Test Engineer​/Principal Test Engineer

Overview

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret

TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a Test Engineer/Principal Test Engineer to join the EGI-M Airborne Navigation System Integration & Test (I&T) team in Woodland Hills, CA
. The role involves conducting comprehensive verification activities throughout the program life cycle, including requirements analysis, test procedure development, test execution, and formal reporting. This position will be 100% on-site.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop test requirements and detailed integration test plans, procedures, readiness reviews (TRRs), test data, and reports.
• Execute qualification testing in accordance with established requirements, plans, and procedures.
• Conduct tests while managing and prioritizing problem resolution.
• Compile data to determine necessary changes in test equipment, procedures, or to establish new test requirements.
• Lead cross-functional teams (including hardware, software, and systems engineers) in both laboratory and field environments.
• Conduct formal technical reviews, such as Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs) with internal stakeholders and external customers.
• Test Equipment Management that includes the design, development, or integration of specialized test equipment, instrumentation, and data acquisition systems.
• Data Analysis of test data, identify anomalies, perform root cause analysis, and generate comprehensive test reports.
• Technical and operational problem solving to troubleshoot complex, multi-domain system failures (hardware/software/mechanical) and conduct root cause analyses.
• Act as the primary technical point of contact during test events, managing customer expectations and reporting results.

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university with 2 years of related test experience, or a Master’s Degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university.
• Experience authoring test procedures, managing test facility interfaces, and ensuring data integrity and cataloging.
• Experience with test execution, diagnostics, and formal requirement decomposition with traceability and verification.
• Working knowledge of standard test equipment: network analyzers, oscilloscopes, waveform generators, synthesizers, digitizers, and/or signal analyzers.
• Proficient in at least one of the following programming environments: MATLAB, C, C++, C#, and/or Python.
• Active US Government Secret Level security clearance.
• US Citizenship
• Ability to work onsite full-time in Woodland Hills, CA

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university with 5 years of related test experience, or a Master’s Degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university with 3 years of related test experience.
• Experience authoring test procedures, managing test facility interfaces, and ensuring data integrity and cataloging.
• Experience with test execution, diagnostics, and formal requirement decomposition with traceability and verification.
• Working knowledge of standard test equipment: network analyzers, oscilloscopes, waveform generators, synthesizers, digitizers, and/or signal analyzers.
• Proficient in at least one of the following programming environments: MATLAB, C, C++, C#, and/or Python.
• Active US Government Secret Level security clearance.
• US Citizenship
• Ability to work onsite full-time in Woodland Hills, CA

• Experience integrating embedded GPS Inertial Navigation Systems.
• Expert experience with GNSS/INS/EGI systems and precision navigation simulation.
• Experience creating automated test scripts that integrate with hardware interfaces.
• Experience working with operational hazards such as overhead lifting, Thermal Chambers, and Vibration Test systems
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple, shifting priorities while maintaining safety standards.
• Demonstrated leadership of System Test efforts in a dynamic work environment.
• Experience with COMSEC material management.
• Experience engaging external customers through…