Sr. Principal Avionics Responsible Engineer: Cockpit Systems

Northrop Grumman•Melbourne, FL

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. 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's Aeronautics Systems sector is seeking a Sr. Principal Avionics Responsible Engineer: Cockpit Systems to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals in defining the future. This position will be located in Melbourne, FL. The Senior Principal Engineer Electronics will be responsible for developing and executing the program. This person will serve as a senior engineer supporting on Avionics Integration of Aircraft Cockpit Systems. Will be responsible for one or more of the following: Provide Avionics Integration engineering support for the integration of aircraft cockpit systems and components including Flight Management Systems (FMS), Flight Management Computers (FMCs), Primary Flight Displays (PFDs), Control Display Units (CDUs), Terrain Avoidance and Warning Systems (TAWS), Crew Alerting System (CAS), Moving Maps, and other various avionics systems. Assist in the preparation and support the verification of aircraft avionics and Prime Mission Equipment installations and aircraft certification documents. Provides Critical Skills to teams with internal and external knowledge of the technical industry and how it impacts the company. Serves as an expert for Avionics Flight Management Integration. Provide support for the development of system safety documents. Create aircraft system schematics to support air vehicle wiring diagrams. Requirements development and analysis and supporting trade studies. Manage suppliers, review and analysis of supplier design data, definition of functional test requirements including acceptance, qualification, and system integration, and support test execution. Informal and formal testing of subsystem requirements in lab, troubleshooting hardware in the lab. Supporting flight test activities and post flight data analysis, and resolution of flight test anomalies. A successful DSSC6 HECTR Senior Principal Engineer has good leadership skills and understands the scope of the work and the impact of the work on other teams. The HECTR Engineer consistently brings up concerns, issues and risk and holds themselves to a high level of technical rigor

Requirements

Must have a Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university AND 8 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; OR a Master's degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university AND 6 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; or a Ph.D. AND 4 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering.
Active DoD Secret Clearance.
Experience with MIL-STD-1553, ARINC 429 and Ethernet communication protocols
Experience with integration and testing of cockpit electronics and/or flight management systems
Experience with Supplier Management of avionics equipment
Experience with at least one of the flight certification standards listed in the preferred qualifications (PBN, RNAV, RNP, CNS/ATM, DO-178/254/200/160)
Experience with system modeling and requirements management tools Cameo, DOORS, Rhapsody, etc.), developing/maturing requirements, and tracing requirements through various levels

Nice To Haves

Communication, Navigation, Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) experience
Performance Based Navigation (PBN) experience and attaining PBN certification
Required Navigation Performance (RNP)/ Area Navigation (RNAV) certification experience
Experience designing to RTCA DO-178 software standard for RNP RNAV certification
Experience designing to RTCA DO-254 hardware standard for airborne electronic systems
Experience designing to RTCA DO-200 standard for processing aeronautical data
Experience designing to RTCA DO-160 and MIL-STD-810 standards for environmental qualifications
Current/active Special Program Access (PAR/SAP)
Agile Scrum and Jira Experience

Responsibilities

Provide Avionics Integration engineering support for the integration of aircraft cockpit systems and components including Flight Management Systems (FMS), Flight Management Computers (FMCs), Primary Flight Displays (PFDs), Control Display Units (CDUs), Terrain Avoidance and Warning Systems (TAWS), Crew Alerting System (CAS), Moving Maps, and other various avionics systems.
Assist in the preparation and support the verification of aircraft avionics and Prime Mission Equipment installations and aircraft certification documents.
Provides Critical Skills to teams with internal and external knowledge of the technical industry and how it impacts the company.
Serves as an expert for Avionics Flight Management Integration.
Provide support for the development of system safety documents.
Create aircraft system schematics to support air vehicle wiring diagrams.
Requirements development and analysis and supporting trade studies.
Manage suppliers, review and analysis of supplier design data, definition of functional test requirements including acceptance, qualification, and system integration, and support test execution.
Informal and formal testing of subsystem requirements in lab, troubleshooting hardware in the lab.
Supporting flight test activities and post flight data analysis, and resolution of flight test anomalies.