Sr. Principal Air Vehicle System Test Engineer

About This Role

Serve as a Senior Principal Air Vehicle System Test Engineer (Engineering Field Service Representative) for Northrop Grumman, providing expert system support to US Navy units internationally. This role involves extensive travel and requires a strong background in aircraft ground test operations and troubleshooting to ensure mission readiness.

Responsibilities

• Interface with NGC and customer Flight Engineers, aircraft maintenance Technicians, US Navy service members, and Subsystem SMEs to sustain operations.
• Act as the primary interface between maintenance, design, and flight test engineering.
• Perform Vehicle and Payload Test Controller (VTC/PTC) operations during aircraft start-up/shut down for launch and recovery, static ground tests, and troubleshooting.
• Provide inputs to update Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETMS).
• Review and provide inputs during engineering development and execute Detailed Test Requirements, Acceptance Test Procedures, and Ground Test Plans.
• Install, operate, troubleshoot, maintain, repair, and modify equipment in accordance with IETMS and/or other engineering directives.
• Perform Organizational / Depot-level maintenance and technical support on products such as equipment, integrated systems and subsystems, and software at customer and/or field locations.
• Develop general knowledge of all aircraft systems, VTC/PTC, Engineering Design and software.
• Perform field integration, troubleshooting, and repair of air vehicle systems at the customer location including operations on a flightline, or in a hangar.
• Interpret and trace electrical and Air Vehicle schematics, and perform essential electrical and RF troubleshooting using various equipment.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Science, Technical, Engineering or Math (STEM)
• Minimum of 8 years of engineering experience with a BS Degree (or 6 years with MS, 4 years with PhD)
• Willingness and ability to successfully complete required training in Pax River, MD and Rancho Bernardo, CA
• Willingness and ability to support an international assignment in Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates, or Guam for a minimum of 24 months, with location selected by Company based on business needs
• Willingness and ability to relocate to a core U.S. location, if necessary, based on business needs
• Ability to pass a new hire physical if determined necessary by Company, based on international location selected
• DoD Secret clearance that is in-scope or currently enrolled in CE, with the ability to obtain a Top-Secret/SCI clearance within a reasonable amount of time to meet business needs
• Ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (PAR) within a reasonable amount of time for business needs
• Experience with Aircraft Ground Test Operations
• Capability and readiness to travel effectively supporting customer needs, management reviews, and demonstrating leadership as a technical expert on support trips worldwide
• Working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel & PowerPoint)
• Strong interpersonal skills with excellent communications skills, including the ability to brief test results to senior leadership

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Science, Technical, Engineering or Math (STEM)
• A minimum of 8 years of engineering experience with a BS Degree, 6 years engineering experience with a MS degree in STEM Field, or 4 years with a PhD in STEM Field

Nice to Have

• Ability to support a new and/or extended assignment at a company selected international or Guam location after the initial 24-month assignment
• Active DoD Top Secret clearance that is in-scope or currently enrolled in CE
• Previous Unmanned Air Vehicle system test or maintenance experience
• MQ-4 Vehicle Test Controller or Triton BETTIE operator experience
• Aircraft Test or Lab Test experience
• Experience with equipment to test and troubleshoot aircraft systems
• Experience with loading data and configuration files to aircraft assemblies

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits