Staff Systems Architect, ECS (Secret)

Northrop Grumman; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 177,000 - 266,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems in California seeks a Staff Systems Architect (Environmental Control Systems) to lead design and development of advanced ECS for aircraft. You'll perform trade studies, system testing, verification, and troubleshoot complex fluid-thermal architectures.

The role is on-site at our CA facilities in El Segundo or San Diego, with 25% travel and a Secret clearance requirement. Salary and benefits are competitive within the industry.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in a STEM discipline with extensive relevant experience or graduate degrees with years of experience.
• Experience leading thermal fluid architecture development for ECS in aircraft.
• Ability to analyze hybrid power and thermal systems and controls.
• Experience interfacing with suppliers and hardware lifecycle management.
• Active US Government Secret clearance or ability to obtain.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of ECS architectures and assist in control logic development.
• Perform system and component analysis of complex fluid thermal systems.
• Coordinate cross-functional engineering teams to resolve technical issues.
• Plan, execute, verify, and troubleshoot system-level tests and verifications.
• Engage in trade studies, layouts, interface definitions, and integration.

Skills

Thermal fluid architecture

Controls for thermal systems

Interface with suppliers

Compressible fluids

Lead cross-functional team

MATLAB/Simulink

Education

B.S. in STEM with 12+ years

M.S. in STEM with 10+ years

PhD in STEM with 8+ years

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

AMESIM

SINDA/G

Thermal Desktop

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems in California seeks a Staff Systems Architect (Environmental Control Systems) to lead design and development of advanced ECS for aircraft. You'll perform trade studies, system testing, verification, and troubleshoot complex fluid-thermal architectures.

The role is on-site at our CA facilities in El Segundo or San Diego, with 25% travel and a Secret clearance requirement. Salary and benefits are competitive within the industry.