Senior Field Engineer - Flight Data & Fault Isolation

Northrop Grumman; Sicilia; On-site; EUR 95,000 - 142,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flight arrangements

Household goods shipment

HOLA

COLA

Overseas incentives

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Corp. is seeking a Sr Field Engineer for the RQ-4 Global Hawk program at NAS Sigonella, Italy. The role requires leading data analysis, fault isolation, and data management for post-mission activities within a cross-functional engineering team.

You will coordinate data availability, generate program reports, and support on-site personnel training while maintaining security clearances and working expatriate arrangements.

Qualifications

• Bachelors' degree with 8 years of relevant aerospace experience.
• Masters' degree with 6 years of relevant experience; PhD with 1 year acceptable.
• Experience in Aviation and Aerospace technical data.
• Must have a valid passport and U.S. government secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• First pass flight data analysis to triage issues and communicate with engineers.
• Lead fault isolation analysis and ensure thorough documentation.
• Address data availability shortfalls across Sigonella site.
• Maintain training tracker for onsite NG personnel and post-mission data.
• Support data archives, catalogs, and distribution of retrieved data.

Skills

Aviation & aerospace data experience

IMDS familiarity

RQ-4 avionics knowledge

MS Office proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of relevant experience

Master's degree with 6+ years of relevant experience

PhD with 1 year of relevant experience

Tools

IMDS system

MS Office

Job description

Northrop Grumman Corp. is seeking a Sr Field Engineer for the RQ-4 Global Hawk program at NAS Sigonella, Italy. The role requires leading data analysis, fault isolation, and data management for post-mission activities within a cross-functional engineering team.

You will coordinate data availability, generate program reports, and support on-site personnel training while maintaining security clearances and working expatriate arrangements.