Sr. Principal Air Vehicle System Test Engineer ( Int'l Locations - R10207821-5

Sr. Principal Air Vehicle System Test Engineer (Various Int'l Locations) - R-5

Northrop Grumman

Relocation Assistance: No relocation assistance available

Clearance Type: Secret

Travel: Yes, 100% 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 Air Vehicle System Test Engineer – Engineering Field Service Representative (FSR) to join our Test and Evaluation (T&E) organization. This position requires six months of training on a domestic assignment in Pax River, MD and Rancho Bernardo, CA. After training, the candidate is expected to deploy to Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates, or Guam for a minimum of 24 months, based on business needs. If no immediate deployment location is available, the candidate may be relocated to a core U.S. location for the immediate future.

The FSR will be embedded with a U.S. Navy unit and serve as the system subject matter expert, providing training on the system hardware and software, and supporting sailors with system operations, troubleshooting and routine maintenance. The Navy’s intent is for sailors to be the primary operators and maintainers of the system, with the FSR offering training and assistance as needed to keep the system mission‑capable.

• Interfacing with NGC and customer Flight Engineers, aircraft maintenance technicians, U.S. Navy service members, and subsystem SMEs to sustain operations.
• Primary interface between maintenance, design and flight test engineering.
• Vehicle and Payload Test Controller (VTC/PTC) operations during aircraft start‑up/shut‑down for launch and recovery; conduct static ground tests and troubleshooting.

• Provide inputs to update Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETMS).
• Review and provide inputs during engineering development; execute detailed test requirements, acceptance test procedures and ground test plans.
• Install, operate, troubleshoot, maintain, repair, and modify equipment in accordance with IETMS and/or engineering directives (TDs/ECRs/TEIs/AMRs/MAFs).
• Perform organizational and depot‑level maintenance and technical support on products such as equipment, integrated systems, subsystems, and software at customer and/or field locations.
• Develop general knowledge of all aircraft systems, VTC/PTC, engineering design and software; perform field integration, troubleshooting, and repair of air‑vehicle systems at the customer location, including flight line or hangar operations.
• Interpret and trace electrical and air‑vehicle schematics; perform essential electrical and RF troubleshooting using equipment such as multimeter, network/spectrum analyzer, oscilloscope, time‑domain reflectometer (TDR), etc.
• Support review and analysis of engineering schematics, supplier design data, functional test requirements (acceptance, qualification, and integration) on the air vehicle.

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Science, Technical, Engineering or Math (STEM).
• Minimum of 8 years of engineering experience with a BS degree; or 6 years with an MS degree in STEM; or 4 years with a PhD in STEM.
• Willingness and ability to complete required training in Pax River, MD and Rancho Bernardo, CA.
• Willingness and ability to support an international assignment in Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates, or Guam for a minimum of 24 months.
• Willingness and ability to relocate to a core U.S. location if necessary.
• Ability to pass a…