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Embark on a career putting innovative, reliable, and agile products and ideas into orbit, and beyond. Northrop Grumman has opportunities waiting for you that play a vital role in human space exploration, national defense, and scientific discovery, supporting multiple programs across the universe. With us, you'll discover a culture of curiosity and collaboration that will have you Defining Possible from the day you start. Our space systems connect and protect millions of people on earth every day, now and for the future. Explore your future and launch your career today.
Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a AVE Segment Lab Instrumentation Senior/Principal Test Engineer. This position will be located in Roy, UT and will support the Sentinel - Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.
What You ' ll Get To Do:
Work with test planning teams to refine test methodologies required for verification and validation of segment-level requirements.
Ensure instrumentation plan alignment to segment test philosophies and adherence to program and security requirements.
Oversee instrumentation operations to Ensure successful acquisition of data to fulfill test plan instrumentation plans and data analysis plans.
Develop standardized processes, policies, and procedures for lab instrumentation, including configuration control of all software tools.
Manage all instrumentation activities and enhancements from cradle to grave, including developing requirements, project planning, managing cost/schedule, and ensuring technical objectives are met.
Participate in technical planning, verification and validation development, cost and risk considerations, and requirements analyses for integrated systems to ensure instrumentation requirements are identified
As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Space Systems, 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.
You ' ll Bring These Qualifications:
Principal System Test Engineer:
• 5 Years with Bachelors in Science; 3 Years with Masters; 0 Years with PhD. An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Experience using Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) principles with software similar to CAMEO
• Minimum 2 years designing or operating instrumentation or test equipment
• Knowledge/experience with AF Test Directive 99-103
• Experience with ICBMs (MM, PK, Small Missile) or DOD programs
Senior Principal System Test Engineer:
• 9 Years with Bachelors in Science; 7 Years with Masters; 4 Years with PhD. An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Experience using Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) principles with software similar to CAMEO
• Minimum 2 years designing or operating instrumentation or test equipment
• Knowledge/experience with AF Test Directive 99-103
• Experience with ICBMs (MM, PK, Small Missile) or DOD programs
These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:
• Bachelors degree or higher in Science in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering, 5 Years; or 3 Years with Masters; 0 Years with PhD.
• 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.
• Excellent leadership, communications, and interpersonal skills
• Knowledge of system integration and test principles and processes
• Knowledge of Systems Engineering principles, DOORS database, requirements decomposition and allocation
• Collaborate with other IPTs to define test objectives and test requirements for test activities in the Hardware in the Loop Labs.
• Support to develop, plan, and execute qualification and acceptance test plans, as well as supporting design and test reporting and reviews
• Experience developing and updating detailed integration test plans (ITP)
• Experience generation of test procedures and test readiness reviews (TRRs)
• Experience creating test Concept of Operations (ConOps) flows that maximizes the utility of test resources while meeting schedule and technical requirements and/or constraints
• Generate and support test data decomposition and test reports to other IPTs. Assist in consolidating and processing of final test data for requirements verification/model validation sign-off
• Minimum 2 years designing or operating instrumentation or test equipment
• Experience coordinating integrated testing activities with multiple test teams.
• Strong understanding of entire product lifecycle, modeling and engineering best practices
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Salary Range: $82,000 - $123,000
Salary Range 2: $101,600 - $152,400
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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