Environmental Test Engineer Level 4

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available
CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
No
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 Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission‑enabling solutions for global security. Our Engineering and Sciences (E&S) organization pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. We develop, design, produce, and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while delivering a decisive advantage to the warfighter.

We are seeking a Senior Environmental Test Engineer T4 to join our team in Woodland Hills, CA. In this senior role, you will lead environmental test planning, execution, and reporting for complex systems and hardware in a disciplined, safety‑focused lab environment, and play a key role in our enterprise‑wide digital transformation leveraging Model‑based Engineering, Dev Sec Ops , and Agile practices.

The successful candidate will be accountable for results, comfortable owning commitments and schedules, and will foster a friendly, constructive atmosphere, providing clear technical leadership, supporting the team, and modeling strong work ethic and professionalism.

• Lead the development of comprehensive Environmental Test Plans and Procedures for dynamic and climatic environments, covering unit, subsystem, and system‑level testing.
• Own and drive environmental qualification and verification/validation test campaigns, including planning, scheduling, execution oversight, and closure.
• Develop, document, and defend Basis of Estimates (BOEs) for environmental test efforts, including labor, equipment utilization, risk, and schedule.
• Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate testing risks, including technical, cost, and schedule impacts, and present tradeoffs and recommendations to program leadership.
• Define and oversee the design of test fixtures, harnesses, and special test equipment, coordinating with mechanical and design engineering.
• Ensure rigorous adherence to test procedures, standards, configuration control, and safety requirements; champion test discipline and best practices.
• Provide technical direction, mentoring, and training to environmental test engineers and technicians.
• Interface extensively with customers, systems engineering, program management, design engineering, manufacturing, and test engineering to interpret requirements, negotiate test approaches, and resolve issues.
• Lead data review and analysis, disposition test anomalies, and author high‑quality test reports and technical presentations for internal and external stakeholders.
• Perform functional analysis, trade studies, and requirements allocation to ensure environmental requirements are testable and properly traced to verification methods.
• Conduct Environmental Test Lab equipment performance assessments and lead Continuous Improvement projects for processes, automation, quality, and throughput.

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with 8+ years of relevant experience; OR Master’s degree in a STEM discipline with 6+ years of relevant experience;
• Significant experience leading environmental test and qualification activities for complex hardware or systems.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance.
• Ability to work onsite in Woodland Hills, CA.