Senior Flight Test Instrumentation Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems seeks a Principal Engineer Electromechanical - Flight Test Instrumentation in Melbourne, FL. The role focuses on developing instrumentation drawings and configuring data acquisition hardware for flight-test aircraft, working onsite with a skilled team.

The candidate will define system configurations, support design reviews, and analyze data to optimize instrumentation performance, while navigating MIL-STD standards and RF/telemetry considerations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in STEM with 5+ years of related experience, or Master’s with 3+ years, or PhD with 1+ year.
• Active US Government Secret clearance; ability to obtain Top Secret and SAP if required.
• Experience in Flight Test environments and instrumentation data systems.
• Knowledge of sensors (strain gauges, accelerometers, transducers) and MIL-STD specs.
• Willingness to work evenings, weekends, and off-shifts.

Responsibilities

• Define instrumentation configurations and signal conditioning for airborne data systems.
• Develop architectural implementations for data acquisition hardware and TTC systems.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, support reviews, and tests.
• Analyze test data, propose configuration changes, and document handbooks.

Skills

Instrumentation systems

Flight test experience

Data acquisition

RF/Telemetry basics

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor of Science in STEM

Master of Science in STEM

Ph.D. in STEM

Tools

MIL-STD-1553

RS-232/RS-422

IRIG 106

Symvionics IADS

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems seeks a Principal Engineer Electromechanical - Flight Test Instrumentation in Melbourne, FL. The role focuses on developing instrumentation drawings and configuring data acquisition hardware for flight-test aircraft, working onsite with a skilled team.

The candidate will define system configurations, support design reviews, and analyze data to optimize instrumentation performance, while navigating MIL-STD standards and RF/telemetry considerations.