Ground Systems Engineer – TS Clearance & Avionics

Northrop Grumman Corp. (AU); Melbourne (FL); On-site; USD 79,300 - 147,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Company-paid holidays

Paid time off (PTO)

Job summary

Northrop Grumman’s Aeronautics Systems sector has an opening for a Training Systems Engineer (Engineer or Principal Level) to join our team within our Avionics organization. This position will be located in Melbourne, FL.

The role is designed to facilitate the development and integration of ground systems for military aircraft weapon systems. A successful Ground Element Responsible Engineer has good leadership skills and understands the scope of the work and the impact of the work on other

Qualifications

• Must have a Bachelor's degree in a STEM field and at least 2 years of relevant military/professional experience.
• Or a Master’s Degree in a STEM field and at least some relevant military/professional/academic experience.
• Must have a Bachelor's degree in a STEM field and at least 5 years of relevant military/professional experience.
• Or a Master’s Degree in a STEM field and at least 3 years of relevant military/professional experience.
• Or a PhD and at least 0 years of relevant military/professional experience.
• Must have the ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated U.S. government Secret clearance (must be in‑scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Company.

Responsibilities

• Create supplier statements of work and conduct requirements analysis to generate subsystem technical requirements documentation.
• Perform trade studies, modeling, performance analysis, and Technology Readiness Level (TRL) evaluation of current and future supplier offerings.
• Develop and control functional and physical architectures and interfaces; maintain baseline technical‑requirements documentation.
• Design and develop ground‑systems architectures, including hardware/software integration, certification, and detailed schematics/diagrams/specifications.
• Produce detailed designs (and delta designs where applicable) for specific trainers: Landing Gear Trainer, Aerial Refueling Receptacle Trainer, Hydraulics System Trainer, Electrical System Trainer, Fuel System Trainer, Environmental Control System Trainer, Power Plant System Trainer, Auxiliary Power Unit Trainer, Flight Control System Trainer, Mission Avionics Systems Trainer (MAST).
• Support GSC with RFPs, purchase‑order status, and development of performance‑based specifications, statements of work, and supplier documentation.
• Build supplier evaluation criteria, conduct technical evaluations, document results, and assist with supplier selection.
• Review supplier development documents, attend technical interchange meetings, and support design reviews.
• Manage compliance with verification cross‑reference matrix for hardware, software, and subsystem‑level testing.
• Oversee supplier manufacturing and test processes, resolve testing issues, and review/accept supplier test and verification reports.
• Support technical planning, system integration, deployment/delivery, and conduct supportability and effectiveness analyses for ground subsystems.
• Interpret, allocate, tailor, write, and flow down requirements across all levels of the system architecture.
• Work directly with partners, suppliers, engineers, and program stakeholders to integrate mission planning solutions that meet platform mission objectives.

Education

Bachelors degree in a STEM field

Master’s Degree in a STEM field

PhD in a STEM field

Tools

Cameo

DOORS

Rhapsody

Job description

Northrop Grumman’s Aeronautics Systems sector has an opening for a Training Systems Engineer (Engineer or Principal Level) to join our team within our Avionics organization. This position will be located in Melbourne, FL.

The role is designed to facilitate the development and integration of ground systems for military aircraft weapon systems. A successful Ground Element Responsible Engineer has good leadership skills and understands the scope of the work and the impact of the work on other