Principal Engineer Data

Position Title

Principal Engineer Data

Melbourne, FL (relocation assistance may be available).

Secret clearance required; final adjudicated U.S. government Secret clearance required.

25% of the time.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is hiring a Principal Engineer Data to join the Instrumentation & Data team. The role involves building and maintaining data collection architectures for flight, laboratory, ground, and specialty test programs.

• Perform all aspects of data engineering from initial data management plan and ICD development through test, implementation, and maintenance.
• Optimize data collection and dissemination to existing software tools and data reduction suites.
• Ensure data collection performance and delivery capabilities meet Test & Evaluation, vehicle subsystem responsible engineer, and customer requirements.
• Troubleshoot bus data collection systems and system issues.
• Collaborate within an Integrated Product Team (IPT) environment, interfacing with IPT leadership, suppliers, customers, and other technical disciplines.

• Must have a Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline and 5 years of related professional/military experience, or a Master of Science degree with 3 years of related experience, or a STEM Ph.D. with 1 year of related experience.
• Ability to transfer and maintain final adjudicated U.S. government Secret clearance (must be in‑scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) within a reasonable period of time.

• Experience with ground and flight data acquisition system design and testing methodologies focused on bus data collection.
• Familiarity with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) using SysML within Cameo.
• Experience with virtualization (VMWare or other).
• Demonstrated experience shaping and documenting technical processes and procedures for development programs.
• Experience developing Interface Control Documents and Supplier Statements of Work with vendors and collaborating on vendor troubleshooting.
• Ability to work under minimal direction and independently develop solutions.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of interfacing with all levels across IPTs.

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