Senior Principal Aeronautical Engineer - Hardware Avionics

Northrop Grumman•San Diego, CA

5d•$142,200 - $213,400•Onsite

About The Position

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history. Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Senior Principal Aeronautical Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Air Vehicle Hardware Avionics team. This role is located in Rancho Bernardo, CA. The Air Vehicle Hardware Avionics team is responsible for vehicle flight control and safety. In this role, you will contribute to the team for management of the following subsystems: Radar Altimeter (RadAlt), Air Data System (ADS), and electro-mechanical flight control actuation system. You can expect to work independently and collaborate across multiple teams to deliver quality solutions. General duties will include flight/lab testing, Production/Field Support, anomaly resolution, and supplier management. The role is dynamic as members of the team handle a broad range of activities across multiple phases of the program to include development, production, and operational support.

Requirements

Must have a Bachelor's in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) field and at least 8 years of relevant professional / military avionics experience, or a Master's Degree in STEM and at least 6 years of relevant professional / military experience, or a PhD Degree with at least 4 years of relevant professional / military experience
Must have the ability to maintain and obtain a DoD Secret clearance within a reasonable time as determined by business needs
Must have experience with the following SW Tools: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Project, Visio), Matlab
Must have experience with test equipment (oscilloscopes, signal generators, signal analyzers, multi-meters)

Nice To Haves

Active DoD Secret security clearance or higher
Comprehensive knowledge of avionics components, including RadAlt, Air Data, and FCAS
Experience with system redundancy and associated safety analysis
Familiarity with databuses and related protocols, such as MIL-STD-1553, RS-485, ARINC-429
Experience performing system-level design/troubleshooting
Flight Test experience: Some experience
Supplier management: Some experience
Requirements verification testing: Some experience
Prior experience as a military, civil, or commercial avionics technician

Responsibilities

Integrate avionics hardware, accounting for hardware capabilities/limitations, defining interfaces, and incorporating required redundancy.
Conduct investigations, system testing, and flight testing in lab environments.
Provide remote and on-site troubleshooting for Production and Field issues.
Support proposal development, technical planning, verification & validation, cost & risk analysis, and trade studies.
Ensure the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total system solutions that balance technical, schedule, and cost constraints.

Benefits

Relocation assistance may be available
health insurance coverage
life and disability insurance
savings plan
Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
overtime
shift differential
discretionary bonus
Annual bonuses
Long Term Incentives (for VP or Director positions)