with ground-based radar system design, analysis, and test

• Familiarity or experience with Agile development methodologies, i.e., Scrum, Kanban, SAFe

• Experience in with Unix/Linux operating systems

Salary Range: $146,300 USD - $219,500 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.

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