Test & Evaluation - Sr Systems Engr; Flight and Ground

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret

TRAVEL:
Yes, 25% 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 (NGAS) has an immediate opening for a Senior Staff Engineer Systems Test. This position supports the Test and Evaluation (T&E) Center of Technical Excellence (CoTE) as a subject matter expert (SME) for all ground and flight test sub-disciplines for our T&E programs. This leadership role is located on-site, based at one of the following locations:
Palmdale, CA, Melbourne, FL, Oklahoma City, San Diego (Rancho Bernardo), CA, or El Segundo, CA. The ground and flight sub-discipline lead is responsible for the development and maintenance of processes, tools, training and metrics for all manned and unmanned T&E programs within the Aeronautics Sector. Responsibilities include maximizing operational efficiency; safety of operations; RCCA investigations, FRRs, TRRs; long range planning;

leadership development and knowledge retention; team engagement and collaboration; developing and driving affordability strategies; identifying and implementing process improvements in ground and flight test across the sub-disciplines of Flight Test Engineering, Aircrew, Mission Planning, Ground Test, Flight line Maintenance, and Instrumentation. This position is located full-time onsite; remote/hybrid options are not available.

• Ensure consistent application of NGAS established engineering processes, tools and best practices in alignment with the Center of Technical Excellence.
• Assist in the development and implementation of ground and flight test vision and strategies regarding Process, Tools, Training and Metrics.
• Partner across functions to support cross-discipline and intra-discipline integration activities, data analysis, metrics development, and performance reporting in coordination with Strategy, Integration, and Operations.
• Support proposals.
• Establish/manage indirect NCTA and capital budgets.
• Provide engineering leadership oversight for technical execution activities, including:
  • Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) investigations.
  • System Engineering Technical Reviews (SETRs), such as System Requirements Review (SRR), Preliminary Design Review (PDR), Critical Design Review (CDR), Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs).
  • Process audits and Independent Review Team (IRT) engagements.
  • Support long-range strategic planning efforts and execute special assignments as required.
  • Work to identify and implement process improvements as an owner/member of Flight Test Engineering, Aircrew, Mission Planning, Ground Test, Flight line Maintenance, and Instrumentation Technical Disciplines and Working Groups.
  • Serve as Delegation of Authority (DOA) in the absence of the Flight or Ground Test Directors, as required.
  • Support process audits, Independent Review Team evaluations, tiger teams, RCCA investigations, deep dives, and pre-milestone reviews.
  • Serve on review boards and participate in program reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, FRR) as required.
  • Assist with leadership development and knowledge retention.
  • Assist with cross department integration activities, data calls, metrics generation, data collection, and reporting.
  • Work to drive employee engagement, improve employee development, improve training, and the retention of top talent.

• Must have a…