RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities …
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunit…
Staff Cyber Systems Engineer (Certified TEMPEST Professional Level I or II)
Melbourne, Florida, United States · On-site
$112k–$168k/yr
Senior+
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunit…
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities …
Skills: Software quality assurance, Code review, Process audits, Java, C++
Date Posted: 2026-08-03 Country: United States of America Location: US-FL-MELBOURNE-308 ~ 1100 W Hibiscus Blvd ~ BLDG 308 Position Role Type: Onsite U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements: This job…
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunit…
Skills: Project management, Supply chain management, Earned value management, Risk management, Proposal development
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunit…
Skills: Systems architecture, Model-based systems engineering, MBSE, Functional analysis, Atlassian tool suite
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Inc.
Engineer / Principal Engineer Systems Architect
Melbourne, Florida, United States · On-site
$79k–$148k/yr
Senior
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunit…
Skills: Systems architecture, Model-based systems engineering, MBSE, Functional analysis, Thread capability planning
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Inc.
Engineer Systems Architect
Melbourne, Florida, United States · On-site
$79k–$148k/yr
Senior
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunit…
Skills: Systems architecture, Model-based systems engineering, MBSE, Thread lead, Functional analysis
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunit…
Skills: Model-based systems engineering, MBSE, Systems architecture, Functional analysis, Atlassian tool suite
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RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 75% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities t…
Skills: Heavy vehicle operation, Class A CDL, HazMat endorsement, Logistics, Transportation
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Senior Principal Engineer - Survivability (Melbourne FL)
Melbourne, Florida, United States · On-site
$135k–$203k/yr
Senior$3.7B raised
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunit…
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 75% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities t…
Skills: Heavy vehicle operation, Class A CDL, HazMat endorsement, Logistics, Forklift operation
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Inc.
Senior Principal Engineer - Survivability (Melbourne FL)
Melbourne, Florida, United States · On-site
$135k–$203k/yr
Senior
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunit…
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunit…
Skills: Lifecycle engineering, Logistics support analysis, Earned value management, Reliability maintainability and testability, Modeling and simulation
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Inc.
Cyber Systems Engineer (Senior Principal Level)
Melbourne, Florida, United States · On-site
$123k–$184k/yr
Senior+
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunit…
Skills: Cybersecurity, Cloud infrastructure, Risk management framework, NIST 800-53, Linux
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: NoDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on rev…
Skills: Data architecture, Data modeling, SQL Server, Tableau, Power BI
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunit…
Skills: Cybersecurity, Cloud infrastructure, Risk management framework, NIST 800-53, Linux
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$82k–$123k/yr
Full-time
bachelor degree, postgraduate degree
Health insurance, Life insurance, Disability insurance, Savings plan, Paid holidays, Paid time off
Posted 40d ago
~40 hrs/week
Responsibilities
The Principal Software Quality Engineer will provide technical feedback during code reviews and perform process audits to ensure compliance with standards. They will also analyze quality metrics, facilitate root cause analysis, and monitor formal software test execution.
Requirements
Candidates must have a Bachelor's degree in a STEM field with at least 5 years of experience, or a Master's degree with 3 years of experience. Proficiency in Java, C++, or Python and an active Secret Clearance are required.
Full job description
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance availableCLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: YesCLEARANCE TYPE: SecretTRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time
Description
At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems sector is seeking a PrincipalSoftware Quality Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals located in Melbourne, FL, at the Melbourne campus. Telecommute/remote is not an option for this position. This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80, to allow employees every other Friday off.
The Principal Software Quality will provide highly technical feedback during code review to ensure compliance with standards and best practices and that the code is correct, efficient, and maintainable. They will implement tools that aid in the collection and analysis of data relevant to Software Quality’s statement of work.
The Principal Software Quality will also:
Perform process audits of software development processes to assure compliance to policies, both onsite and at supplier sites
Review customer, system and software requirements to ensure the flow down of requirements is complete and unambiguous
Participate in contractual reviews and audits, program meetings, and configuration control board meetings
Examine the products associated with the preparation and configuration control of software test environments to assess the team’s readiness to enter formal testing
Collect and analyze quality metrics on software activities
Peer review software documents to ensure appropriate content and adherence to standards
Interpret customer technical, software, and quality requirements and ensure those requirements are integrated into program plans, specifications, and product documents
Ensure compliance with contract program, quality, organizational, and industry alert requirements
Provide oversight in discrepancy review and software failure investigations as well as cause and corrective action determinations. Analyze and interpret trends and execute improvements on key metrics.
Facilitate thorough root cause analysis on deficiencies and ensure appropriate corrective actions are developed and implemented in a timely manner
Monitor execution of formal software tests to ensure tests are executed in accordance with approved test procedures, requirements are fully verified, and that all test procedures and software anomalies are documented and tracked to closure
Basic Qualifications:
Principal Software Quality Engineer
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, another STEM degree or equivalent and at least 5 years of software experience or a Master’s degree in one of the above disciplines with 3 years of experience or a PhD with 0 years of experience
Experience coding in Java, C++, or Python
Understanding of software engineering principles, practices, and theories
Ability to understand and work with multiple enterprise-wide systems and software problem tracking tools such as DOORs, Jira, Confluence, and BitBucket
Knowledge of waterfall, spiral, or Agile life cycles
Active in-scope Secret Clearance with ability to acquire and maintain Special Program Access prior to starting
Primary Level Salary Range: $82,000.00 - $123,000.00The 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.
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We are a close-knit community of big thinkers collaborating to keep the world safe. Our passion, creativity and expertise bring next-level technology solutions to life in autonomous systems, cyber, C4ISR, strike, space, and logistics and modernization for our customers around the globe.
On the Northrop Grumman team, you’ll join our pursuit of excellence immersed in a dynamic culture of innovation and respect. Your unique perspective will help achieve our shared vision for the future of global security. Every step of the way, you'll be supported by world-class training, employee resource groups and a comprehensive benefits package that enables greater health and happiness for you and your family.
Worldwide and across disciplines, we’re challenging what’s possible for technology to protect people and places from undersea to outer space and into cyberspace. And we see the impact of our performance every day. We are Northrop Grumman, and we work on what matters—now, you too can make a difference.
Explore opportunities in engineering, IT, manufacturing, business management, cybersecurity and more at jobs.northropgrumman.com/careers.
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.
Our careers site can be found at jobs.northropgrumman.com/careers. If you are contacted about a job at Northrop Grumman, please verify the email came from the domain @ngc.com before engaging with that contact. If you are contacted by a Northrop Grumman recruiter on LinkedIn, please that their profile includes the verified check mark to ensure the contact is legitimate.
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