Principal / Sr. Principal Flight Test Engineer – Air Vehicle

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 Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Principal / Sr. Principal Flight Test Engineer - Air Vehicle to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Test and Evalutation organization. This role is located in Melbourne, FL.

In this role, you will support the E-2D Wet Outer Wing Panel Test program as part of a Flight Test Team. Candidate will provide support to all flight test activities, to include test planning, real-time data monitoring, post flight data processing, and reporting on test results. Candidate shall display professionalism, leadership, have a strong work ethic, work well with others, and be able to function as member of the E-2D Flight Test Team

Key Responsibilities:  

• Assist in development of test plans/test cards
• Participate in pre- and post-flight briefs/debriefs
• Monitor flights in a real-time environment, providing support to senior engineers and Test Conductors to ensure testing is performed safely and that all knock-it-off and safety of test parameters remain within allowable limits
• Plan and conduct test missions as an approved test conductor, which includes test deck preparation, leading engineering briefs/debriefs, coordination with scheduling, maintenance, and telemetry support, and leading the test team through test missions as the link between the test engineers in the control room and the test aircraft and crew.
• Provide support for post flight data processing and analysis as required to support mission objectives
• Provide support in generating data releases and reports to be provided to NGC and NAVY engineering

We offer flexible work arrangements, 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off, phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly team environment. We are looking for self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented people to help us grow our services and become even better at what we do.

Basic Qualifications (Principal Flight Test Engineer):

• Must have a Bachelor’s Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline AND 5 years of relevant experience OR a Master’s Degree in a (STEM) discipline AND 3 years of relevant experience OR a PhD Degree in a (STEM) discipline AND 0 years of relevant experience
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance

Basic Qualifications (Sr. Principal Flight Test Engineer):

• Must have a Bachelor’s Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline AND 9 years of relevant experience OR a Master’s Degree in a (STEM) discipline AND 7 years of relevant experience OR a PhD Degree in a (STEM) discipline AND 4 years of relevant experience 
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Flutter flight testing experience
• Experience in telemetry room as a test conductor and/or data monitor for flight and ground testing.
• Recent Flight Test Engineer experience.
• Full understanding of all aspects of testing to include requirements definition, test planning, test conduct and test reporting.
• Experiences in a Gov/contractor Integrated Test Teat (ITT, ITF, CTF, etc)
• Experience as an Air Vehicle Flight Test Engineer that includes test planning, execution and operations
• Experience generating technical documents and working with various software/data processing tools such as MS Word, MS Excel, PowerPoint, Matlab, and other various programming languages.
• Experience supporting real-time flight operations and have a working knowledge of using and/or creating displays with IADS. 

Salary Range: $90,400 USD - $135,600 USD

Salary Range 2: $112,000 USD - $168,000 USD

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.