Sr. Principal Air Vehicle System Test Engineer ( Various Int'l Locations) - R10207821-35

Northrop Grumman is a leader in technological advancements and is seeking a Sr. Principal Air Vehicle System Test Engineer to join their Test and Evaluation organization. The role involves providing training and support to US Navy units, ensuring system operations, troubleshooting, and maintenance of air vehicle systems.

Responsibilities:

• Interfacing with NGC and customer Flight Engineers, aircraft maintenance Technicians, US Navy service members, and Subsystem SMEs in order to sustain operations
• Primary interface between maintenance, design and flight test engineering
• Vehicle and Payload Test Controller (VTC/PTC) operations during aircraft start-up/shut down for launch and recovery, conduct static ground tests, and troubleshooting
• Responsible for providing inputs to update Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETMS)
• Reviews/provides inputs during engineering development and executes Detailed Test Requirements, Acceptance Test Procedures, and Ground Test Plans
• Installs, operates, troubleshoot, maintains, repairs, and modifies equipment, in accordance with IETMS and/or other engineering directives (TDs/ECRs/TEIs/AMRs/MAFs)
• Perform a variety of Organizational / Depot-level maintenance and technical support on products such as equipment, integrated systems and subsystems, and software at customer and/or field locations
• Develop general knowledge of all aircraft systems, VTC/PTC, Engineering Design and software. Perform field integration, troubleshooting, and repair of air vehicle systems at the customer location including operations on a flightline, or in a hangar
• Ability to interpret and trace electrical and Air Vehicle schematics. Perform essential electrical and RF troubleshooting using equipment such as but not limited to: Multimeter, Network/Spectrum Analyzer, Oscilloscope, Time-Domain Reflectometer (TDR), etc
• Able to perform/support review and analysis of engineering schematics, supplier design data, support of functional test requirements including acceptance, qualification, and system integration on the Air Vehicle

Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Science, Technical, Engineering or Math (STEM)
• A minimum of 8 years of engineering experience with a BS Degree, 6 years engineering experience with a MS degree in STEM Field, or 4 years with a PhD in STEM Field
• Willingness and ability to successfully complete required training in Pax River, MD and Rancho Bernardo, CA
• Willingness and ability to support an international assignment in Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates, or Guam for a minimum of 24 months. The location will be selected by the Company and the selection will be based solely on business needs
• Willingness and ability to relocate to a core U.S. location, if necessary, based on business needs
• Ability to pass a new hire physical if determined necessary by Company, based on international location selected
• Must have a DoD Secret clearance that is in-scope or currently enrolled in CE, with the ability to obtain a Top-Secret/SCI clearance within a reasonable amount of time to meet business needs
• Ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (PAR) within a reasonable amount of time for business needs
• Experience with Aircraft Ground Test Operations
• Possess the capability and readiness to travel effectively supporting customer needs, management reviews, and demonstrating leadership as a technical expert on support trips worldwide
• Must have working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel & PowerPoint) and the ability to effectively communicate with various levels of leadership
• Strong interpersonal skills with excellent communications skills, including the ability to brief test results to senior leadership
• Ability to support a new and/or extended assignment at a company selected international or Guam location after the initial 24-month assignment
• Active DoD Top Secret clearance that is in-scope or currently enrolled in CE
• Previous Unmanned Air Vehicle system test or maintenance experience is highly desired. MQ-4 Vehicle Test Controller or Triton BETTIE operator experience is preferred
• Aircraft Test or Lab Test experience is highly desired
• Experience with equipment to test and troubleshoot aircraft systems
• Experience with loading data and configuration files to aircraft assemblies