Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking to hire a Systems Test Engineer. This position will be located in Roy, UT supporting the Sentinel Program.
What You'll Get To Do:
The selected engineer will be responsible for multiple tasks supporting requirement derivation and verification planning for the Command Systems (CS) Integration and Test Team. The engineer will be responsible for performing tasks dealing with requirement decomposition, compliance tracking, and verification planning and verification execution. This will also include:
- Synthesizing customer contractual needs and requirements into test solutions that acknowledges technical schedule and cost constraints.
- Develop and direct preparation and execution of comprehensive test plans, procedures and schedules for subsystem components.
- Coordinate integrated testing activities.
- Support development of the program Integrated Test Plan (ITP) for the CS segment.
- Review and evaluate test requirements to ensure completeness of test program.
- Perform technical analysis of complete systems and prepare comprehensive system level evaluations.
Basic Qualifications:
- 2 Years with Bachelors in STEM; 0 Years with Masters.
- 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.
- 1+ years of experience with schedule management, risk management and performance management
- 1+ years of experience working within a multi-team environment
- 1+ years of experience tracking hardware delivery dates
- 1+ years of experience tracking return to green plans on material slips
- 1+ years of experience with a Test environment
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience leading hardware procurement/supply chain operations
- Experience with requirements management/analysis/allocations (functional decomposition)
- Experience with Model-Based Engineering / Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBE/MBSE) practices, languages and/or tools such as Cameo, Rhapsody or MagicDraw
- Experience with one or more of the following: flight test, ground test, military aerospace development (e.g. Sentinel, Minute Man III, B-2, B-21 delivery systems)
- Experience with Agile Project Management
- Experience with tableau and data analytics
- Experience with earned value management knowledge in a program management capacity
- Experience with creating and monitoring test metrics
- Experience with development of test plans, procedures, and reports (functional testing and checkout).
- Experience with maintaining hardware configuration for facilities buildup
As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, 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.
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Primary Level Salary Range: $72,100.00 - $108,100.00The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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 application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity 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 and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in STEM with 2 years of experience, or a Master’s degree with 0 years of experience.
- U.S. citizenship.
- Active Secret clearance or higher, awarded within the past six years.
- Ability to receive Special Access Program certification.
- At least 1 year of experience with schedule management, risk management, and performance management.
- At least 1 year of experience working within a multi-team environment.
- At least 1 year of experience tracking hardware delivery dates.
- At least 1 year of experience tracking return-to-green plans on material slips.
- At least 1 year of experience working in a test environment.
- Experience leading hardware procurement or supply chain operations.
- Experience with requirements management, analysis, and allocation, including functional decomposition.
- Experience with Model-Based Engineering or Model-Based Systems Engineering practices, languages, or tools such as Cameo, Rhapsody, or MagicDraw.
- Experience with flight test, ground test, or military aerospace development.
- Experience with Agile Project Management.
- Experience with Tableau and data analytics.
- Knowledge of earned value management in a program management capacity.
- Experience creating and monitoring test metrics.
- Experience developing test plans, procedures, and reports for functional testing and checkout.
- Experience maintaining hardware configuration for facility buildup.
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