Senior Principal / Principal Flight Test Instrumentation Engineer
About The Position
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems has an opening for a Flight Test Instrumentation Engineer (Principal Engineer/Sr Principal Engineer) to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Melbourne, FL. As a member of the Flight Test Instrumentation team, you will be responsible for developing instrumentation drawings that will be implemented flight test aircraft. Essential Functions Define Instrumentation system configurations and signal conditioning requirements and architectures common to Airborne Data Acquisition Hardware including gathering, tracking and communicating requirements effectively to multidisciplinary teams. Monitor and understand the configuration of the instrumentation system to recommend/authorize configuration changes and perform a variety of duties, including engineering design tasks as assigned, supporting design reviews, procedure writing, test integration and participating in trade study analyses. Develop architectural implementations for TTC Airborne Data Acquisition Systems, The selected candidate will work in a dynamic people-focused environment while interacting with customers and other design engineers. The position will be based out of Melbourne, FL.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline AND 5 years of related professional/military experience, OR a Master's degree AND 2 years of related professional/military experience (for Principal level)
- Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline AND 8 years of related professional/military experience, OR a master’s degree AND 6 years of related professional/military experience (for Sr Principal level)
- Active US Government Secret clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation)
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.
- Experience working in Flight Test environments
- Solid understanding of application and implementations of data systems, telemetry and RF, onboard recording systems and ground stations, sub-systems and specialized Instrumentation test equipment.
- Strong knowledge of capabilities, uses, and limitations of Strain Gages, Accelerometers, Pressure Transducers and other commonly used instrumentation sensors.
- Basic knowledge of data bus architecture MIL-STD-1553, IEE-1394, ARINC-429, RS-232 and RS-422.
- Knowledge or experience navigating MIL-STD documents and specifications
- U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with gathering system requirements.
- Able to create detailed design specifications, product manuals, ICDs, and/or design handbooks.
- Design and operational experience with TTC data systems.
- Familiarity with fundamental principles of Symvionics IADS software or working in a Mission Control Room
- Knowledge or experience with IRIG 106; CH10, CH7, and TM Downlink.
- Military aircraft development experience or familiarity of MIL-HDBK-516B Expanded, -516C and related DOD and DOD Services Airworthiness Documentation, Instructions, Guidance, Bulletins, and Circulars.
- Demonstrated ability to support post-test data processing and analysis to provide recommendations / authorize configuration changes of the test instrumentation system for flight to Engineering and Leadership.
Responsibilities
- Define Instrumentation system configurations and signal conditioning requirements and architectures common to Airborne Data Acquisition Hardware including gathering, tracking and communicating requirements effectively to multidisciplinary teams.
- Monitor and understand the configuration of the instrumentation system to recommend/authorize configuration changes and perform a variety of duties, including engineering design tasks as assigned, supporting design reviews, procedure writing, test integration and participating in trade study analyses.
- Develop architectural implementations for TTC Airborne Data Acquisition Systems
- Develop instrumentation drawings that will be implemented flight test aircraft.
Benefits
- Relocation assistance may be available
- health insurance coverage
- life and disability insurance
- savings plan
- Company paid holidays
- paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
- overtime
- shift differential
- discretionary bonus
- Annual bonuses
- Long Term Incentives (for Vice President or Director positions)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
