Senior Principal / Principal Flight Test Instrumentation Engineer

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

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

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the Time Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, but they're also making history.

Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems has an opening for a Flight test Instrumentation Engineer (Principal Engineer/Sr Principal Engineer) to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Melbourne, FL.

As a member of the Flight Test Instrumentation team, you will be responsible for developing instrumentation drawings that will be implemented flight test aircraft.

Essential Functions

• Define Instrumentation system configurations and signal conditioning requirements and architectures common to Airborne Data Acquisition Hardware including gathering, tracking and communicating requirements effectively to multidisciplinary teams.
• Monitor and understand the configuration of the instrumentation system to recommend/authorize configuration changes and perform a variety of duties, including engineering design tasks as assigned, supporting design reviews, procedure writing, test integration and participating in trade study analyses.
• Develop architectural implementations for TTC Airborne Data Acquisition Systems,

The selected candidate will work in a dynamic people-focused environment while interacting with customers and other design engineers. The position will be based out of Melbourne, FL.

"This requisition may be filled at a higher grade based on qualifications listed below."

Basic Qualifications

"This requisition may be filled at either an Instrumentation Principal Engineer or Sr Principal Engineer level"

Basic Qualifications for Principal Flight Test Instrumentation Engineer:

• Must have a Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline AND 5 years of related professional/military experience, OR a Master's degree AND 2 years of related professional/military experience.
• Must have an active US Government Secret clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.
• Experience working in Flight Test environments
• Solid understanding of application and implementations of data systems, telemetry and RF, onboard recording systems and ground stations, sub-systems and specialized Instrumentation test equipment.
• Strong knowledge of capabilities, uses, and limitations of Strain Gages, Accelerometers, Pressure Transducers and other commonly used instrumentation sensors.
• Basic knowledge of data bus architecture MIL-STD-1553, IEE-1394, ARINC-429, RS-232 and RS-422.
• Knowledge or experience navigating MIL-STD documents and specifications

Basic Qualifications for Sr Principal Flight Test Instrumentation Engineer:

• Must have a Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline AND 8 years of related professional/military experience, OR a master's degree AND 6 years of related professional/military experience.
• Must have an active US Government Secret clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret Clearance, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.
• Experience working in Flight Test environments
• Solid understanding of application and implementation