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Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Principal / Senior Principal Mechanical Engineer to join the Flight Systems Team. This position is located in Roy, UT and supports the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program. Final grade determined based on candidate experience.

What You’ll Get To Do:

The selected candidate will support the Air Vehicle Integration and Test sub-IPT and will be responsible for the following :

• Develop customer contractual needs and requirements into test solutions that acknowledges technical schedule and cost constraints.

• Develop and direct preparation and execution of comprehensive test plans, procedures and schedules.

• Review and evaluate test requirements for completeness of test program.

• Coordinate with Subject Matter Experts, Element Test teams, System Test teams, and other stakeholders to identify test objectives, test requirements, and risks that require test to mitigate

• Supporting development of instrumentation requirements for Hardware in the Loop testing.

• Identify test support requirements and coordinate with Design & Integration team for budget and personnel needs

• Overseeing test activities in support or requirement verification and validation.

• Conduct daily briefing and approve test start for each test event.

• Approve Break of Configuration on the test floor

• Conduct table top reviews and dry run test procedures with test team prior to execution

• Coordinate and conduct Technical and Safety Review Boards, and Test Readiness Reviews

• Support customer Test Plan Working Groups

• Prepare Test Planning Team charters

• Coordinate with Quality organization for test support

• Review and approve major test amendments

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Space Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
• 401k
• Educational Assistance
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
• Paid Time Off
• Health & Wellness Resources
• Employee Discounts

This positions standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

You’ll Bring These Qualifications:

Principal Engineer: Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) discipline and 5 years of experience; 3 years with Master’s Degree; 0 years with PhD

Sr. Principal Engineer: Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) discipline and 9 years of experience; 7 years with Master’s Degree; 4 years with PhD

• Demonstrated leadership, communications, and interpersonal skills. 

• Understanding of Model Based System Engineering principles, working experience with CAMEO or similar tool

• Experience with ICBMs (MM, PK, Small Missile) or DOD programs

• Experience coordinating integrated testing activities with multiple test teams.

• Strong understanding of entire product lifecycle, modeling and engineering best practices

• US Citizen with a current active DoD Secret clearance granted or reinvestigated within past 6 years

• Must have the ability to obtain, and maintain access to Special Access Programs (SAP) as a condition of continued employment.

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:

• Knowledge of system integration and test principles and processes

• Knowledge of Systems Engineering principles, DOORS database, requirements decomposition and allocation

• Experience collaborating with other IPTs to define test objectives and test requirements for test activities in the Hardware in the Loop Labs.

• Experience with development, planning, and execution of qualification and acceptance test plans, as well as supporting design and test reporting and reviews

• Experience developing and updating the detailed integration test plan (ITP)

• Experience with the generation of test procedures and test readiness reviews (TRRs)

• Experience with creation of test Concept of Operations (ConOps) flows that maximizes the utility of test resources while meeting schedule and technical requirements and/or constraints

• Experience with generation and support of test data decomposition and test reports to other IPTs including consolidating and processing of final test data for requirements verification/model validation sign-off

• Knowledge/experience with AF Test Directive 99-103

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