Sr. Principal Flight Avionics Responsible Engineer (Level 4)

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman’s Aeronautics Systems sector seeks a Sr. Principal Flight Avionics Responsible Engineer in Melbourne, FL. Onsite role focusing on avionics integration of flight deck systems and mission systems, with strong leadership and verification responsibilities.

The successful candidate will lead system safety, supplier management, and certification activities, ensuring robust avionics integration across platforms and flight tests.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in STEM and 8+ years of relevant experience, or Master's 6+ years, or Ph.D. 4+ years.
• US Government Secret clearance with ability to obtain interim Top Secret prior to starting.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret clearance and SAP clearance.
• Experience with MIL-STD-1553, ARINC 429 and Ethernet.
• Experience with avionics supplier management.
• Experience with DO-178/254/200/160 or PBN/RNAV/DO-254 hardware standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide avionics integration engineering support for flight deck systems and components including FMS, FMCs, PFDs, TAWS, CAS, and moving maps.
• Lead preparation and verification of avionics installations and certification documents.
• Serve as expert for Avionics Flight Management Integration and related systems.
• Lead development of system safety documents.
• Lead integration of flight deck systems with mission systems.
• Create aircraft system schematics to support wiring diagrams.
• Manage requirements, trade studies, and supplier data reviews; support testing.
• Support flight tests and post flight data analysis.

Skills

Leadership

Avionics integration

Requirements management

System safety

Supplier management

Education

Bachelor's in STEM

Master's in STEM

Ph.D. in STEM

Tools

MIL-STD-1553

ARINC 429

Ethernet protocols

Cameo

DOORS

Rhapsody

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% 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.

Northrop Grumman's Aeronautics Systems sector is seeking a Sr. Principal Flight Avionics Responsible Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals in defining the future. This onsite position is in Melbourne, FL.

The Senior Principal Engineer Electronics will be responsible for developing and executing the program. This person will serve as a senior engineer, supporting Avionics Integration of Aircraft flight deck Systems.

This person will be responsible for one or more of the following:

• Provide Avionics Integration engineering support for the integration of aircraft flight deck systems and components including Flight Management Systems (FMS), Flight Management Computers (FMCs), Primary Flight Displays (PFDs), Terrain Avoidance and Warning Systems (TAWS), Crew Alerting System (CAS), Moving Maps, and other various avionics systems.
• Lead in the preparation and support the verification of aircraft avionics and Prime Mission Equipment installations and aircraft certification documents.
• Provides Critical Skills to teams with internal and external knowledge of the technical industry and how it impacts the company. Serves as an expert for Avionics Flight Management Integration.
• Lead support for the development of system safety documents.
• Lead the integration of flight deck systems with mission systems.
• Create aircraft system schematics to support air vehicle wiring diagrams.
• Requirements development and analysis and supporting trade studies.
• Manage suppliers, review and analysis of supplier design data, definition of functional test requirements including acceptance, qualification, and system integration, and support test execution.
• Informal and formal testing of subsystem requirements in lab, troubleshooting hardware in the lab.
• Supporting flight test activities and post flight data analysis, and resolution of flight test anomalies.

A successful Flight Avionics Engineer has good leadership skills and understands the scope of the work and the impact of the work on other teams. This individual consistently brings up concerns, issues and risks, and holds themselves to a high level of technical rigor.

Basic Qualifications:

• Sr. Principal Flight Avionics Responsible Engineer:
• Must have a Bachelor's of Science degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline AND 8 years of relevant military/professional experience; OR a Master's of Science Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline AND 6 years of relevant military/professional experience, OR a Ph.D. in a STEM discipline AND 4 year of related professional/military experience in Engineering.
• Must have an US Government Secret clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain an interim Top Secret prior to starting, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the business (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain US Government Top Secret clearance
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
• Experience with MIL-STD-1553, ARINC 429 and Ethernet communication protocols
• Experience with Supplier Management of avionics equipment
• Experience with at least one of the flight certification standards listed in the preferred qualifications (PBN, RNAV, RNP, CNS/ATM, DO-178/254/200/160)
• Experience with system modeling and requirements management tools (Cameo, DOORS, Rhapsody, etc.), developing/maturing requirements, and tracing requirements through various levels

Preferred Qualifications:

• Communication, Navigation, Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) experience
• Performance Based Navigation (PBN) experience and attaining PBN certification
• Required Navigation Performance (RNP)/ Area Navigation (RNAV) certification experience
• Experience designing to RTCA DO-254 hardware standard for airborne electronic systems
• Experience designing to RTCA DO-200 standard for processing aeronautical data
• Experi