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Northrop Grumman

Builds stealth bombers, missiles, and satellites

Principal Air Vehicle System Test Engineer - Engineering Field Service Representative

AvionicsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeJacksonville, FL, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in a STEM field and 5 years of relevant experience, or a master's degree in a STEM field and 3 years of relevant experience.
  • Must have a Department of Defense Secret clearance that is in-scope or currently enrolled in continuous evaluation, and be able to obtain a Top Secret/SCI clearance within a reasonable amount of time to meet business needs.
  • Experience with aircraft ground test operations.
  • Willingness and ability to successfully complete required training in Pax River, Maryland, and Rancho Bernardo, California.
  • Capability and readiness to travel effectively in support of customer needs and management reviews, and to demonstrate leadership as a technical expert on support trips worldwide.
  • Willingness and ability to support 25% domestic and overseas travel to Japan, the United Arab Emirates, or Guam.
  • Ability to pass a new-hire physical if the company determines it is necessary based on selected international travel.
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
  • Ability to communicate effectively with various levels of leadership, including briefing test results to senior leadership.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (PAR) within a reasonable amount of time for business needs.

Responsibilities

  • Interface with Northrop Grumman and customer flight engineers, aircraft maintenance technicians, U.S. Navy service members, and subsystem subject matter experts to sustain operations.
  • Serve as the primary interface between maintenance, design, and flight test engineering.
  • Perform Vehicle and Payload Test Controller operations during aircraft startup and shutdown for launch and recovery, conduct static ground tests, and troubleshoot issues.
  • Provide input to update Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals.
  • Review and provide input during engineering development, and execute Detailed Test Requirements, Acceptance Test Procedures, and Ground Test Plans.
  • Install, operate, troubleshoot, maintain, repair, and modify equipment in accordance with Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals and other engineering directives.
  • Perform organizational- and depot-level maintenance and technical support on equipment, integrated systems and subsystems, and software at customer or field locations.
  • Develop general knowledge of aircraft systems, Vehicle and Payload Test Controller operations, engineering design, and software.
  • Perform field integration, troubleshooting, and repair of air vehicle systems at the customer location, including flightline or hangar operations.
  • Interpret and trace electrical and air vehicle schematics.
  • Perform electrical and radio-frequency troubleshooting using equipment such as multimeters, network/spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, and time-domain reflectometers.
  • Review and analyze engineering schematics and supplier design data, and support functional test requirements, including acceptance, qualification, and system integration on the air vehicle.
  • Travel 25% domestically and overseas to support business needs.

Desired Qualifications

  • An active, in-scope Top Secret/SCI Department of Defense security clearance at application, with eligibility and willingness to submit to a counterintelligence polygraph if needed.
  • Previous unmanned air vehicle system test or maintenance experience; MQ-4 Vehicle Test Controller or Triton BETTIE operator experience is preferred.
  • Aircraft test or laboratory test experience.
  • Experience using equipment to test and troubleshoot aircraft systems.
  • Experience loading data and configuration files to aircraft assemblies.

About the Company

Northrop Grumman

Builds stealth bombers, missiles, and satellites

Northrop Grumman builds military aircraft, missiles, rocket motors, satellites, and electronic systems, mostly for the American military and allied governments. It designed the B-2 stealth bomber and built NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the largest telescope ever sent to space. The company works through four businesses: aircraft, missiles and ammunition, radar and communications systems, and space hardware such as satellites and solid rocket boosters. Most revenue comes from long-term government contracts, many of them classified. Its roots go back to Northrop Aircraft, founded in 1939, and it took its name after buying Grumman in 1994 and is based in Falls Church, Virginia.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Falls Church, VA
Founded
1939

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