Senior Principal Airborne Systems Operator

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Top Secret

TRAVEL:
Yes, 50% of the Time

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 Senior Principal Airborne Systems Operator to join the team of qualified individuals on our Test and Evaluation organization. This role is located onsite in Patuxent River, MD
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In this role, the successful candidate will conduct Mission System and Air Vehicle ground and flight tests, as a crew member or non-crew member, to support the System Specification verification process, Production Verification, and follow on testing. Defines plans, organizes and executes complex flight profiles and flight test events. Conducts briefings, debriefings, coordinates with maintenance personnel, engineers, and test directors to analyze and correct discrepancies.

Act as engineering and data analysis liaison for Future Development Insertion for the System. Write technical reports for ground and flight test events. Attend Air Vehicle and Mission System Technical Interchange Meetings, Preliminary Design Reviews, Critical Design Reviews, and Flight Readiness Reviews. Support engineering with development of test plans, procedures, and test cards. When designated as Test Conductor, be responsible for overall conduct of test, act as engineering and data analysis liaison for test conducted, and write technical reports for ground and flight test events.

May conduct demonstration flights with customers, government officials, or other personnel to exhibit aircraft performance, flying qualities and system capabilities.

• Directly support the E-2D ITT at VX-20 including future air vehicle development programs, Mission System Software upgrade development testing, and future mission systems development programs.
• Conduct E-2D Mission System and Air Vehicle ground and flight tests, as aircrew, to support Weapon System Specification verification process and Mission Based Testing for developmental flight test and act as engineering and data analysis liaison for Future Development Insertion for the E-2D Weapons System
• Participate in Air Vehicle and Mission System Technical Interchange Meetings, Preliminary Design Reviews, Critical Design Reviews, and Flight Readiness Reviews.
• Write ground and flight test plans, procedures, training for other aircrew, and update NATOPS procedures when applicable.
• Brief other test aircrew and the fleet on new hardware and software capabilities.
• When designated as Test Conductor, be responsible for overall conduct of test and provide technical feedback to engineering in support of potential software and/or hardware modifications.
• Author and review potential Problem Reports and Discrepancy Reports.
• 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 ITT.
• Some travel will be required, to include detachments lasting several weeks.
• Provide oversight for development of test plans / test cards to ensure safety and efficiency
• Assist Systems Engineering in development of Weapon System Specification
• Work with the Software integration Lab (SIL) to determine WSS compliance
• Write Discrepancy Reports on new software and hardware functionality and work with engineering to determine potential corrections
• Based on new system capability, write NATOPS changes and brief other aircrew on new system requirements and functionality
• Work alongside Navy Test aircrew to ground and flight test new system hardware and software
  
  Write post-flight summaries and debrief engineers on success of flight and test points conducted as defined in the test plan
• Lead pre-flight…