Senior Flight Test Instrumentation Engineer-Secret Clearance

Northrop Grumman

United States

On-site

USD 110,000 - 160,000

Full time

2 days ago
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Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Flight Test Instrumentation Engineer (Principal Engineer/Sr Principal Engineer) to join our Melbourne, FL team. You will develop instrumentation drawings and architectures for airborne data acquisition systems, working with a diverse, qualified group in a dynamic, customer-facing environment.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in a STEM field with years of related experience and an active Secret clearance, with potential to obtain Top Secret.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science in a STEM field with 5 years of related experience, or a Master’s with 2 years.
  • Active US Government Secret clearance (or Continuous Evaluation).
  • Ability to obtain Top Secret clearance within a reasonable time.
  • Experience in Flight Test environments.
  • Solid understanding of data systems, telemetry, RF, onboard recording systems, and ground stations.

Responsibilities

  • Define instrumentation system configurations and signal conditioning requirements for airborne data acquisition hardware.
  • Monitor and understand instrument configurations; authorize changes and support design reviews, tests, and analyses.
  • Develop architectural implementations for TTC Airborne Data Acquisition Systems.

Skills

Instrumentation engineering
Flight test experience
Data systems & telemetry
RF communications
Sensor expertise

Education

Bachelor of Science in STEM
Master's degree in STEM

Tools

MIL-STD-1553
IEEE-1394
ARINC-429
RS-232
RS-422

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Flight Test Instrumentation Engineer (Principal Engineer/Sr Principal Engineer) to join our Melbourne, FL team. You will develop instrumentation drawings and architectures for airborne data acquisition systems, working with a diverse, qualified group in a dynamic, customer-facing environment.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in a STEM field with years of related experience and an active Secret clearance, with potential to obtain Top Secret.

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