Principal Engineer Aeronautical​/Sr Principal Engineer Aeronautical

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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 has an opening for a Principal Engineer Aeronautical/Sr. Principal Engineer Aeronautical to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Test and Evaluation organization. The position will be located in Melbourne, FL.

Note: This is an individual contributor role with no direct reports. Due to the classified nature of the work being performed, this position does not offer any virtual or telecommute working options. This role can be filled at either level.

• The candidate will develop and publish Integrated Test Plans, detailed test plans, test schedules, and test procedures for developmental testing.
• Provide laboratory support for integration testing.
• Support and host test planning working groups.
• Interface with test article design and analysis teams to define test configuration and data requirements.
• Review and evaluate test requirements to ensure completeness of test program.
• Perform technical analysis of complete systems and prepares comprehensive system level evaluations.
• Support test card development and review in collaboration with other engineering disciplines and test operations personnel.
• Support test readiness reviews, and pre/post-test briefings.
• Provide mission control room support and makes real-time decisions regarding safety, efficiency, and effectiveness.
• Conduct and contributes to pre and post-test data analyses to support anomaly identification and resolution. Maintains metrics on status of testing and constraints.
• Serve as either a principal subject matter focal point between maintenance, design engineering, and test site team - contractor and customer.

• Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline with 5 years of relevant experience; OR Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline with 3 years of relevant experience; OR PhD in a STEM discipline with 1 year of relevant experience.
• Must have an active DoD Secret clearance or higher (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (PAR) within a reasonable period, as determined by the company to meet its business needs.
• Experience decomposing system requirements into test requirements.
• Experience creating, editing and executing test procedures.
• Basic understanding of air vehicle systems and subsystems.

• Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline with 8 years of relevant experience; OR Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline with 6 years of relevant experience; OR PhD in a STEM discipline with 4 years of relevant experience.
• Must have an active DoD Secret clearance or higher (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (PAR) within a reasonable period, as determined by the company to meet its business needs.
• Experience decomposing system requirements into test requirements.
• Experience creating, editing and…