Sr. Staff Engineer Airworthiness - Technical Excellence
Listed on 2026-10-09
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Engineering
Systems Engineer
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available
CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes
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 Aeronautics Systems is seeking an experienced Sr. Staff Airworthiness Engineer - Technical Excellence to join our cybersecurity team in Melbourne, FL.
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems’ AWWSC Directorate, headquartered in Melbourne, FL, has an immediate opening for a motivated Airworthiness Engineer to support Technical Excellence strategies, including the development of Policy, Process & Procedures, Education & Training, Tools, Common Products, Digital Strategies, and other common approaches and methodologies.
At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems in air and space that impact people’s lives around the world today, and for generations to come.
In increasingly sophisticated engineering environments, organizations must develop robust engineers and connect them to rewarding challenges. Within the Governance & Independence group, the Airworthiness & Weapon Systems Cybersecurity (AWWSC) Technical Excellence Integration & Operation’s strategy focuses on workforce development, processes, and tools. Additionally, our organization’s framework consistently and logically aligns disciplines to support program execution across the full lifecycle of an air system, while unlocking capacity to elevate technical merit and excellence within each discipline.
EssentialDuties
- Develop and maintain processes, tools, training, and other strategic roadmaps
- Represent the AWWSC on sector councils
- Develop and maintain governance, processes, roles, tools, and the AWWSC workforce
- Counsel on program-specific governance, processes, procedures
- Develop and maintain metrics for AWWSC, programs, staff
- Assess, develop, sustain, and conduct training
- Enterprise / Industry collaboration
- Bachelors in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) and at least 14 years of experience, a Master's Degree in STEM with 12 years of experience, or a PhD Degree with 10 years of experience.
- Experience with the development of plans and certification bases in achieving the logical and systematic realization of compliance using DoW policy, MIL-HDBK-516, civil, and international standards into solutions that meet program objectives to obtain airworthiness and cybersecurity approvals.
- Experience with reviews and coordination of other Airworthiness and/or Cybersecurity Engineers, as well as with internal engineering disciplines at all levels of the air system including design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance.
- Experience with functional analysis, timeline analysis, detailed trade studies, requirements allocation, interface definition, hardware and software specifications for compliance to the appropriate regulations, standards, and/or guidelines.
- Experience with airworthiness and/or cybersecurity…
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