Senior Aeronautical Systems Test Engineer

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 98,000 - 148,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems in Melbourne, FL, seeks a Principal Engineer Systems to support system test activities, including planning, procedure creation, data analysis and reporting. The role requires eligibility for U.S.

government security clearances (Secret/Top Secret) and willingness to work shifts as testing demands. Responsibilities span test planning, execution, artifact creation for PCM/SRM releases, and cross-team collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in a STEM discipline with 5 years of related experience, or Master’s with 3 years, or PhD with 1 year.
• Ability to obtain and maintain U.S. Secret clearance (in-scope/Continuous Evaluation).
• Ability to obtain/transfer Top Secret clearance within a reasonable time.
• Experience generating technical documents and using MS Word, MS Excel, PowerPoint, and other programming languages.
• Strong understanding of Test Engineering methodologies and practices.
• Experience developing System Test Procedures from System Level Requirements.

Responsibilities

• Assist in development, execution and peer review of test procedures.
• Participate in both Formal and Non-Formal Test execution events.
• Contribute to test planning, problem report validation and post-test data analysis.
• Support creation of test artifacts for PCM and SRM releases to customers.
• Attend and participate in all System Test meetings.
• Willing to support multiple shifts and odd hours for testing efforts and lab schedules.

Skills

Test planning

Test procedures

Documentation

MS Word

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Programming languages

Test methodologies

System Test Procedures

Clearance processes

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree in STEM

STEM Ph.D.

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems in Melbourne, FL, seeks a Principal Engineer Systems to support system test activities, including planning, procedure creation, data analysis and reporting. The role requires eligibility for U.S.

government security clearances (Secret/Top Secret) and willingness to work shifts as testing demands. Responsibilities span test planning, execution, artifact creation for PCM/SRM releases, and cross-team collaboration.