10 - 2ndShift)

Northrop Grumman•Edwards AFB, CA

56d•$103,600 - $193,900•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Principal / Senior Principal Flight Test Engineer-FTO Aircraft Ship-Side Support Team to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Test and Evaluation organization. In this role, the selected candidate will be a member of a team of aircraft ship-side support engineers and test conductors. This team is responsible for coordination between the Flight Test maintenance organization and the Flight Test engineering organization. Tasking will include initial troubleshooting support, procedure development and re-test procedure development. Successful candidate will coordinate support between maintenance leadership team and engineering leadership team. Additionally successful candidate will be responsible for general aircraft knowledge training for new engineering staff to include flight test and ground test engineers. Successful candidate will be responsible for the adjudication of desired maintenance procedures and delayed actions. Candidate will be a self-starter that needs little to no direction from leadership to operate in a dynamic, fast paced environment. This position is 100% located at Edwards AFB, CA for 4x10 second shift.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university.
For Principal: 5 years with a Bachelors; 3 Years with Masters; 0 Years with PhD.
For Senior Principal: 8 years engineering experience with Bachelors; 6 years engineering experience with a Masters; 4 years of engineering experience with a PhD.
Must have an active DoD Secret or higher clearance (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance prior to the commencement of employment.
Must be willing and able to work 4/10 2nd shift.
Previous Test and Evaluation knowledge and experience (for Senior Principal).

Nice To Haves

In depth knowledge of or test experience, to include control room monitoring.
Top Secret clearance

Responsibilities

Coordination between the Flight Test maintenance organization and the Flight Test engineering organization.
Initial troubleshooting support.
Procedure development and re-test procedure development.
Coordinate support between maintenance leadership team and engineering leadership team.
General aircraft knowledge training for new engineering staff to include flight test and ground test engineers.
Adjudication of desired maintenance procedures and delayed actions.