F-35 Field Engineer: Senior/Principal with Secret Clearance

Northrop Grumman; Clearfield (UT); On-site; USD 81,000 - 122,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Company paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems, F-35 Sustainment, seeks a Principal or Sr. Principal Field Engineer as an F-35 Air Vehicle Field Support Engineer at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. You will act as the technical interface to the customer, troubleshoot, and provide on-site support for F-35 systems and maintenance.

The role requires SME-level aircraft knowledge, deployment readiness, and strong communication with military aircrew and depot staff. Travel up to 50% may be required for deployments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in STEM and minimum of 5 years related military aircraft maintenance; a Master's Degree with 3 years or a PhD.

Responsibilities

• Be a self-starter, work without direct supervision
• Integrate into a high tempo military operational environment
• Provide recommended engineering and aircraft maintenance guidance to military and civilian maintainers and depot technicians
• Read and interpret engineering drawings, fault isolation and technical data and other available engineering data
• Operate and maintain test equipment for advanced troubleshooting
• Document maintenance activities and identify failure trends
• Identify technical issues and propose solutions to support dispositions
• Manage multiple engineering and logistic support activities with status updates
• Provide authorized engineering products to supplement published data
• Combine engineering knowledge with real world aircraft maintenance experience
• Conduct training and product briefings to customers, vendors, and company representatives
• Author data updates and assist with recommendations
• Support program meetings related to problem analysis and dispositions
• Engage with aircrew and maintainers to resolve maintenance issues
• Work shifts, weekends, overtime, and travel as needed
• Complete required training and immunizations for deployments

Skills

Fighter aircraft maintenance

Engineering troubleshooting

Read engineering drawings

On-site customer liaison

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in STEM

Master’s Degree in STEM

PhD

Tools

CATIA

VAS

VA

PDM

JEDI

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems, F-35 Sustainment, seeks a Principal or Sr. Principal Field Engineer as an F-35 Air Vehicle Field Support Engineer at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. You will act as the technical interface to the customer, troubleshoot, and provide on-site support for F-35 systems and maintenance.

The role requires SME-level aircraft knowledge, deployment readiness, and strong communication with military aircrew and depot staff. Travel up to 50% may be required for deployments.