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 has an opening for a Principal / Senior Principal Engineer Systems Test to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Test and Evaluation organization. This position will be located in Melbourne, FL .
This role may be filled at the Principal or Senior Principal level
In this role, you will be responsible for supporting planning and coordinating all lab and flight test requirements on the E-2D program. Candidates shall display professionalism, motivation, strong leadership skills, and ability to work independently as well as be able to function as a key technical subject matter expert of the test team and will interface directly with the Integrated Test Team and customer to coordinate test requirements, test planning, and reporting of test results.
Key Responsibilities:
Developing and maintaining flight-test support materials and mission flight-test profiles.
Make real-time decisions in a high-risk fast-paced test environment
Collaborate in a team environment and prioritize multiple responsibilities and/or accomplishing them.
Thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, collaborative/team settings across all levels
Work with offsite flight test group and on site lab test group
Help evaluated threat scenarios and develop testing to validate requirements and assess capabilities.
We offer flexible work arrangements, 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off, phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly team environment. We are looking for self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented people to help us grow our services and become even better at what we do.
Basic Qualifications (Principal):
Must have a Bachelor of Science degree in a Science Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) discipline AND 5 years of related professional/military experience to include a background in test and/or integration engineering, OR a Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline AND 3 years of related professional/military experience to include a background in test and/or integration engineering, OR a STEM Ph.D. AND 0 years of related professional/military experience to include a background in test and/or integration engineering
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain an Interim Secret clearance prior to the commencement of employment
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance
Must have Mission Systems experience
Basic Qualifications (Senior Principal):
Must have a Bachelor of Science degree in a Science Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) discipline AND 9 years of related professional/military experience to include a background in test and/or integration engineering, OR a Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline AND 7 years of related professional/military experience to include a background in test and/or integration engineering, OR a STEM Ph.D. AND 4 years of related professional/military experience to include a background in test and/or integration engineering
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain an Interim Secret clearance prior to the commencement of employment
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance
Must have Mission Systems experience
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in telemetry room as a test conductor and/or data monitor for flight and ground testing.
Recent Flight Test Engineer experience.
Full understanding of all aspects of testing to include requirements definition, test planning, test conduct and test reporting.
Experiences in an Gov/contractor Integrated Test Teat (ITT, ITF, CTF, etc)
Salary Range: $90,400 - $135,600
Salary Range 2: $112,000 - $168,000
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.
The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority . The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/ .
Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO . U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.
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