Missile Defense Test Architect ; AHT

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% 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 Advanced Weapons has an opening for a Missile Defense Test Architect 5 with a current clearance
, to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals.

The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility in Northridge, CA.

As an integral part of our multi‑discipline engineering team in Advanced Weapons, you will be the Missile Defense Test Engineer 5 for our SiAW Program. You will be working with the Chief Engineer and Test team to implement test strategies and find improvements for our current test process.

The Missile Defense Test Architect 5 is responsible and accountable to the SiAW Chief Engineer for:

• Development of the approach to complete the missile system lifecycle testing including: prototyping, design verification testing, environmental qualification testing, functional qualification testing, and acceptance testing
• Ownership of the development and qualification hardware utilization matrix, to include units under test, software configuration, special test equipment, and software for special test equipment
• Development of test requirements and constraints to ensure test resources are necessary and sufficient to meet program testing requirements.
• Establish test strategies and use cases to ensure in development that the system is designed correctly and in production the system is produced correctly.
• Developing and establishing test requirements and constraints across the product lifecycle.
• Oversight of the transition of Special Test Equipment from DVT to Qualification to Production.
• Oversight of the development of test plans for sustainment at the depot and for fielded assets.

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) with 12+ years of experience OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline with 10+ years of experience.
• Experience developing standard operating procedures for missile processing, test plans, master test plans and test reports.
• Experience with the full lifecycle of a missile defense product.
• Ability to engage in technical discussion and invest in learning technical concepts.
• Current U.S. Government Secret Security Clearance adjudicated within the past 5 years and the ability to upgrade to a Top‑Secret Security Clearance level.

• Current Top‑Secret Clearance adjudicated within the past 5 years.
• Experience with missile defense systems including launch, targeting and fire control systems.
• Wide knowledge of testing strategies in hardware and software.
• Hands‑on experience with system/missile testing.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively in cross‑functional teams.

There are numerous job opportunities to pioneer new technologies and solve complex issues on multiple programs at the Northrop Grumman development and production and engineering center located in Northridge, California. This site is primarily focused on product and software development and engineering for advanced systems providing service members and allies essential capabilities.

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