Senior Principal Test Engineer, Defense Systems

ngc; Huntsville (AL); In loco; USD 123.000 - 185.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

401k

Educational Assistance

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Li

Descrizione del lavoro

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems in Huntsville, AL is hiring a Senior Principal Test Engineer to lead the planning, execution, and evaluation of complex defense system tests. The role requires DoD Secret clearance and experience with HWIL/SWIL, test automation, and integrated test planning.

Relocation assistance may be available; the position offers a 9/80 schedule and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401k and life insurance. Travel is expected up to 10%.

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree in STEM with 8+ years of relevant defense/aerospace experience or Master’s/PhD with fewer years.
• Experience developing and executing integrated test plans for complex systems within a systems engineering framework.
• Experience coordinating hardware-in-the-loop and system-level tests across multi-disciplinary teams.

Mansioni

• Prepare and manage labs, HWIL/SWIL environments, and supporting infrastructure for test activities.
• Translate customer requirements into system-level test solutions balancing performance, schedule, and cost.
• Develop, lead, and execute integrated test plans and schedules for subsystem and system-level testing.
• Ensure test requirement completeness and traceability in the Integrated Test Plan (ITP).
• Coordinate and integrate test activities across internal teams, labs, range organizations, and suppliers.
• Analyze test results, generate evaluation reports, and provide data-driven design recommendations.
• Review supplier test efforts, including test data review and verification/validation of components.
• Design proof-of-concept and risk-reduction test methods to mitigate program risks.
• Manage test data, configuration control, analysis, metrics, and documentation using modern tools.
• Serve as liaison for test activities with customers, contractors, and senior stakeholders.

Conoscenze

Test engineering

Systems engineering

Requirements traceability

Team collaboration

Test automation

Problem solving

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree preferred

Strumenti

DOORS

Atlassian: Jira/Confluence

Tableau

IBM Jazz

Data analytics tools

Descrizione del lavoro

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems in Huntsville, AL is hiring a Senior Principal Test Engineer to lead the planning, execution, and evaluation of complex defense system tests. The role requires DoD Secret clearance and experience with HWIL/SWIL, test automation, and integrated test planning.

Relocation assistance may be available; the position offers a 9/80 schedule and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401k and life insurance. Travel is expected up to 10%.