Senior Fuel Systems Engineer: Onsite, Secret Clearance

Northrop Grumman Corp. (AU); Melbourne (FL); On-site; USD 122,800 - 184,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime pay

Shift differential

Discretionary bonus

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays

PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems in Melbourne, FL is seeking a Sr. Principal Responsible Engineer – Fuel Systems to lead the development of aircraft fuel subsystems.

The role is fully onsite with occasional travel (10%), and requires the ability to obtain/maintain a Secret clearance. You will oversee design, verification, integration, and testing across disciplines, and interact with suppliers and subcontracts.

Qualifications

• Sr. Principal Responsible Engineer – Bachelor of Science in a STEM discipline AND 8 years of relevant experience; OR Master’s degree in STEM AND 6 years of relevant experience; OR PhD in STEM AND 4 years of relevant experience.
• Ability to obtain and/or transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret clearance, plus any required program access within a reasonable period of time.
• Professional experience related to the development and integration of fuel subsystems or components in commercial or military aircraft applications.

Responsibilities

• Perform responsible engineer activities across fuel subsystem design and development, including trade studies, layouts, architecture definition, system test, verification, and troubleshooting.
• Engage with suppliers on hardware development, qualification, and procurement as the technical point of contact.
• Conduct system-level analysis and performance simulations to support fuel subsystem integration with other aircraft subsystems.
• Plan and support system-level test execution, data processing, and troubleshooting; verify requirements and airworthiness.

Skills

Fuel subsystem design

System integration

Thermodynamics

Modeling with Amesim

MATLAB/Simulink

Thermal Desktop

STAR-CCM+

NX CAD

Teamcenter PLM

Education

Bachelor of Science in STEM

Master's degree in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

Amesim

MATLAB/Simulink

Thermal Desktop

Flomaster

STAR-CCM+

NX CAD

Teamcenter PLM

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems in Melbourne, FL is seeking a Sr. Principal Responsible Engineer – Fuel Systems to lead the development of aircraft fuel subsystems.

The role is fully onsite with occasional travel (10%), and requires the ability to obtain/maintain a Secret clearance. You will oversee design, verification, integration, and testing across disciplines, and interact with suppliers and subcontracts.