Electronics Engineer; Engineer or Principal Engineer Level

Relocation assistance may be available.

Clearance required:

Yes – Interim Top 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.

This opportunity is contingent on program funding. Start dates are determined after funding confirmation.

Northrop Grumman’s Aeronautics Systems sector has an opening for a Training Systems Engineer (Engineer or Principal Level) to join our team within our Avionics organization. This position will be located in Melbourne, FL. The role is designed to facilitate the development and integration of ground systems for military aircraft weapon systems.

• Create supplier statements of work and conduct requirements analysis to generate subsystem technical requirements documentation.
• Perform trade studies, modeling, performance analysis, and Technology Readiness Level (TRL) evaluation of current and future supplier offerings.
• Develop and control functional and physical architectures and interfaces; maintain baseline technical‑requirements documentation.
• Design and develop ground‑systems architectures, including hardware/software integration, certification, and detailed schematics/diagrams/specifications.
• Produce detailed designs (and delta designs where applicable) for specific trainers:
  • Landing Gear Trainer
  • Aerial Refueling Receptacle Trainer
  • Hydraulics System Trainer
  • Electrical System Trainer
  • Fuel System Trainer
  • Environmental Control System Trainer
  • Power Plant System Trainer
  • Auxiliary Power Unit Trainer
  • Flight Control System Trainer
  • Mission Avionics Systems Trainer (MAST)
• Support GSC with RFPs, purchase‑order status, and development of performance‑based specifications, statements of work, and supplier documentation.
• Build supplier evaluation criteria, conduct technical evaluations, document results, and assist with supplier selection.
• Review supplier development documents, attend technical interchange meetings, and support design reviews.
• Manage compliance with verification cross‑reference matrix for hardware, software, and subsystem‑level testing.
• Oversee supplier manufacturing and test processes, resolve testing issues, and review/accept supplier test and verification reports.
• Support technical planning, system integration, deployment/delivery, and conduct supportability and effectiveness analyses for ground subsystems.
• Interpret, allocate, tailor, write, and flow down requirements across all levels of the system architecture.
• Work directly with partners, suppliers, engineers, and program stakeholders to integrate mission planning solutions that meet platform mission objectives.

A successful Ground Element Responsible Engineer has good leadership skills and understands the scope of the work and the impact of the work on other teams, consistently brings concerns, issues and risks to program and technical leadership and holds the team to a high level of technical rigor.

• Must have a Bachelors degree in a STEM field and at least 2 years of relevant military/professional experience.
• Or a Master’s Degree in a STEM field and at least some relevant military/professional/academic experience.

• Must have a Bachelors degree in a STEM field and at least 5 years of relevant military/professional experience.
• Or a Master’s Degree in a STEM field and at least 3 years of relevant military/professional experience.
• Or a PhD and at least 0 years of relevant military/professional experience.