Airworthiness Engineering Director

Director Of Airworthiness Engineering

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 is seeking a Director of Airworthiness Engineering to lead a program in the Airworthiness Office in Melbourne, FL. Reporting to the Senior Director of Airworthiness & Weapon System Cybersecurity, this role is instrumental in driving program engineering excellence for successful airworthiness certification. The selected candidate will work within the Airworthiness & Weapon System Cybersecurity organization, ensuring the logical and systematic realization of customer airworthiness certification objectives into system solutions to meet program needs throughout the product lifecycle in a digital engineering environment (e.g. Flight Releases, Type Certification, continued airworthiness, and operation of airspace integration).

Core Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Provide Airworthiness engineering leadership to program Chief Engineer, Program Manager, EI&E program leads and manage the Airworthiness program team.
• Performs independent technical airworthiness planning and verification support including development and negotiation of airworthiness plans, bases of certification, methods of compliance, and other certification activities for complex systems with IPT/REs as well as customer counterparts.
• Provide technical leadership by ensuring the delivery of Airworthiness commitments related to cost, schedule, and technical quality
• Collaborate to develop a digital Airworthiness governance framework integrating Airworthiness into a Digital Engineering Environment to enable NGAS and Customer data/knowledge parity to speed up airworthiness approvals.
• Institute rigorous performance metrics, proactive issue tracking, and standardized processes to ensure consistent Airworthiness engineering excellence.
• Support Program Risk Review Boards from the Airworthiness perspective to support flight test and permanent flight clearance and/or Military Type Certificate for the program life-cycle.
• Serve as a primary resource for Program Management and Chief Engineer to elevate and manage Airworthiness issues.

Our Leaders at Northrop Grumman live our values daily and encourage our teams to do the same. We do the right thing: upholding the highest ethical standards and facilitating a safe and respectful environment that attracts, retains, and inspires a diverse and engaged team. We do what we promise: holding yourself and others accountable to meet predictable and balanced results. We commit to shared success: operating as OneNG and removing barriers for our teams.

Finally, we pioneer: setting a vision that shapes the future and inspires others.

Basic Qualifications:

• Must have a Bachelor's of Science degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline AND 9 years of related professional/military experience within the Aerospace and Defense industry that includes a background in leadership positions, OR a Master's of Science degree in a STEM discipline and 7 years of related professional/military experience within the Aerospace and Defense industry that includes a background in leadership positions.
• Must have 5 or more years of experience directing multi–function engineering teams to achieve common goals, including planning, risk management, and project performance.
• Must have experience in establishing and maintaining an Airworthiness…