Principal Electronics Weapons Integration Engineer
About The Position
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Principal Electronics Weapons Integration Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Avionics Integration Engineering organization. This position will be in Melbourne, FL and will be based within our office spaces to support the program and business needs. This position has NO Hybrid or Remote work available. The Weapons Engineer is expected to operate effectively on a team of engineers. General understanding of Military Standards, Suspension and Release Equipment (S&RE), and MIL-STD-1760 Stores Management Systems (SMS). Daily activities include evaluating electromechanical systems, products, components, and applications by designing and testing products. Specific tasks performed in this role are requirements management, system integration, test plan development, and test execution of a weapon system throughout the entire development, demonstration, and production phases. The successful candidate will be expected to understand all system requirements, develop statements of work, specifications and interface control documents, prepare, monitor and update program schedules, conduct and participate in all related design reviews, and provide technical guidance to the cross-functional team.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 5 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline and 1 year of related engineering experience.
- Experience with manned or unmanned aircraft, weapon system design, or requirements verification and/or certification.
- Experience working with weapons engineers
- Must have an active US Government Secret Clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.
Nice To Haves
- Master of Science (MS) in a relevant STEM discipline and 3 years of experience
- Experience leading high performing teams
- Experience with software data analysis
- Familiarity with MIL-STD-1553 and MIL-STD-1760
- Experience interacting with external stakeholders (customers, suppliers, etc.)
- DoD Top Secret / SCI Clearance
Responsibilities
- Requirements management
- System integration
- Test plan development
- Test execution of a weapon system throughout the entire development, demonstration, and production phases
- Understand all system requirements
- Develop statements of work, specifications and interface control documents
- Prepare, monitor and update program schedules
- Conduct and participate in all related design reviews
- Provide technical guidance to the cross-functional team
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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
