Senior Principal Radar Flight Test Engineer

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 129,000 - 194,000; 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 is seeking a highly experienced Flight Test Engineer for Radar focused test efforts across aircraft platforms. The candidate will serve as a technical authority for radar test planning, execution, and data analysis, coordinating with design, maintenance, test operations, and the customer to ensure safety and performance objectives are met.

The role requires developing detailed test plans, leading cross-disciplinary test planning, reviewing requirements,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field with 8+ years of related professional/military experience, or Master's degree with 6+ years.
• Active U.S. Government Secret clearance with background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation.
• Ability to obtain and maintain SAP clearance.
• Willingness to work overtime, odd hour shifts, and occasional weekends.

Responsibilities

• Develop and publish Detailed Test Plans (DTPs), procedures, and schedules for radar performance and functional requirements.
• Lead radar test planning with cross-disciplinary teams to align objectives, resources, and risk mitigation.
• Define test configurations, instrumentation, and data collection requirements for radar subsystems.
• Review traceability matrices to ensure completeness and compliance with verification plans.
• Perform technical analysis of radar performance and prepare evaluation reports.
• Support test card/checklist development with design, test ops, and safety.
• Conduct Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs) and briefings to stakeholders.
• Provide real-time mission control room support via IADS for safe, efficient testing.
• Maintain and report testing metrics, flight hour utilization, and constraints.

Skills

Jira

Confluence

Windows

VMWare

Radar test experience

Communication skills

Classified environment

USAF Test Wing processes

Education

Bachelor of Science in STEM

Master's in STEM

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is seeking a highly experienced Flight Test Engineer for Radar focused test efforts across aircraft platforms. The candidate will serve as a technical authority for radar test planning, execution, and data analysis, coordinating with design, maintenance, test operations, and the customer to ensure safety and performance objectives are met.

The role requires developing detailed test plans, leading cross-disciplinary test planning, reviewing requirements,