Principal Flight Test Engineer — Electromechanical ECS

Northrop Grumman; California; On-site; USD 114,000 - 213,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems seeks a Principal/Sr. Principal Flight Test Engineer to join the Test and Evaluation team at Edwards AFB, CA. On-site role, with relocation assistance and potential overtime.

Clearances required; Senior roles demand extensive flight test experience and systems analysis. The position involves developing test plans, operating in a flight test control room, and coordinating with design and test teams to ensure rigorous evaluation of environmental control systems

Qualifications

• Must have a Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline AND 5 years of related professional/military experience, OR a Master’s degree AND 3 years of related professional/military experience.
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a US Government clearance and SAP clearance, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.
• Flight Test Experience

Responsibilities

• Develop and publish environmental control system related test plans, acceptance test plans, test schedules, and procedures for developmental testing.
• Operate in a flight test control room.
• Provide laboratory and ground support for integration testing.
• Support and host test planning working groups.
• Interface with test article design and analysis teams to define test configuration and data requirements.
• Review and evaluate test requirements to ensure completeness of test program.
• Perform technical analysis of complete systems and prepares comprehensive system level evaluations.
• Support test card development and review in collaboration with other engineering disciplines and test operations personnel.
• Support test readiness reviews, and pre/post-test briefings.
• Conduct and contributes to pre and post-test data analyses to support anomaly identification and resolution.

Skills

Flight Test Experience

Education

Bachelor of Science in STEM

Master’s degree in STEM

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems seeks a Principal/Sr. Principal Flight Test Engineer to join the Test and Evaluation team at Edwards AFB, CA. On-site role, with relocation assistance and potential overtime.

Clearances required; Senior roles demand extensive flight test experience and systems analysis. The position involves developing test plans, operating in a flight test control room, and coordinating with design and test teams to ensure rigorous evaluation of environmental control systems