Principal/Sr. Principal Flight Sciences Engineer

Northrop Grumman•Melbourne, FL

7d•$98,400 - $184,200•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is seeking a Principal Flight Sciences Engineer (Level 3) OR Senior Principal Flight Sciences Engineer (Level 4) to join the Vehicle Engineering Center of Technical Excellence. The Vehicle Engineering (VE) Center of Technical Excellence (CoTE) is positioned to drive robust and efficient vehicle development activities within the Aeronautics Systems (AS) Engineering organization by equipping our teams with the processes, tools, and technical training needed to succeed and grow. Leaders within the VE CoTE team are at the heart of our relentless pursuit of engineering excellence, driving sustained improvement and ensuring that our technical capabilities stay ahead of emerging challenges and opportunities. The Vehicle Engineering CoTE organization is hiring a Flight Sciences (FS) Engineer with a background in one or more FS discipline areas. The candidate will have a mechanical, electrical, aerospace, or software skillset ideally aligned to a technical background in Mass Properties or another FS discipline, such as Loads & Dynamics, Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC), Vehicle Management Systems (VMS), Aerodynamics, Performance, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Configuration, or Propulsion. The candidate will perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, and requirements allocation studies to translate customer, product or derived requirements into hardware and software specification requirements. These activities will be conducted in collaboration with Mass Properties engineers and other technical leaders within the FS communities of practice. The candidate will be required to analyze and understand aircraft configurations and flight conditions to develop processes and related tools to characterize system behavior – tools utilized may include solid modeling tools, database tools, and/or custom applications. The candidate will provide technical expertise on Mass Properties or another FS discipline area, advising and partnering with program engineering teams to drive execution efficiencies. As such, the ideal candidate is a proactive, self-starter that can achieve results with minimal direction, possessing strong people, organizational, presentation, and communication skills. This position supports all the Aeronautics Systems (AS) business divisions across our primary geographic sites, including Melbourne, FL; Palmdale, CA; San Diego, CA; and South Bay (El Segundo / Redondo Beach / Manhattan Beach), CA; Oklahoma City, OK; Iuka, MS; and Moss Point, MS. While the position provides support to all AS sites, the primary location for the selected candidate will be Melbourne, FL.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) discipline and 5 years of related professional/military experience; OR a Master’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of related professional/military experience; OR a Ph.D. in a STEM discipline and 1 year of related professional/military experience (for Principal Level)
Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) discipline and 8 years of related professional/military experience; OR a Master’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of related professional/military experience; OR a Ph.D. in a STEM discipline and 4 years of related professional/military experience (for Senior 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 Special Access Program (SAP) clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs
U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

Nice To Haves

Proficiency with NX or similar solid modeling software
Proficiency with Teamcenter or similar life cycle management software
Proficiency with Matlab/Simulink
Knowledge of air vehicle design and manufacturing techniques
Prior experience as a Software Engineer, Database Systems Architect, or User Experience (UX) Application Designer/Developer
Aircraft Weight and Balance Certification
Automated Weight and Balance System (AWBS) experience
Familiarity with Society of Allied Weight Engineers RP 7 & 8

Responsibilities

Perform as the subject matter expert (SME) in FS tool capabilities and propose solutions that align programmatic requests with current tool architectures
Serve as a technical lead over major Mass Properties and FS homegrown tools with the ability to add complementary tools based on future requirements for air vehicle development activities
Lead multi-language development over a portfolio of FS applications that require working knowledge of C#, XAML, SQL, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Visual Basic, .NET, and/or Python
Lead alignment between engineering release systems and Mass Properties or FS databases, supporting the development and expansion of a Digital Engineering Ecosystem
Support application deployment into programmatic environments with various levels of security classifications