Senior Principal Systems Test Engineer - ACP Test Lead
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 Systems Test Engineer - Autonomous Collaborative Platforms (ACP) Test Lead to join the team of qualified individuals on our Research and Advanced Design organization. This role is located onsite in El Segundo, CA OR Rancho Bernardo, CA. In this role, the successful candidate will fill the role of the program Test Lead responsible for all facets of the test program, including lab and flight test staffing, planning, execution and reporting. This position requires a highly motivated and self-starting individual with relevant test operations experience. The Test Lead will orchestrate lab, ground and flight integration and developmental testing for NGAS. This is an individual contributor role and will not have direct reports.
Requirements
- 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
- Must have an active US Government Secret (or higher) 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.
- Must have prior CAM and Earned Value Management experience
- Must have understanding of program risk, opportunity and issue management process
- Excellent communication skills
- experience leading test engineering personnel
- be capable of working in a matrix environment with multiple sources of management guidance.
Nice To Haves
- Current, active Top Secret clearance
- Experience leading a System Test team in a dynamic work environment
- Excellent organizational and written communication skills, as well as project management planning and presentation skills
- Proficient with MS Project, Excel, Power Point, Word
- Demonstrated ability to create trusted relationships
- Experience with Jira and Confluence tools
Responsibilities
- Ensure engineering tests serve mission objectives and mechanisms are in place to execute the tests
- Reviews status of test requirements, manages schedules, and prepares reports.
- Identify all test and test program risks, issues, and pressures and develop mitigation and closure plans
- Coordinate with ground test engineering and operations, aircraft modifications for testing, frequent interaction with Engineering at Rancho Bernardo, Space Park, El Segundo, and Mojave, and ensuring cost and schedule performance targets are met
- Provide program leadership for test site employees and provide timely resource forecasts to program management, assuring that proper staffing is in place to execute the Test Statement of Work
Benefits
- Relocation assistance may be available
- flexible work arrangements
- 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off
- phenomenal learning opportunities
- exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers
- a very friendly team environment
- 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
- a discretionary bonus
- Annual bonuses
- Long Term Incentives (for VP or Director positions)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
