Principal / Sr Principal Flight Avionics Engineer

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems seeks a Principal or Sr Principal Flight Avionics Engineer on-site in Melbourne, FL. The role focuses on integrating cockpit avionics, managing requirements, and delivering rigorous design documents.

Candidates should have a STEM degree and substantial defense-mystems experience, with active Secret clearance and readiness for TS/SAP possibilities. Travel is up to 25% as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field required with 5+ years of experience at Principal level or 8+ years at Sr Principal level.
• Active US Government Secret clearance (or Continuous Evaluation) required; Top Secret eligible.

Responsibilities

• Integrate cockpit systems and components including FMC, PFDs, CDUs, and navigation/TCU systems.
• Develop and analyze requirements, mature and implement designs.
• Document designs with schematics and specifications.

Skills

Requirements analysis

System integration

Trade studies

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

Cameo

DOORS

Rhapsody

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the Time Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for Principal or Sr Principal Flight Avionics Engineer to join the team of qualified individuals on our Avionics Organization. This position is located onsite in Melbourne, Florida.

In this role as the Flight Avionics engineer, your success depends on good leadership skills and understanding the scope of the work and the impact of the work on other teams, consistently bringing up concerns, issues and risks to program and technical leadership, and holding the team to a high level of technical rigor. You would need to thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, collaborative/team settings across all levels.

Responsibilities:

• Integration of aircraft cockpit systems and components including Flight Management Computer (FMC), Primary Flight Displays (PFDs), Control Display Units (CDUs), Fight Navigation and Guidance systems, Position, Navigation, Timing (PNT) equipment and other various avionics systems with the capability to support trade studies..
• Requirements development, analysis, maturation and implementation
• Document designs using detailed schematics, diagrams and specifications
• Assist in the preparation and support of the verification of aircraft avionics and Prime Mission Equipment installations and aircraft certification documents.
• Provide support for the development of system safety documents.
• Technical management of program strategic partners and suppliers including development of supplier statement of work and requirements, review and analyze supplier design data, hardware/software acquisition, define functional test requirements including acceptance, qualification, and system integration, and support test execution.
• Informal and formal testing of subsystem requirements in lab, with the ability to troubleshoot hardware avionics equipment in a lab environment.

This role can be filled at the Principal or Sr Principal Level based on the qualifications below.

Basic Qualifications:

• At a Principal Level: Must have a Bachelors 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 1 year of relevant military / professional / academic experience
• At a Sr Principal Level: Must have a Bachelors degree in a STEM field and at least 8 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a Master's Degree in a STEM field and at least 6 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a PhD and at least 4 years of relevant military / professional experience
• And at Both Levels: Must have an active US Government Secret clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• Be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance within a reasonable amount of time, as determined by the company, to meet its business needs.
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.
• Must have experience in COTS / MIL-COTS hardware functional design and performance analysis
• Must have experience with design, development, and integration of flight deck equipment
• Must have experience with trade studies, documenting subsystem architectures, analyzing performance, and evaluating Technology Readiness Level (TRL) with regard to supplier current and future products offerings
• Must have experience with system modeling and requirements management tools (Cameo, DOORS, Rhapsody, etc.), developing/maturing requirements, and tracing requirements through various levels.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Military Navigation and Navigation Aids
• Experience with integrating Military Navigation instrumentation on aircraft and interfacing with mission software
• Integration and/or Design experience with of one or more of the follow