Principal / Sr. Principal Lab Design and Operations Engineer

Northrop Grumman•Melbourne, FL

8d•$98,400 - $184,200•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for Principal / Senior Principal Engineer Electrical (Lab Design and Operations) to join the team of qualified individuals on our Test and Evaluation team. This role is located onsite in Melbourne, FL. This role may be filled at the Principal OR Sr. Principal level based on the qualifications listed, below. In this role, the successful candidate will act as an Operations and Electrical Design Engineering Lead for Test & Evaluation’s systems test laboratories. Our team is responsible for the integration of aircraft systems and subsystems into a Lab environment supporting aircraft capabilities and functions. Utilizing systems and subsystems requirements, the candidate will assist in the development of lab requirements and procedures, create electrical design and cable drawings, execute integration activities in a lab environment, and evaluate mission systems functionality. Candidate must have strong technical background, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, in-depth understanding of military aircraft functionality, and demonstrated lab integration experience with a modern software intensive mission systems architecture. This is an individual contributor role and will not have direct reports. As a lab operations and design engineer, you will be responsible for development and execution of lab system procedures supporting testing of sequential software builds as well as early electrical design efforts to include drawings, work instructions, and cable builds.

Requirements

Must have a Bachelor of Science degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) discipline AND 5 years of related professional/military experience OR a Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline AND 3 years of related professional/military experience OR a STEM Ph.D. AND 1 years of related professional/military experience (for Principal level)
Must have a Bachelor of Science degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) discipline AND 8 years of related professional/military experience OR a Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline AND 6 years of related professional/military experience OR a STEM Ph.D. AND 4 years of related professional/military experience (for Senior Principal level)
Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated U.S. government Secret clearance (must be in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Company.
Your ability to obtain and/or transfer and maintain the final U.S. adjudicated government Top Secret clearance
Must have an understanding of mission systems to include RF and satellite communications, message processing, mission systems architecture, air vehicle systems, simulation environments, and/or networking.

Nice To Haves

Current, active Top Secret clearance
Security+ CE or ability to obtain
Experience working as an engineer in a system test lab environment
Experience with Computer-Aided Design tools (NX, Capital)
Experience with CPLM
Experienced using Test Equipment, such as digital multimeters, O-scopes, etc.
Experienced with Electronic Principles (MIL-STD-1553, RS-232 & 422, ARINC 429, Ethernet & fiber)
Familiarity with avionics systems architecture
Experience creating, editing and executing installation and checkout (IACO) or Acceptance Test procedures (ATP)
Peer leadership and/or supplier management experience

Responsibilities

Lead test events ranging from developmental to formal testing
Establish drawing trees and electrical architecture of the lab environments
Establish and maintain standards of test conduct and rigor
Effectively manage lab configuration through detailed documentation
Accurately communicate lab and test status to leadership via written and oral means
Troubleshoot component and system level issues/discrepancies