Sr. Principal Air Vehicle System Test Engineer ( Various Int'l Locations) - R10207821-8

Northrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company, seeking a Sr. Principal Air Vehicle System Test Engineer to join their Test and Evaluation organization. This role involves providing training and support as a subject matter expert embedded with a US Navy unit, ensuring system operations and maintenance while interfacing with various stakeholders.

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