Senior Principal Flight Test Engineer (Secret Clearance)

Northrop Grumman Corp. (AU); San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 129,300 - 193,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Health insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems in San Diego/El Segundo seeks a Senior Principal Test Engineer to lead all facets of the test program for NGAS, including lab and flight testing, planning, and reporting. The role supports the System Integration Lab in Rancho Bernardo and various test activities.

You will manage test schedules, risk, and resources, coordinating with engineering teams across locations to meet cost and schedule targets while delivering high-quality test outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field with 8+ years of relevant ground and flight test experience, OR a Master's Degree with 6+ years, OR a PhD with 4+ years.
• Must have experience leading flight test programs.
• Must have experience with program risk, opportunity and issue management processes.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Top Secret or higher clearance.
• Ability to travel up to 25% of time.

Responsibilities

• Orchestrate lab, ground and flight integration and developmental testing for NGAS.
• Ensure engineering tests serve developmental objectives and mechanisms are in place to execute the tests.
• Review status of test requirements, manage schedules, prepare test plans and test reports.
• Identify all test and test program risks, issues, and pressures and develop mitigation and closure plans.
• Coordinate ground test engineering and operations, aircraft modifications for testing, frequent interaction with Engineering in Rancho Bernardo, Space Park, El Segundo, and Palmdale, ensuring cost and schedule performance targets are met.
• Provide program leadership with test site employee staffing forecasts and provide timely resource forecasts to program management, assuring that proper staffing is in place to execute the Test Statement of Work.
• Excellent communication skills, experience leading test engineering personnel, and be capable of working in a matrix environment with multiple sources of management guidance.
• You may be required to support extended shifts and occasional weekends as required to maintain program schedules.

Skills

Flight test leadership

Test program management

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

MS Project

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems in San Diego/El Segundo seeks a Senior Principal Test Engineer to lead all facets of the test program for NGAS, including lab and flight testing, planning, and reporting. The role supports the System Integration Lab in Rancho Bernardo and various test activities.

You will manage test schedules, risk, and resources, coordinating with engineering teams across locations to meet cost and schedule targets while delivering high-quality test outcomes.