Senior Flight Test Engineer – Secret Clearance

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 114,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

PTO and holidays

Long-term incentives

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems seeks a Principal/Sr. Principal Flight Test Engineer to join the Edwards AFB team. The role focuses on developing test plans, operating in a flight test control room, and providing lab support for integration testing.

You will work with maintenance, design engineering, and test site teams to define configurations and data needs, perform analyses, and contribute to test readiness reviews. On-site at Edwards AFB, occasional overtime possible.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in a STEM discipline with related professional/military experience; or Master’s with related experience.
• Active U.S. Government Secret clearance (or Continuous Evaluation).
• Ability to obtain and maintain SAP clearance in a reasonable time.
• Flight Test Experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Develop and publish environmental control system related test plans and schedules.
• Operate in a flight test control room.
• Provide laboratory and ground support for integration testing.
• Support and host test planning working groups with cross-functional teams.
• Interface with design engineering and test teams to define data requirements and configurations.
• Review test requirements to ensure completeness of the program.
• Perform technical analysis and prepare system-level evaluations.

Skills

Flight Test Experience

Written & Verbal Communication

Independent Work

Education

Bachelor of Science in STEM

Master’s degree in STEM

Tools

IADS

Microsoft Office

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems seeks a Principal/Sr. Principal Flight Test Engineer to join the Edwards AFB team. The role focuses on developing test plans, operating in a flight test control room, and providing lab support for integration testing.

You will work with maintenance, design engineering, and test site teams to define configurations and data needs, perform analyses, and contribute to test readiness reviews. On-site at Edwards AFB, occasional overtime possible.