Sr. Staff Airworthiness Engineer
About The Position
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems’ Office of Airworthiness Consulting and Certification is seeking a Sr. Staff Airworthiness Engineer for its San Diego, California site. The role supports certification efforts across various air vehicle platforms, translating customer airworthiness certification objectives into system solutions throughout the product lifecycle, including flight releases, type certification, continued airworthiness, and airspace integration. The engineer works with integrated product teams, resident engineers, customer counterparts, and internal engineering disciplines in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. The position provides technical airworthiness planning and verification support for complex total systems, including development and negotiation of airworthiness plans, bases of certification, means of compliance, and other certification activities. It also manages and maintains Type Design Data and airworthiness evidence supporting Military Type Certification and Air System Continued and Continuing Airworthiness, as a delegated individual with signature authority within a System Design Responsible company. The engineer monitors software airworthiness requirements and coordinates airworthiness impacts affecting software and hardware compatibility and changes.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline and 14 years of related professional or military engineering experience; or a STEM master’s degree and 12 years of related experience; or a STEM Ph.D. and 10 years of related experience.
- Ability to transfer and maintain a final adjudicated U.S. Government Secret clearance and any required program access within a reasonable period, as determined by the company.
- Experience with MIL-HDBK-516D, MIL-STD-882E or other military airworthiness standards, DO-178C, and DO-254.
- Active, in-scope U.S. Government Secret clearance required at start, with ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret clearance and Special Program Access (SAP).
- Work experience leading development of airworthiness plans, a Basis of Certification, and related activities.
- Work experience with domestic and international UAS/RPAS airworthiness authorizations and type certifications.
Nice To Haves
- Military aircraft development or modification experience.
- Master’s degree and airworthiness certification.
- Ability to initiate airworthiness certification process improvement initiatives.
- DoD and civil airworthiness experience.
- Design, quality, software, or systems engineering experience in structures, flight technology, air vehicle subsystems, avionics, mission payload integration, system safety, flight test, or configuration management.
- Experience with USAF Airworthiness Policy Directives, Instructions, and Airworthiness Bulletins (AWB).
- Experience with System Safety Risk Assessments (SSRA), program risks, and hazard analyses.
- Experience with one or more of MIL-STD-1797, 810, 1530, 3013, 704, or 1796.
- Civil aviation certification experience (FAA, TC, EASA) or DoD aviation certification experience (USAF, USN, US Army).
- Experience with Airworthiness Risk Assessments (AWRA), program risks, and hazard analyses.
- Control Account Management (CAM) and Earned Value Management System (EVMS) experience, including Integrated Master Schedule planning and tracking, earned value reporting, variance analysis, and Estimate at Complete forecasting.
- Active, in-scope U.S. Government DoD Secret clearance or higher and ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (PAR/SAP).
Responsibilities
- Develop and negotiate airworthiness plans, bases of certification, means of compliance, and other certification activities for complex total systems with integrated product teams, resident engineers, and customer counterparts.
- Review and coordinate airworthiness work with other airworthiness engineers and internal engineering disciplines across design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, and maintenance.
- Perform functional and process analyses, requirements allocation, and definition studies to translate customer requirements into criteria and derived requirements.
- Ensure customer airworthiness certification objectives are systematically realized in system solutions throughout the product lifecycle, including flight releases, type certification, continued airworthiness, operations, and airspace integration.
- Manage and maintain Type Design Data and airworthiness evidence supporting Military Type Certification and Air System Continued and Continuing Airworthiness as a delegated individual with signature authority.
- Monitor and advise the creation and modification of software airworthiness requirements for civil and military certification.
- Coordinate across Northrop Grumman Mission Systems teams to manage airworthiness impacts to software and hardware compatibility and changes.
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Savings plan
- Company-paid holidays
- Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
- Potential overtime
- Potential shift differential
- Discretionary bonus
- Long-term incentives may be available to employees in Vice President or Director positions
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
