Test Engineer / Principal Test Engineer
About The Position
Northrop Grumman Missions Systems is looking for a Principal Field Test Engineer based out of Sunnyvale, CA supporting their Launcher Systems/Propulsion and Power Generation (PPG) business unit. This role is part of an Enterprise-wide digital transformation utilizing Model-based Engineering, DevSecOps, and Agile practices. The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment & shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation. The rotating machinery team within the Test Engineer group is seeking an innovative, self-driven Principal Field Test Engineer to join their dynamic, multifaceted team. The mission is to ensure that the devices created to turn steam into electricity and propulsion for submarines and aircraft carriers meet stringent standards. The role involves completing a wide variety of challenges spanning system-level tests of turbine-generators and gear-driven propulsion units, including integrating data-acquisition systems, programming automation routines, acquiring and analyzing data, and writing procedures and reports. This role offers the opportunity to learn about the technologies behind power-generation and propulsion systems.
Requirements
- Microsoft office suite
- Bachelor's Degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) discipline with 2 years relevant work experience; or Master’s Degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) with no relevant experience (for Level 2)
- Bachelor’s Degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) discipline with 5 years relevant work experience; or Master’s Degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) discipline with 3 years relevant work experience (for Level 3)
- Experience using benchtop instrumentation (e.g. spectrum analyzers and digital multimeters)
- Ability to interpret basic circuit diagrams
- Must be willing to work night shift
- Must be willing to work at field sites up to 75% of the time
- Must be a US citizen and be able to obtain a DoD Secret Clearance
Nice To Haves
- Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Aerospace Engineering
- Industry experience related to testing and troubleshooting
- Experience troubleshooting analog or high-voltage circuitry
- Programming and/or automation experience (e. g. MATLAB)
- PLC programming experience (e.g. Allen Bradley)
- Experience testing magnetic bearings or other rotating machinery
- Acoustics, dynamics, or control-systems testing experience
- Experience using multi-channel data acquisition (DAQ) systems
- Experience testing large structures
- Systems-Engineering experience
- Navy experience
Responsibilities
- Complete a wide variety of challenges that span the gamut of effort required to accomplish system-level tests of our turbine-generators and gear-driven propulsion units
- Integrating data-acquisition systems
- Programming automation routines
- Acquiring and analyzing data
- Writing procedures and reports
- Field engineering testing support aboard ships at various customer sites around the US
Benefits
- Relocation assistance may be available
- Compensation for all additional hours worked on shift during testing campaigns
- Flexibility in taking paid time off
- Health insurance coverage
- Life and disability insurance
- Savings plan
- Company paid holidays
- Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
- Overtime
- Shift differential
- Discretionary bonus
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
